Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-23
URGE COUNTY HOSPITAL
RATHER THAN new ROADS
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Dr. Silk said lie had been over
the land and studied 1t thoroughly,
he being of the opinion that it is a
good site owing to it's close proxim-
ity to the fast line and Pennsylvania
Railroad station at Menlo Park. The
county paid $4s, 900 for this property
and had plans drawn for a proposed
hospital, bit IL vas never definitely
decided to go ahead with the pro-
ject
Dc.4Silk made an estimate that the
cost OF building ami eiuiping a 100
bed hospital would be $3.50, 900. He
emphasized the strong need of such
a hospital In Midd.esex county when
he quoted figures showing deaths
fro mthe white plague in which he
included L item showing 219
deaths in Mfddlesex county alone
during the year. dus to tuberculosis.
MAIDS J. Dinesen of Perth Amboy.
representing the Western Improve
ment Association Of that city, was
outspoken and to the point in every
thing that he said.
ut Is high time that a. suitable
place was found for u tuberculo-
sis patients he said
He said that nleny Of the patients
object to going 50 far from home
for treatment and pointed out the
relief many would feel If they could
be taken tc a sanitorium within the
confines of the county.
DR. Matthew f. Urbanski, seere-
tary of tn Middlesex County Medi-
cal Society had a letter before the
freeholders urging that body to take
definite steps toward the erection of
a tuberculosis hospital The medical
society is strongly in favor of such
an institution being built within Mid
dlesex county the letter said.
The unemployment situation, Mr..
Eaton said, is likely to have much 20
do with increasing the number of
tuberculosis cases is unemployment
means lack of funds and lack of
funds results in scarcity of food.
Lack of food, he said, results in un-
ACCOMPLISHMENT and this so weak
en- the body that it is susceptible to
tuberculosis. Nine of the counties
in the state have tuberculosis hospl-
tails, he said. and he gave data on
the cost of maintaining such an in
stitution which showed the cost per
patient to range from s12 TO $40 a
week.
Mrs. Emma C. Ives. of New Bruins
wick. representing the League of
Women Voters of Middlesex County,
advocated the erection of the hospi-
tai.
James Nelson, of New Brunswick,
said he understood that the county
bond limit has been increased for
the purpose of allowing the free
holders to go ahead with the con-
struction of a hospital some time
ago. but instead the additional
money had been used on roads in
stead of the hospital.
Explanation was made by Direc-
tor Dey that the freeholders have
already taken up witt the freehold
ers have already taken up with the
State Board of Health the matter of
erecting a tuberc ulosis hospital in
MeddleseA and the state board at
its first meeting in January will
nama a committee winch will inves-
tigate the situation and report.
DR.. L ]. Cronk, OF New Brunswick
a member of the Middlesex County
Medical Society. the Anti-Tuberculo-
sis League and the New Brunswick
Board of Health, urged immediate
action and pointed out the necessity
of protecting the families of victims.
The advisabi,ity OF fighting the dis
ease in its early stages was also en-
phasized by DIR. CrOnk-
Robert Carson, OF New Brunswick,
was the only speaker who object
ed to the freeholGors building the
hospital at this time. He said he
did not wish to b. understood to OPP