Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-19
shaeks for Tuhereular Patients.

Shaeks for Tuhercular Patients. It is unlawful to care for any per
 son suffering from tuberculosis in an | almshouse, yet the Norwich state hos pital is unable to segregate those who | suffer from tuberculosis on admission | or acquire it at varying times there i after. Certainly the states employees
 and the states insane are as worthy | of protection as the towns paupers.
 An appropriation of $16,000 would be necessary to provide and equip l building for the care of 30 tubercular patients. Cottage for Married Employees. The hospital has at present no &C., commodations for married employees
 (employes where the husband and wife are both in the employ of the hospi- | tab other than over its laundry build ! ing. This space over the laundry building should be taken for a sewing room, now occupying much needed space in the laundry proper, as well as | for other industrial purposes (tailor shop, shoemaker shop, industrial teacher) and a cottage for married en- s19,5O0 would enable the hospital to
 provide quarters for 40 employees. Cottage for Contagious Diseases. The hospital tnow has no place for
 the care of these who may be af- | ficted with contagious disease. The old office building situated in the rear | of the laundry building could be re- | moved to a more distant. part of the grounds and temporarily used for this
 purpose if, as originally planned, the ! second story of the kitchen building | were completed and used for the hous- | ing of the kitchen and bakery employees
 who now occupy the old ofhcs build 1 ing.
 The removal and remodeling of the old office building and the completion | of the second story over 8 portion of
 the kitchen would require an appro- ! priation of S9,000.
 | Cottage for Assistant Superintendent. The present staff house was plan I ned to give accommodation to the hos | pital staff employed at the time of it's l erection with the idea of providing quarters for the assistant superin- 1 tendent and married members of the staff in buildings to be later built. l Since the erection of the staff house l the number of patients has materially l increased neceSsitating an added num- | Der of physicians.
 | The assistant super+intendenTs l quarters are restricted and he has wife and one child. $600G should be 1 aIppro priated for the erection and fur l nishing of this building.
 { Torches North and South Wards B. l Quite extensive repairs must of ne- | cessity be made to the flooring and guards of the porches on North and ] South Wards B. These are at present | too narrow to permit of bed patients l being properly cared for upon them. | They should be replaced with wider | porches of concrete. $12,000 will be | required for this purpose.
 Hydrotherapeutie Equipment.
 The hospital is lacking in hydro | therapeutic facilities. The modern l +,~1so or
 acute forms of mental disease as well
 as those chronically disturbed, re-
 quires the employment of continuous 1 baths and other hydrotherapeutic | measures.
 | Continuous baths should be employ | ed spasmodically, but as their name i implies, continually, both day and I night, and often for several days at
 time Under our present arrange
 ment this is impossible. It is also
 essential that the selected tempera-
 ture of the water should be constant | ly maintained, necessitating the in- | stallation of automatic controls Other | wise injury rather than benefit may
 accrue. All modern hospitals for the | insane are supplied with a complete
 hydrotherapeutic equipment. To in stall the necessary baths and appli- | ances in the basements of our hos pital wards would require an expen- l allure of $6.oo0.
 I Hot Water Supply and Return Mains. Galvanized pipes were employed for
 conveying the hot water for domestic | purposes from our power house to | Wards A and B. Later installations
 have been made with brass pipe. These galvanized mains and returns have been frequently repaired but have now deteriorated to such an extent as to l render further repair almost impos- sible. These should be renewed with I On of ifG l comparative cheapness- lead lined
 pipe. This would require an appro- priation of $5,014 for mains, addition
 al heater and circulating pumps. | Additional Ward Buildings. | On the female side there will be with commodat1ons for but twenty addition
 al patients. It will require at least
 a year and a half before any added | accommodations can be provided,
 meanwhile the insane women will in 1 crease at least one hundred and fifty. | On the male side we will have with | the Ward F occupied only fifty beds | in excess of our normal capacity; con-
 sequently, provisions for not less than
 two hundred additional insane patients similar institution. This will require
 an appropriation of s13o,000. | Furnishings for Amusement Hall. An appropriation of $1,95O is re- quired for the purpose of properly fur nishing our amusement hall Extension of Sewers and Water Mains. l $1,800 will be required for the neces- sary extension of sewer and water
 mains.
 Reorganization.
 Water supply ................$ 10000 l Shacks for tubercular pa-
 tients s................. 1s,000 Cottage for married employees 19,500 1 Quarters for employees, provid- 1 ing cottage for contagious diseases 5000
 Cottage for assistant superin-
 tendent .................... 5000 Torches North and South l Wards B .................. 12,o0o Hydrotherapeutic equipment .. 5000 Renewal of hot water supply and return mains .......... 5,014
 Ward buildings ............... 130, ,000 Furnishings amusement hall .. 1850 ! Extension sewer and water
 mains .................... 1900 | s227,264 l Gallup farm ......,,.......... $5,000 Tour of Buildings. 1 A tour of the buildings followed the close of the hearing and at about 3.45 T zfoN< ~1- &t l--