Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
P. AND S. HOSPITAL
SEEKS AID FROM CITY
Can No Longer Maintain Con-
tagious Disease Unit With
out Assistance.


Their funds exhausted and no longer
able themselves TO carry along the bur
den. n committee from the Ply
sicians and Surgeons Hospital last
night made an appeal TO City CoGn-
ell for aia in the maintenance and
operatioi the hospitals contagious
disease at Broome and Chestnut
streets. formerly the Mckay estate.
Council promised to consider the mat
ter I'm committee of the whole next
Wednesday night and to give the COM
mittee a definite answer on Thursday
night. The committee included DIR. Il.
a. Jenkins, William Z. White, John
g. Booker. Fred IL. Gawthrop. ii. II.
Dobler.
MIR. White was spokesman and gave
brief history f the unit. explaining
what has been accomplished there and
what could be accomplished. At present
there are IL patients in the hospital
hut he was unable TO say what will
be done with them for the source of
their revenue has been withdrawn and
they are unable To defray the expenses
of the institution. lie suggested the
city take over the unit at possibly a
rental of 81 ear or that the city
make an appropriation sufficiently
large to enable the Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital To maintain the
unit.
Other members of the committee
spoke along the same lines and point
ed TO the necessity for the city having
a contagious disease hospital and what
II would afford in times of an epidemic
They cited instances where contagious
diseases would have been spread had
not the patients been sent there. IL il
were not for this hospital the patients
would have to remain at their homes
which would increase the danger Of
Contagion and the spreading of dis
ease.
some Of the ICounCilmen questioned
the advisahilitN of the Citys taking
over the hospital because Of the ex-
pense but IL was explained that with
the SO a day the city could receive
under the law from the Levy Court
for the care bf free patients it would
not cost more than $4,000 year 70
maintain the unit. Councilman Nc
Nabh said III the city had il the four
attendants now required would be in
creased to 81 under municipal rule.
Councilmau Murray said the previous
committee from the hospital had prom
ised the old Council that they We're GO
ing 10 move their hospital from Eighth
and Adams streets 10 the Mckay es-
tate and make "A big institution of il
and then turn il over 10 the city but
this had not been done. The commit
tee said they still have such a plan
under contemplation but because Of
conditions IL has been impossible to
get money and transfer the hospital.
Mr.. Murray did not think the old COM
mittee had played fair with the Council,
he said. He also objected to the big
signs about the present hospital call
ing attention to its character. He did
not object solely because it was a con-
tagious disease hospital however nor
did the people of his ward.
The committee said they would be
glad to undertake the continued main
tenance Of the hospital with an annual
appropriation from the city in the
amount Of the annual cost Of main
tenance. Council promised to consider
the matter in a meeting Of the commit
tee Of the whole next "Wednesday
night and to give their answer 70 the
committee on Thursday night.