Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-24
DIFFERENCES IN COSTS
 OF SUPPLIES PURCHASED.
Aided lnstitutions-Heads Confer With Governor.

Tuesday forenoon representatives from a number of institutions in the state and of those which received par tial aid met in the old senate chamber in the capitol at Hartford in accord ance with the invitation of Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, to compare prices paid for supplies purchased for the mantainence of the institutions, and as to the relative cost of the support of the inmates in the institutions.
 Governor BaIdwin's Views.
 Governor Baldwin called the meet ing to order al 11.30 o'clock and in his address spoke of the bill that was un- der consideration in the last assembly for the appointment of a. state purveyOr who should have general charge of the purchasing, in bulk, of the supplies needed in the institutions. The gen er9l assembly preferring to leave things stand as they were, each insti tuition making it's own purchases It has seemed to me. he continued, after consultation with other state officers advisable to have the heads of the va rious institutions meet for the purpose ia friendly diSCU SSiOn of the best method of purchasing. Of course, the great object in jew is the purchase Of supplies at CGsonable figures, WhlCn VOuId be practically the same for each Institution in the state as far as pur- chasing in large quantities is concern ed. Some iEeuUalities would no doubt prove inevitable in view of the die- fcren- points Cf 7eIivery and local con- GitiCns
 Weekly Cost in JaiIs.
 IT. statistics gi, en Tn official reports tn the cOmptlCller for the year ending September 30, 1912 we find that the net weekly cost for supporting a con- ViCt at the state prison was less than q al JTc of is pronab bly, more inviting than the ma joii ity of F. iscrers ever had before. At t1e Hartford iGil the net cost of a prisoner per weeK was $1.82, while at t'.e MjddIeseX County jail it was $4.6l and e7 31 il TCjIand county.
 No doubt III the smaller counties like Middl"seX end Holland, the or dinary nur Der Of inmates is below thdt required Ky tl.e scientific unit of e.. nCmy, ala Eieh weekly rates, O. ccUIse, are therefore unavoidable, but ti:is does nCt eNp4ain why what at HurttCrd cCsr S1 S2 costs $292 at F3trfeld county ol $2.79 in Norwich.
 Wat Hospitals Show.
 It S also shown by these returns ti;at the gi".s in the Middletown h. dustrial schOO are supported at a cost uf S5.72 per week. while at the Meri- Ger School fer boys the cost is only $2.51 per week apiece. The difference is equally striking with reference to the county homes. Of the hospitals receiving state aid, the Backus hospi- tai at Norwich reports a weekly cost per patient of S20. although the Mid dleseX hispital where the average number of patients is about the same, returns S12.75 as the cost there. Sub stantially the same cost say $12.75 is reported for the NIiddlesex hospital, with daily average of 39, and the General Hospital Society of Connecti- cut at New Haven, wit ha daily av- craze attendance of 165. The Hart ford hispital, with a daily average at tendance of 325, reports the weekly cost of q patient at S1313 and the cost is almost the same (S13.26) at the New London Memorial hospital, where the yhave an average daily attendance of but 28 The lowest cost per patient is reported by some of the hospitals under the Roman Catholic management which probably proceeds in part from the fact that SO much of the service rendered is gratuitous on account of it's rendition by members of religious orders offering their services without compensation.
 Advises Against Insurance. Another point brought out by the governor in his address was that he did not advise the state to insure in | by subjected by the provisions of the wOrkingmens compensation act, in eff feet Jan. l, 1914, by which the state takes it's place on the same footing with other employers as do. all public corporations within the state using the services of another for pay.
 pr. Pollock Chosen Secretary. Governor Baldwin then called for the nomination of a chairman and on the nomination of Superintendent GarVin of the state reformatOry Dr. Noble of the Connecticut hospital for the insane was chosen for that position. On mo- tion of Superintendent Garvin, Warden Garner was cECsen secretary. but de- clined the office, and Dr. H. M. Pol lock, superintendent of the Norwich state hospital. was nominated by Comptroller Dunn and was chosen as secretary.
 Statements were made by Deputy Comptroller DisselI, Comptroller Dunn, State Auditor Bailey, Father Coyle, Sheriff Hugo of the New Haven county jail and Superintendent Garvin. On motion of General Greedy of New Haven it was 0ecided to make list of those present and the institutions they represented. and the meeting then went into executive session on motion of Sheriff Dewey.
 Committee Appointed.
 A committee consiting of Dr. Thomas of New Haven. Warden Ward A. Gar ner of the state prison, Dr. Dineen of the Meriden tuberculosis sanatorium, Sheriff E. w. Dewey of Hartford coun- ty, Dr. Pollock of Norwich and Supt. William G, Fairbanks of the Connecti- cut school for girls was appointed to consider the subject of making pur- l chases for the different institutions of the state.
 Those Present.
 The attendance numbered about 56, including Philip Huge, sheriff of New Haven county; G. l. Allen of the state tuberculosis commission; Dr, Hugh B. Campbell, superintendent of the Nor wich tuberculosis hospitali w. NJ. Steckwell, superintendent of the Shel- ton tuberculosis hospital. Dr. Pollock, superintendent of the Norwich state hospital; w. c. Fairbanks, superinten- dent of the Connecticut industrial school for girls; Mrs. W: c. Fairbanks,
 assistant superintendent of the Con necticut industrial school for girls; Mrs. J. J. MCGuigan, superintendent of the Mystic oral school for the deaf; W 4. Garner; F. M. Goddard, suPerin- tsRdsRt sf ths Hartford esuaty te#=