The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-02-18
Needs of Institution Pointed
Out by Its Officials.

and Warden Bowen pointing out TO
the legislators the necessity OF more
room and showing them the co.'s
placed in the halls to provide sleeping
accommodations. The new tuber-
culosis hospital, the fire house and
the recently constructed home for
male nurses were inspected
DIR. Britton D. Evans told the men,
bers of the legislature that if the
pending bill providing for only eight
hours work for state employees is
made a law it will require the doubl-
ing of the number of nurses in the
Greystone Park institution and entail
an additional cost to the state for
this institution of $4,000. Nurses
are now compelled to work sixteen
hours a day because there is not
room to accommodate more nurses,
they having to sleep in out of the
way corners, in halls and under the
caves, making it extremely hard to
keep enough nurses on hand to prop
erly care for the great army of pa
tients.
After the inspection of the build
ings luncheon was served in the ward
ems apartments. Those who enjoyed
the repast were Senators Lowe, Small
ley and Slocum, Assemblymen James
j. Lyons and Edward Neighbour; w.
l.. R. Lynd and Patrick ]. Ryan, of
the hospital board of managers; DR..
Evans, his assistant physicians, Ward
en- Bowen and newspaper men.
Following the luncheon the assem-
blage adjourned to the board room
and went over the items asked by the
hospital of this years legislature.
The hospital is asking for $4,000 less
than it received last year, the amount
this year being as follows
For salaries of resident officers,
1000; maintenance of county pa
tients, based on averages of 1,575 pa
tients for the year, $163,800; mains
tenance of state INDECENT patients
based on an average of 600. $166.400;
maintenance of insane convict patient
based on an average of 80, 0,800;
for annual appraisement, 5000; cloth
ing of state INDECENT patients, $12,-
800; clothing of insane convict pa
tients. $3.50; fire insurance, $4,000.
For painting materials, $4,000. Con-
stant repairs to walls, ceilings and
woodwork made painting necessary
and also the general painting of the
buildings.
Furnishing for addition to female
nurses cottage, $1,400. The legisla-
ture last year made an appropriation
for the construction of this addition
to the female nurses building but it
cannot be used until an appropriation
for furnishings is made.
For a morgue, $4,000. There are
at present no facilities for properly
caring for the dead bodies of patients
The undertaker's wagon must drive
~ hi io o.; etc
of hundreds of patients, given to
gloomy forebodings, and having bad
effect upon their minds. The present
morgue, small room under one of
the female wards, necessitates, the
carrying of bodies a long distance
when autopsies are held and proper
attention cannot be given organs to
be preserved as the laboratory is a
quarter of mile away.
For storehouse and equipment, $15,-
900. This is something the institution
never has had and is badly needed.
The main room now used for storage
of supplies is in the dormitory build
ing and is needed for the use of pa
tients.
For equipment of workshops and
patients arts and crafts,' $3,500.
Employment is neceassry for the
proper treatment and economical care
of the patients and industrial work
shops are needed.
Rebuilding of summer houses, $2,-
500. The elderly and feeble patients
get great comfort from staying in the
summer houses in mild weather.
Those now at the institution are much
in need of repair.
Glass recreation payilions, $4,000.
In rigorous winter it is impossible to
properly ventilate the wards while
the patients are there day and night
and these sun parlors would give the
patients a chance to get away from
the wards and they could enjoy simple
games in the sunshine and not be
compelled to go out in inclement
weather The over-crowded condition
of the hospital makes it necessary to
clear the wards of patients every day
in order that the wards may have
free ventilation to blow out the foul
air.
Additional nurses, 7,500. The
present number of nurses is made
quate and the overcrowded condition
of the hospital makes it imperative
that enough nurses be on hand at all
times to prevent accidents and dis
asters
Expense account for research work
by physicians, $500. Many patients
are admitted to the institution with
practically no antecedent history. A
record is necessary of each case and
it is only by sending to the patients
homes and environment that this can
be secured.
To continue eugenic field work, ST.
750 This study which is being car
ried on throughout this country and
in Europe is hoped to in time de-
crease the number of individuals who
go insane.
Bills for advertising, $69.3s. Ap-
preparations for buildings, ETC., We're
sufficient only for construction and
did not provide for the payment of
bills for advertising for bids.
Bill of Charlton A. Reed on account
OF the Hope property, s14369. An
appropriation sufficient only to pur-
chase this property was made, to
conserve the hospital water supply.
Mr.. Reed made the necessary searchesl
In connection with the purchage of
the land.
For transferring county patients
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