Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-27

first aid to the mentally diseased, other than the insane asylum or the almshouse. But to make cure in a mental case, said the doctor, we must get them sooner than we can legally now. He advised complete state care of the insane as the only complete so- lution of the situation.
 What Backus Hospital Does.
 Superintendent F. Leon Hutchins of the Backus hospital was introduced to speak upon the subject of The Ser vices of the Hospital to This Con- munfty. He referred in the beginning to the building of the hospital by MT. Backus and it's endowment for more than $3T0, 900 by Wrn. A. Slater, a to- tai gift to the community of over half g. million dollars. He referred to the work of the free dispensary for the poor of the town which does not cost this community a dollar. The hospital pays every dollar for it, as it does for l the laboratory work, the clinic for Women's diseases, and also the eye, ear and throat treatment department. !, The superintendent stated that the hospital had recently rendered it's ser 1 vices to the local medical association l for a venereal disease clinic. It will 1 not cost this community a. single dol l lar to have an expert brought here | by Dr. Osgood. who will give instruc- ton in the administering of salYosan | for venereal diseases.
 MT. Hutchins said that he wished | to disabuse the minds of the public l of the impression that Backus hospi- l tai has so much money that it does
 not know what to do with it.
 The cost per patient per capita is l s19.03 and many patients do not even pay the $10 per week which is the | but S5 per week for patients. Super intendent Hutchins cited several in-
 stances as illustrations to show that the best and high priced service is given even to the poorest patients This service takes a pile of money and the Backus hospital has never
 called upon the town of Norwich foI
 a cent in 25 years. But this year the
 Backus hospital is facing a deficit.
 Superintendent Hutchins stated tha,
 the trustees had recently voted to ust
 the isolated ward for venereal dis
 eases. He spoke also of the training O
 nurses that is carried on at the hos,
 pital and of the shortage of sleeping
 rooms for the nurses. He said that i would be a good investment for tn,
 community to provide more facilitie ! in that line for the nurses home, F'ifty-four thousand dollars, Super | intendent Hutchins said, were tn , yearly expenses of the hospital, ant
 practically every dollar is spent il Norwich He asked for the interes and cooperation of the communit, in the conduct of the hospital H spoke of the particular need of al X-ray machine, which costs about $2,
 900, and towards which there has nov
 been accumulated by contribution } about $1,000.
 Garfield MuddIed Coal Situation. William & Gould, president of tn 3 Fuel Engineering company of Ne1 York, gave an exhaustive survey c 9 the critical condition udr industries ar s in owing to Inability to secure bitum ? inous and anthracite coal He covere : the whole subject from 1915 to tn !. present time, charging that the cos producers had deliberately famed tn flame of high prices in 1915 and 1911 6 but said that the regulations impose s by the national fuel commission unde v Dr. Garfield had made bad muddl n ftIle whole situation since then, a l MT. Garfield had shown that he wa