Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
COUNTY HOME HOSPITAL
is NOW READY FOR USE

The hospital at the Morgan coun-
ty home is now ready for use, and 1t
is of sufficient capacity to accommo-
date IL patients. Half of what has
been the mems sleeping dormitory
has been made over into hospital,
which contains a ward for women,
one for men, an operating room,
bath, and nurses quarters. The
walls are Of snowy white, and the
rooms have cement floors. The wood
work is newly painted and varnish-
ed; all of which was done by Will
bur Jones. There is hot and cold
running water, also bath, electricity,
steam heat, and the hospital is
equipped to take care of minor OPP
erations. The rooms are light, with
good ventilation. Miss Golda Price
who has had three years experience
as a practical nurse at the county
home, and whose services are of the
very BEST has charge of the hos
pital.
A number of county homes are be-
ing hospitaliZed, and State Inspector
Griffin, who has been inspecting
county homes for 16 years, states
that outside of the places where new
buildings have been constructed for
hospital uses. the hospital here is
the best he has found in the state.
The prime purpose of this hospital
is for those who receive old age pen
sions. When they get to the point
that they can no longer care for
themselves, or no one can give them
the attention they require, they can
be brought to this place. They will
not lose their pensions, and can be
given the best of care, all for 81 per
day, their pensions paying for ev-
erything This plan will enable
them to be cared for in the proper
way. Another valuable purpose of
the hospital is that when the county
sends a patient away for an opera
tion they must pay regular hospital
rates, which are quite expensive.
Now, after an operation, instead of
having to remain for several weeks
at the hospital where the operation
was performed, they can be removed
to this hospital while convalescing.
There is one thing that the county
commissioners and the superintend-
ent and matron of the home want
people to understand, and that is
that patients are not made wards of
the county, and are not committed
to the county home-that the hos
pital is separate and apart from the
county home.
Noble county's county home is not
being hospitalized, and the commits
Sioners of that county have asked
that their aged who receive the aid
for the aged be cared for here, and
that arrangements have been made
The beds for the hospital were made
at the Mansfield reformatory, and
cost the county but $11 each. Any
one seeing this hospital, cannot but
be impressed with it-especially the
moderate cost with which it was
done.
There are at present SO inmates
of the county home, of whom three
are past 80 years of age, and eight
are beyond so years.
The writer after visiting the new
hospital was shown through the
county home which is in splendid
shape. We also observed on the
farm "a acres of corn-the best we
have seen any place, and from pres
ent prospects it will be a bumper
crop. The vegetables raised, beyond
present consumption, are being
canned, and Mrs. Ellis the matron
stated that it was their aim to have
100 gallons of each sort of veg
etables cold packed, and 100 gallons
of pie plant has been canned The
home also produces it's potatoes and
pork, butter and milk. There is cleo
trio refrigeration, and those at the
institution are given the best of
care. The buildings are all steam
heated from one heating plant; and
there is running water supplied from
reservoir, and water is also pump
ed from wells driven in on the land
near the river
The location of our county home
with it's 325 acres of land, is one of