The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-07-11
MAY FIND A NEW LOCATION
County Board May Decide to Build a
County Institution and Save City a
Portion of Expense of Caring for
Patients in the Last Stages.


being asked to hold up the plans for
the building Of an isolation hospital and
hospital for the care of patients in the
last stages of consumption until after
the next meeting of the county board
The council had planned to erect such
an institution at the poor farm, but
there has developed a lot of opposition
to this plan and it is now declared that
the county board may act in the mat
ter at the November session. The de-
made for such an institution is no more
acute now than it was last winter and
| it is possible that the council will con-
sent to hold up the matter if there is
some assurance given that the county
board will take ACTON Commissioner of
Public Health McShane is now looking
into the demand for such an institution
and it is expected that he will be able
to give some valuable assistance to the
members of the county board by fur
nishing some figures as to the number of
patients that would be ready to enter
such an institution.
The committee Of the county board
composed of Chairman Frank Shuart,
John 7. Yule and John Herzog, is
planning to take up the matter within
a few days and it is certain that the
committee will have a report ready for
the next meeting of the board. Mr..
Herzog is chairman of the town of
Somers and all of the objections to the
buildings ON the poor farm have come
from this town. In speaking Of the
matter Mr.. Herzog said: II feel GER
make some provision to care for these
people if the city holds this matter up
and / feel convinced that the city will
be the gamer in the long run. The
county members of the board have been
looking into the matter and we feel
| that something should be done along
this line. The committee will meet in a
week or two and we are not only going
to investigate the demand for the in
stitutt.. On but take up he question of
possible sites. We believe that a site
can be found in the county which will
be well fitted for the institution and
against which there will be no objec-
ton of the part of the surrounding prop
erty owners. In the absence of new
institution it is possible that the county
will be able to make arrangements to
have patients cared for at similar in
stitution in some other county,
There is now no immediate demand
for an insulation hospital for use of
the city and it is thought that should
such demand arise that it will be
possible to find some place where such
lpatients can be cared for without build
ing building. If the county will pro-
vide for tuberculosis hospital it would
be possible for the city to save quite a
! little money. Of course, the larger part
of the cost of the institution would be
paid by the tax payers of the city but
|if the institution is opened under the
management Of the county there would
be no question Of the state aid to be
received from the state. The whole
matter will be brought up at the No
vember meeting Of the county board fe-
CARELESS of the action Of the city. 1t
would not be practical for the county
and city each to MAINTAIN an institution
for their patients and it is certain that
but one institution will be built.
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