The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17

ulation of $4,000 is entitled to an in
stitution of this kind. A hospital, mod
ern in every respect, where your sick
can be given the best of care by a
staff of experts. 1t is one of the best
human investments which can be
made. In an institution of this sort, it
is not question of the patients abil-
ity to pay, but question of relieving
their suffering with the latest aids
known to medical science.
"Mere money can't pay for the serv-
ice that the modern hospital plans to
give its patients. 1t is service Of
the heart, of the mind and of the soul
which can't be paid for with money
If it is not such an institution, it is
not worthy Of its existance. The
moment patient comes into stand
ardized hospital today, that patient
ceases to be simply an Individual
physicians patient, but immediate
becomes a patient of the institution,
The public is becoming educated to
the fact that hospitals are not to be
Stunned, but that they are the ideal
places to be when one is i'll, for there
and there alone can the delicate skill
be brought into play. 1t is there that
every aid is at hand, aids which are
not in the home, no matter how
wealthy the home may be-"
Conditions Crowded.
Dr. R. o. Grigsby, formerly connect
ed with the Mayo Clinic of Rochester,
Mimi, pointed out that conditions are
badly crowded in the two hospitals
which are at present in operation. He
stated that there have been times
when patients have been forced to use
cots in the corridors because there
was not enough room to care for them
in the rooms.
Kenosha has at present about $50
beds in the two institutions, whereas
this is only about one-ffth the mum
Der that there should be to bring the
city up to the standard.
DR.. Grigsby pointed out the safety
to be gained by working in stan dard-
lied hospital. He said that at the
clinic, only one out of $4,000 cases of
tonsils had proved fatal. He said that
the goiter operation, which FIR many
years was considered most danger us,
had been reduced to a point where
the fatality rate was but three percent.
Dieticians are now present in Y
standardized HOSPITAL to assist the
physici ans.
Hospital Architect u-e Ch~ngod.
Mr. Swern, Of the firm of-Berlin,
Swern and Randall, Chicago architects,
stated that radical changes in the
architecture Of hospitals has followed
the standardization movement. He
pointed out that hospitals, under the
old style were very inefficient. The
present trend is toward the central
izing of management and operation
and the decentralizing of the nurses
work.
He said that when he started spec
ializing in hospital architecture he
went at it from the very bottom, with
the idea of arranging it with the same
efficiency that is used by industries in
factory construction. Pedometers were
attached to the nurses and it was
found that in eight hours the aver
age nurse walked about IL miles. This
left five hours for her skilled work,
and three hours devoted to walking.
Realizing that this was a waste which
could be done away with, he did away
with all the diet kitchens of the vari-
Gus floors, and centralized all of the
kitchens in the basement, supplying
the floors with food by means of dumb
walters. While at first glance the ward
system seemed to be the cheapest,
was the greater saving. Each room is
was the greater saving. Eeach room is
equipped with running water and tot
let facilities so that the nurse by MAX
ing one trip to the room could take
care of 80 per cent of the patients
wants, thus eliminating many miles
of needless walking.
The single room plan made for "bed
reliability" He explained this when
he said that in many institutions
where there were mems and women 8
wards, one might be filled and a list
waiting which could not be cared for
while the other ward might be half
filled.
Reduces Cost of Building.
He stated that the single room plan
reduced the cost of building from $5,-
900 a bed, under the old ward system,
to about $4,000 a bed, while the cost
of operation of one of the new type
of efficient building was materially
lessened. In one of these single room
institute IS he said that money was
being made at a charge of So per
patient per day. This included pract-
ically everything. Lantern slides of
various floor plans were then shown,
together with rough drawing of the
proposed addition.
Mr.. Afford, who acted as spokesman
for the committee said that no def
mite plans had been made by them,
but that they would report the facts
which had been presented back to the
Manufacturers association and would
consider the city's need of additional
disqualification from the various
angles.