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committee. If the ratio of 1.27
patients per employe were applied
against the anticipated daily average
patient load of 1,130 at Gallinger
in the fiscal year 1912, that institu-
ton would require total of 800
employees, instead of 854 requested,
and the 1876 approved by the House.
Representative Mahon, Democrat,
of Texas, member of the House
Appropriations Committee, who pre-
sented the report of his committee
to the House, explained that the
subcommittee took other factors
than Public Health Service reports
into consideration in reducing the
requests for personnel at Gallinger.
The Bureau of the Budget report
asking for large increase in per-
sonnel was considered too high also
for charity hospital" Mr.. Mahon
said. When hospital has enough
money, he explained, it is we'll to
have more employees, but he added,
"A charity hospital ought to be
run as economically as possible be-
cause its support must come from
public funds" He said the COM
mittee had granted some of the
increases requested for Gallinger.
Personnel Inadequate.
Complaints of the service at Gal
linger have led to investigations
which usually found that the per-
sonnel was inadequate. The ward
staff was able to provide only the
barest minimum necessities of care.
Many important procedures neces-
Sary to nursing care could not bs
carried out. AS a result, patients
frequently had to remain at the
hospital longer than they otherwise
would, and thus the cost of their
care was increased.
Other comparable municipal hos
pitfalls throughout the country have
more employees per patient than
Gallinger, according to official fig
ures presented by the Health De-
partment to the House subcommit-
tee. The ratio of patients per en-
ploye, according to the figures from
six comparable municipal hospitals,
averages 09. Even if all the en-
ployes requested by the Commis-
sioners and the Budget Bureau had
been allowed by the House sub
committee, Gallinger Hospital, with
13 patients per employe, still would
not have as many employees relative
to its patients as the average for
these municipal institutions.
Ratio for Six Hospitals.
The ratio for the six hospitals was
shown to stand as follows: 0.8, /,
O9, IL, OF and IL for an average
of 09.
1t is estimated that in the fiscal
year 1912 Gallinger will carry daily
average patient load of LOTS, plus
SIS newborn, or a total of 1,130.
When this figure is divided by 854
employees, the total requested of
Congress, ratio of 1.3 patients per
employe is obtained. This is much
heavier load per employe than the
average shown for comparable
municipal hospitals, or the average
for all general hospitals of the
country.
Figures from IL private hospitals
in Washington, submitted to the
House subcommittee, without iden-
tifying the hospitals, show that the
average ratio of patients per en-
ploye is only sc.
District Private Institutions.
The figures from the private
Washington hospitals are as follows:
Hospital No. l, average number
of patients treated daily during the
last fiscal or calendar year, 70.3;
total number of paid employees of
all types, 80; average ratio OF pa
tients per employe, 0.8.
Hospital No. 2, 131 patients; 232
employees, ratio, 06.
Hospital No. 8, 103 patients, 162
employees, ratio, 06.
Hospital No. 4, 233 patients, $50
employees, ratio, '.06.
Hospital No. 5, 7s patients, 12s
employees; ratio, 0.6.
Hospital No. 6. 245 patients; 313
employees; ratio, OF.
Hospital No. 7, 240 patients; 1876
employees; ratio, 0.5.
Hospital No. 8, SO patients; 81
employees; ratio, /.
Hospital No. 9, ITO patients; 257
employees; ratio, 06.
Hospital No. 10, So patients; 66
employees; ratio, 0.8.
Hospital No. II, 225 patients; 349
employees; ratio, 0.6.
Hospital No. IL, 208 patients; 269