Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-10
LOCAL CHARITY
NEEDS LISTED
Harrisburg Hospital Recon-,
mended for $35,0O0-
Other Grants

The Harrisburg Hospital is recon-
.mended for $s5, 200 appropriation. or
$4,000 less than two years ago. by
the State Board of Public Charities.
This recommendation Is contained in
list OF several hundred announced
last night, and the report sets forth
that 1t is on the new basis of free
recommended for Sc, 900. The State
Hospital is cared for in the approp-
ration for INDECENT insane and Is
recommended for s76,500 for build
ings and improvements.
The Harrisburg Hospital percent
aga of free treatment does not show
up~well in the state. 1t Is given as
16 per cent. The Polyclinic, which
does not handle so much, shows 20
per cent. Lancaster General Hos
pital shows 2S per cent; Packer, at
Sunbury. SO per cent; Reading Gen.
eral, 80 per cent; st. Joseph's, Read
ing, 40 per cent: Blair, Huntington.
22 per cent; Altoona Hospital, Ss
per cent; Mercy. Altoona, 22 per
cent; Carlisle Hospital, Al per cent;
Chambersburg Hospital, "a per cent;
Columbia Hospital, GO per cent; AL
istown Hospital, 81 per cent; Potts
Vile Hospital, Sc per cent; St
Luke's Hospital. Bethlehem. SO per
cent; Wilkes Barre Hospital. AZ per
cent; Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre,
90 per cent; York Hospital, 80 per
cent. and Williamsport Hospital, 4S
per cent.
The Statement
The statement on Harrisburg is:
Harrisburg Hospital-"Amountr re-
ceived last session, maintenance for
two years. $4,000. Application, June
1. 1919, to May 81, 1921; mainte-
nance for two years, $4,000; inn
provements. $4,000; buildings, $780,
600; total, $4,000. Cost per diem.
$3.50; per cent. free treatment, 16
per cent; cost free days, s17,475.
Amount recommended as follows:
Maintenance for two years, $4,000.
The apparent need of this institution
is $1,000. They are applying for
$4,000. The sum of S17,500 per
year or $4,000 for two years for
maintenance is hereby recommend
ed. This hospital during the epi-
demic took care of 426 patients suf-
fering from influence at cost of
S11, 1,sS2.24.'
Harrisburg Polytechnic Hospital
Amount received last session: Main
tenance for two years, $4,000. APP
plication. June /, 1919, to May 81,
1921: Maintenance for two years.
$4,000; maintenance deficit, $500:
total, $10,S00; cost per diem, sass;
free treatment, 20 per cent; cost
free days, S3,149.44.
Amount recommended as follows:
Maintenance for two years, $4,000.
IA Nfc l.
600 per year. However, we recon-
which is their apparent need, or S6,-
600 for two years for maintenance.
This institution during the epidemic
took care of thirty-seven patients
suffering from influenza at a cost OF
s1,011.40.
Recommendations
Other Harrisburg recommenda-
tions are:
Children's Industrial Home-Last
session, $500; asked $4,000; rec
commended, $4,000.
Crittenden Home-Iast session.
:l,5oo; asked $4,000; recommended,
Home For Friendless-Last ses-
sion, $4,000; asked, $4,000; recon-
mended, $500.
Messiah Home-Last session. So
600; asked $4,000; recommended,
Messiah orphanage, Grantham -
Last session, $4,000: asked sS,50O;
recommended, $4,000.
Nursery Home-Last session. 81
600; asked, $4,000; recommended,
$4,000.
Sylvan Heights-Last session. s7.-
600; asked $4,000: reconoponodn.,
$4,000. - NeO
Inc Nursery Home had included
$1,000 for buildings, which was cut
out. No statements beyond mere
Hgures were made on others.
Nearby recommendations are az
tolIoWs. the first figures being the re-
quest, the second the recommenda-
tion:
Carlisle Hospital, $4,000, $4,000
Shamoersburg Hospital, $17,5000,
Good Samaritan, Lebanon, $50 900
$4,000. TOV'V'V'
nj Lancaster General. $4,000, $40
York, $4,000. s2s.oOO
Columbia, $2s,500, $4,000
Lewistown. $4,000, $4,000.
Packer, Sunbury, $4,000, s1S.o0o
Williamsport, 500, 900, s67. 900.
Reading, $4,000, s56.OOO.
.4S ,; ooo o'oseph's' Reading, $4,000,
. q Homeopathic. 06n Reading, $4,000
400. F-''0Vo' Sl4'-
Mercy. Altoona, $65,Ooo. s2oooo
Altoona, Altoona, $50. 600. s5o oOo
owing to the work done by the
asehts th Oh the board in investigation
OF the amount of free service and tba
interest displayed by the new Cove
nor In the results the recommenSs-
tons OF the board will receive nroh-
ably more attention than ever he
e;. Iore; a considerable amount of
mendations, which are from the ner-
tunctory type of some years ago. and
RITTER THAN chI 0MEl