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had been transferred back to the adult
building.
DR.. Rutland sought an early end to
the debate by his decision to submit
the problem to the tuberculosis Ad-
visory Board, which consists of DR..
William Charles White. chairman;
DR.. John L. Minor, Dr. James G.
Townsend and DR.. Leroy Adams, who
is afflliated with the Veterans Admin
istration.
DR.. Townsend. who is president of
the District tuberculosis Association,
told The Star yesterday: "All health
authorities recognize that there should
not be any intermingling of adult and
child tuberculosis patients. The i'm
portant thing is to keep them effec-
lively separated, and of course, this is
easier If they are housed in separate
buildings. but separate buildings are
not considered imperative if there is
effective segregation within the build
ing"
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Critics of the policy Of hospitalizing
adults in the children's building at
Glenn Dale said the two classes of
patients were not segregated effective
ly, since only swinging doors separated
their wards and they made use of the
same dining room and toilet facilities.
DR.. Townsend said the tuberculosis
Association had taken no official posi-
tion in the Glenn Dale controversy,
considering 1t matter Of internal
administration
The Health Department permit Of
flee. formerly housed in the District
Building. was given free use of space
in the Health Security Building at
Eighth and I streets NV. up to last
July. but since then the Commission
ers have received demands for rent
Of $500 year.
The Office was moved to the Health
Security Building about two years
age so that it might work in close
cooperation with the Central Ad-
mitting Bureau for Hospitals, an
agency financed by the Community
Chest. and with the Medical-Dental
Service Bureau. charity agency
which was operated by private ply
sicians as an aid to charity patients
which could not be cared for by the
District.
Election Of the permit Office from
its present quarters would be a Sc
rious blow to the cooperative effort,
District officials said, since it almost
necessarily would mean a separation
Of the permit Office from the Central
Admitting Bureau.
Except in cases of extreme emer-
gency, it is explained the District
institutions may not accept charity
patients unless they can show they
have been legal residents Of the Dis
trict for one year. In many cases,
where the applicant has been a resi-
dent here for less than year, the
problem is handled by the Central
Admitting Bureau with the Com
munity Chest bearing all or part of
the cost.
No Funds for Rent
When the demand for rent Of s125
month was received, the Commits
sioners noted there was no specific
appropriation for rent for the per-
NIT Office. The need had not been
anticipated Dr. Rutland then sought
use OF some of the social security
health grants for the purpose, and
approval was obtained from the U. S.
Public Health Service, the record
shows.
However, Maj. Daniel j. Donovan,
District auditor, still was uncertain
about the legality Of the obligation
and the problem was submitted to
the controller general The formal
answer from that agency, revealed
yesterday, was that neither Federal
nor District funds could be used for
rent unless SO specifically authorized
by Congress.
In their letter to the controller
general, the Commissioners had
stressed that a separation of the per-
NIT Office from the Central Admit
ting Bureau would increase the hard
ship, burdens and responsibilities Of
both agencies" They cited the dif-