The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-10-08


100000 to build, an average of a.
bout $4,000 per bed. The bond issue
approved by Union county voters
last fall was for only $122,5
Factors considered in selecting
the Henderson property as the
hospital site, and those involved in
financing the hospital, are con-
tained in the report, which follows:
so Cents Per $1,000
At the last election the voters of
Union county approved a bond is
sue for the purpose of constructing
county hospital. This $40 mill
levy over 10 years will produce
$122,564. In actual taxes on assess
ed real estate, it amounts to only
6Oc per year per $1,000 valuation.
AS provided by law, Gov. Brick
er appointed four Union county
citizens to serve as a commission
to arrange for the purchase of a
site and the construction of the
hospital Those named were: Stur-
gis Cheney, of Redwood; o. A.
Conrad, of Magnetic Springs; B. o.
Skinner, of Millcreek Township,
and John Wolff, of Union town.
ship, who was elected chairman of
the Board. Subsequent to the death
of Mr.. Conrad, the County Com
missioners appointed p. c. Will
liamS, of MarySville, to fill the va
cancy on the board.
The first problem was to decide
upon the location within the coun-
ty of the proposed hospital. For
help in this important decision, the
Board retained Louis B. Blair, SUI
perintendent of the Ohio State Un-
iverSity hospital, to conduct a |
couty-wide survey and suggest the
best location in the county. Since
his recommendation strongly fav-
ored Marysville as the location, the
board unanimously agreed that the
hospital should be located in or
near Marysville.
35 Beds Is Minimum
Meanwhile, the members of the
board, individually and collectively, |
have been giving careful study to
the various problems of building a
small hospital. They have consulted
authorities as to the proper size of
hospital for the county. The min
imum apepars to be 35 beds and a
nursery of 12 basinets, although a |
5O-bed hospital would serve the
community better and not add |
much to the overall investment. |
The major factors of costs are such
items as two operating rooms, a
separate maternity suite, with |
sterilizing and other facilities for
each; the heating plant, laundry, |
kitchen, X-ray and other labora-
tory facilities, to name only few
of the features costing substantial
ly the same whether there are beds |
for 25 patients or a 100.
Several visits have been made to
inspect modern hospitals of 35 tol
60 beds, one of these being the
Community hospital at Medina. |
This was completed in late 1914, |
has 35 beds, nicely equipped
throughout but the cost was about !
$250,00 WauSeon has 50-bed |
hospital built in 1929 at a cost of
around 100000. Berea recently
built an addition of 65 beds and
their cost too was around $1,000 |
per patient bed.
Most of the experts consulted
place small hospital costs complete
with equipment at about $1,000
per bed minimum. Agencies of the
Federal Government are more apt
to name figure Of $1,000
Factors On Location
One thing that has been forcl- |
bly, brought to the attention of the
board is the Importance of the ac-
tual site for the hospital. OF prime
Importance are: quiet, accessibility
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