The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-11

siSo pSuoj anu IWo private rooms Tor
patients.
1T is possessed of no assets, save
and except that the building Is owned
by this women's club.
Its resources are derived from con-
tributions from the city of $500 per
month; $500 per month from the
county. and $1,000 per month from the
white Kings Daughters Hospital. The
remainder. of its resources are derived
from contributions from charitable
citizens, and from such patients as are
able to pay.
ut is barely self-supporting, hav-
ing to employ registered nurse, a
cook, a man to fire the furnace, and
one other person.
1T is not required to pay any tax
es."
In consideration of the fact that the
city and the county make monthly
contributions to it, charity patients
are received.
81 should judge that it received an
average of three pay patients per
month.
Its establishment has supplied a
long-felt need in this community to
our colored citizens"
Versailles.
W.. o. Davis, Esq, writes:
I'VE have in Versailles the Wood
ford Memorial Hospital which was
built and presented to Woodford
County by Mrs. A. j. Alexander in
1906, and is not run for private gain
or profit. The rooms were furnished
by different citizens and called by
their names, and in some instances as
memorials.
First and second. 1t has an endow-
ment of about $25,000.OO, part of this
raised by popular subscription, and
the remainder given by citizen. 1t
receives from patients about 100000,
and from the County and City 100000
annually. A number of citizens give
annually sums varying from $40 to
10000, and various Church Societies
make annual donations.
Third. 1t pays no tax, and the city
furnishes water free.
Fourth. 1t has six rooms for pri-
vate patients. Two wards containing
three beds each for charity patients.
Fifth. It receives patients for pay
in the six rooms, the price paid vary
ing from $1,000 to $4,000 per week.
Sixth. 1t receives charity patients
during the year averaging about 100
Some of these prefer TO nav and do
from 81. 90 n day TO LOO week. hut
are admitted free. AS stated above the
County pavs the hospital Annually So
COO 90 and the CITY 5000 90 and free
water.
I'VE have a well enuipped onerating
room. but no X-rav enuinment. and
no rooms for incurahles Eynerience
has demonstrated that the latter two
should be added to any hospital."
II appears from the communications
from which we have quoted in each
Of tbe eleven communities named
there is an institution answering TO
that of Havswood II is not oneroted
for priyate gain or profit. II takes all
the nav patients II can get And If
NAYS no taxes Rut in neither com
munity is the institution pestered nv
nr nut to EXPENSE in defending claims
FOR taxes Nor does one community at
tempt TO shift the burden of caring for
charity patients to tbe Institution On
the contrary eyccnt ot Nj Sterling
generous subscrintions are made nv
both citv and countv for caring for
such natients and ar Mt Sterling "a
small croun of nrivatn citizens" have
"ogreed that any natient unohle IN nav
will have his eynenses derfraved bv''
them
II is NOT unlikeIv that the soma con-
dition of tbirps nrevoiIs in many othcr
communities in this state Those
named arc all we have manfred about
And wo manfred of them without
knowing what would be the result of
tbo innuirv
The Future.
Havswood HosnitaI &c badIv +, mood
of moro rooms II has hut saven for
occunation of white natinnts Tie ooI-
ored ward is inadaouato brick odd
dition shouId no made on tbe west
Possibly II would no bottor n oroo, an
entirely now building nm Fourth
street Tho deotb of Nrs Have and
the sale NJ her farm nnt 10 in q noel.
tion IN consider srcb on imrrovomont
Tho earlv mart Of iast voar wo bad
nlano Drawn by n oomnotont orobitoot
ror , now hriidirG az Eomr,h ntnoot
Tho higb oost % hn,Id;ra has ~ ,on. &c 80
from aoing frr,hor niona ~ thi I'll ,;r u'
Tho inyostod frnSa oan - o, e.,
.bis nnrnoso put nossih,,, ~ r o.I 10 ~
unwiso pct r. hoon substar aOu ~ Uo
tion thoroo, 70 No. ~, os ~ ~ po,
dowrnnt f,ns ~ 49, 1os,., on GU
,u;s;ns. -, ~ n A.. u'a.o en.,H.'
80 a. h ~ ln 'I Dn aI VI ,ne opei a.lo
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