Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-09
soARp OF SUPERVISORS FACES
PROBLEM IN DETENTION
HOSPITAL.
PRESENT FACILITIES
FAR FROM ADEQUATE
No Milk Furnished Patients, and
Building 10 Not Hsatsd Sufficiently
for Cold Wsather-only One Bath
room and Toilet forf a. Many az
Twenty six Patients.

| fronted with a problem in the deten-
tains, altho the institution is under
the direction OF the city. whose board
Of health employs the help. and ccrti-
fies the bills to the county.
TO the credit OF the board 1t should
be understood that not until Friday
was its attention called 20 complaints
OF smallpox patients who have been
confined in the building during recent
weeks. The Times-Republican told
Chairman Goecke and Supervisor
Wiley Friday afternoon of conditions
said 10 exist. and both members de-
F, clared without reservation that they
would investigate at once and as soon
as possible the conditions would be
remedied
Mayor Wilson, as chairman of the
board OF health, was asked If he knew
OF the conditions, and said that he had
not been informed Until few days
ago. He said that as soon as the hos
pital could be ridden of its patients
the board of health would visit the
place and make recommendations to
the board OF supervisors.
City Health Physician Battin said
that ne knew that the conditions were
not good. and he told the board Fri
day afternoon OF the inadeQuacy Of
the plumbing.
Not Enough Room.
That there is not enough room to
care for the patients that have been
confined in the building this winter:
that the sanitary conditions are poor,
/ that the building Is not properly heat
/ ed: that there are not enough blank
cts furnished to keep patients warm:
and that the food is not what il
should be for people who are not we'll
are the complaints made by patients.
+! Only One Bath Room: One Toilet.
At orc time this winter there were
ltwenty-six patients in the hospital
There is but one bath room. one toilet
and no lavatory. T-ca tInent for small
pox patients is two hot baths day.
Men and women have 10 use the same
bath tub and toilet and to get in fif-
ty-two hot baths in che day is a busy
day for those who are in charge Of
the hospital. TO say nothing OF the
cooking. and general care OF the
house.
Criticisms Of Patients.
Miss Martha Klindt, teacher Of the
fourth grade at the Arnold school
was in the hospital recently VIZ!
twenty other patients. she says:
Marshalltown needs I, new deten-
lion hospital. There is no privacy
whatever in the hospital. The equip
rIcni is such that ordinary hygienic
conditions can NOT be observed. !
think that Mr. and Mrs WiUGrom arr
doin= all they car with what the>
lave 10 work with. but they are great
y Handicapped"
Miss Carrie Stanley. IN EnGl:s}
teacher in the high school is anothe.
patien, who thinks thai condition
should he improved. Miss Stanle,
says that the Wi-drons can not got
what they order. she heard Mrs. Win
drOm order a dozen pair Of cottor
blankets az a time when the weathes
required more covering for patients
nd four pairs were sent. The air in
the building is foul Miss stanley
SAYS. and the food Is not what mos
Uatieats are used TO. 'of course
Miss STANLEY said. Il wouldn't expe,.'
dclicacies al a place like that. hut {.
does seem that at least milk could h.
furnished. No one can cook for sick
people without milk. and all the mill
ne had was condensed. and then II
was rhinned with water All | had for
breakfast while I was there was blsc#
coffee and crackers. couldn't ca:
the oatmeal with Trimmed condensed
milk or il, 50 ! got along with cot
fee and crackers. The OleGmargarinc
furnished was so rancid that none Of
~ could eat il. IL got TO be a joke
with is when new patients would
come iu. We would pass the butter
and avail; results. No one ever too
| butter but once"
Miss Stanley says tina: she feel
sorry for the Windrons. for sLc
knows Mrs. Windrom Would 90 al
she could if she had things 20 do with
She does criticize Mr.. Windrom. how
eyer. for losing his temper. and say
that Windrom swore at her for using
the telephone too long. Il told him
when ! had finished that l didn',
want him to swear at me again. as !
wasn't In the habit Of being sworn to-
His reply was that he never did like
n hog II told him that I never had
been fond Of hogs either" He then
said that Jesus Christ would swear
in a place Ike this"
Miss Althea Arbs, a waitress at
the Stoddart, was another at whom
Windrom swore. Her offense was
reading a magazine while she was
waiting for the bath water TO become
hot. o. d. you, what are
you reading that magazine for? was
Windrom's remark. according to Miss
Arbs. Miss Arbs said she asked him
not to swear at her. and the answer
was by God II want TO swear at
you I'll swear at you
Fred worral. maras ger Of the Ca
sine Theater, said that II he wanted
to kick" ne guessed he could find
some complaint. I figure it tho, -
said Mr.. worral. that II go out
there and It doesn't cost me anything.
ought not to kick very much on
what get. OF course II is not what I
would like, bvt think they are do
| Ing the best they can with what they
have 70 work with"
| Dewey LAPIant. an operator for the
Western Union. said he got along all
right. rot course have had better
stuff to eat. but managed to get
soon~h such ~ n uas"