New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-03
County Hospital
Again Discussed
PROSPECTS FOR TUBERCULOSIS
SANATORIUM SEEM TO
GROW BETTER.
CHAIRMAN POLKOW OF OPINION
THAT STATE SHOULD DO
THIS WORK.

At the next meeting Of the Board oil
County Commissioners of Brown County
the question of joining with seven other
Counties to build a joint sanatorium at
Mankato will be submitted to the Com
ty Board Of Brown County. This was
decided at a meeting of the Chairman OF
the County Boards of Brown, Blue
Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan, Waseca,
lie Sueur, Martin, Faribau,t and Martin
Counties held at Mankato last Friday.
This meeting was held pursuant to an
agreement made at meeting previously
held when this matter was talked over
quite fully. At the Friday meeting
Chairman Herman Polkow represented
Brown County.
Attic no definite action was taken and
none of the representatives positively
pledged the support of their respective
counties to this proposition, yet every
body felt after the meeting was over that
the prospects for success are brighter
than ever before.
J. B. Summers of Nicollet County
stated that the Commissioners of his
County are unanimously in favor of a
joint sanatorium. Mr.. Polkow of this
County stated that if the other Counties
go intos it, he felt quite confident that
Brown County would also follow suit,
but he at the same time expressed the
opinion that the State ought to take care
of it's tuberculosis patients, since it is
taking care of it's insane patients and in
his opinion there is no reason why they
should 81 t ;Sasllss,e Are Of the tubercular
patients also. The Chairman of Waton-
wan County said that in his County the
sentiment in favor of joint tuberculo-
sis sanatorium is on the increase. Some
of the other Chairman did not express
themselves so positively but on the whole
the sentiment seemed more favorable
than it was at the previous meeting.
DR.. Robinson Bosworth of St. Paul,
Secretary of the state tuberculosis COM
mission who was present went into the
details of the cost of construction and
maintaining tuberculosis sanatorium
In his opinion if all the 8 counties unite
in building sanatorium, it would cost
approximately 40 cents per capita for
the erection of the institution and about
a fifth or sixth of that amount for main
tainance. DR.. Bosworth stated that the
deaths in the 8 counties average total
of lis for the past three years and that
on this basis it would not be advisable to
erect a sanatorium with capacity of
less than IA beds. The probable cost
per patient per day, he thought would be
about $3.50.
Rev. Hughes thought that a sanato-
rum of this kind should be easy of
access to the friends of the patients and
for that reason suggested that Mankato
be selected on account of it's being the
largest railroad center in southern Mime
sofa.
Another meeting will be held April End
at which the sevearl counties will be re-
presented by their entire boards. DR..
Schmitt who presided at the meeting
expressed himself as very well satisfied
with the progress that had been made
and suggested that each member present
take along copy of the following reso-
lutions which were adopted by the dele
gates present:
ut is hereby proposed by the follow
ing counties of the State of Minnesota,
to-wit: That a joint sanatorium for
care and treatment of tuberculosis cases,
be established, constructed and main
tanned and equipped and that necessary
site therefor be acquired, and that said
sanatorium be established, built, equip
ped and maintained by said counties
acting jointly as a group Of counties as
provided by and under and pursuant to
Chapter 500 of the Laws Of Minnesota
for the year 1918, provided that the pro-
portionate amount of the necessary cost
to each of said respective counties shall
not exceed such sum as may be raised by
Ia tax levy of not to exceed one mill on the
dollar of the taxable property Of each Of
said respective counties, and to that end
each Of said counties proposes to inn
mediately create 'sanatorium fund.- to
appoint the necessary members Of q
county sanatorium commission, to ap-
propriate its proportionate share Of the
cost Of site and erection, establishment
and equipment Of said sanatorium, the