Evening star., 1946-09-14
Budget Of S4,328,4OO
Sought by xanten
To Keep City Clean
By John W. Thompson, Jr.

W |oHH W.. fHoHlpSOHt JI.
Supervisor OF City Refuse William
A. Xanten has asked the Commits
sioners for $4.328 ,400-a 81 per cent
increase over his current appropria.
tion-to keep the city clean during
fiscal year 1948, it was announced
today.
Mr.. Xanten's relatively modest
budget followed the record-breakins
$40 ,063 sos estimates of the Health
Department made public yesterday
by budget officials, more than trip
ling current FUNDS for the depart.
ment.
Both are a part of a S135, ,888, ,19s
total submitted by all the depart
ment heads to the Commissioners
for the year beginning July /.
Mr.. Xanten asked for II new en-
ployes and capital outlay money tc
build garage and shops at West
Virginia avenue and Mount Olivet
road NE; site for a new northwest
garage replacing the present con-
verted stables at Ninth and o streets
NV, and plans to install and house
fly ash control equipment at George
town Incinerator, Thirty-first and
K streets NV.
Breakdown of Estimates.
Breakdown of the health estimates
was:
Department clinics, services and
administration, operating costs
S2,937 sos, capital outlay $4,000;
Glenn Dale Sanatorium, operating
costs s2,266,0O0, capital outlay
s5,2l5 000 and Gallinger Hospital,
operating costs S5,458, 900, capital
outlay So, $50. 900; contract payments
to private hospitals, $255 000
Reminding the city heads that
public health can be bought. Health
Officer George c. Rutland told them
he wants 1,267 new employees for the
department including Glenn Dale
tuberculosis Sanatorium and Gal
linger Hospital.
He proposed a $9,l47,00 program
of new buildings including a North
west Health Center at Seventh and
o streets NV and plans for SIM
liar structure in Anacostia, The de-
partment now has one center in the
southwest area and there are 400
in the country.
Buildings at Gallinger.
At Gallinger, the health officer
wants to build a $1,000, 900 new psy-
chiatric building, a $1,O00,00s struc-
ture for crippled children and a
residence for physicians.
For Glenn Dale he recommends
81 capital improvement projects, of
which improvements to existing unit
A and provision of quarters for pro-
fessional and other employees con-
stitute the largest part. The suggest
ed Improvements to the existing
building, it was said, will add an
other 272 beds to the capacity of
the sanatorium.
Glenn Dale, located some 20 miles
from the city, has had difficulty OBJ
tanning medical and other personnel
because of the lack of quarters there
and transportation problems.
Both Glenn Dale and Gallinger
are seeking to build up their profes
sional and service stats, the former
asking $50 new positions and the lat
ter for 680 Included are many,
nurses, supervisors and hospital at
tenoants.
Asks for 337 New Jobs.
Exclusive of the hospitals, Dr.
Rutland asked for 337 new jobs to
build up the dental division, the bu-
reau of cancer control, public health
nursing, maternal and child welfare
and the .inspection services. l(5:
In the nursing division alone DR..
Rutland asked for 70 nurses and
l3 supervisors. He asked for 25 more
food inspectors, 10 sanitary inspec-
tors, IL public health engineers and
18 instructors for inspectors.
Forty-eight of the new jobs would
be used to bolster the present ma
ternal and child welfare section, he
indicated.
In connection with the new
Northwest Health Center DR.. Ruh-
land said the centers are well tried
and proved devices in public health"
and have more than 25' years back
of them.
The one he proposes. he said has
the backing of the United States
Public Health Service, the District
Medical Society, the Washington
Federation of Churches and the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
A recent series published in The
Star outlined the health improve
ment in the southwest community as
= result of the existing center.
1910 Cancer Patients.
In his drive to establish a cancer
bureau, the health officer said there
are 1910 cancer patients in Wash
ington now and predicted there are
10000 persons now living here who
eventually will die of the disease.
In the school medical program he
outlined plan to test every three
years the hearing of every school
child. Extensive skin tests are like
wise planned for the youngsters.
Asking boost for the newly
formed bureau of mental hygiene
from s4,723 to $31 ,625 he pointed out
that the District was second In the
Nation in the matter of draft rejects
for mental conditions.
Three-fourths of the commit
ments to District Jail are for alco-
holism, he indicated in justifying the
extension of the bureau, and there
are 800 children in the schools who
should receive psyehiatric treat
ment
Washington now has an enviably
low death rate. DR.. Rutland OBJ
served, but must be prepared to
spend to preserve it.
1t is well to remember the maxim
which appears on the letterhead OF
the New York State Department oi
Health, he told the Commissioners
Public health is purchasable
Within natural limitations any com.
munity can determine its owr
death rate"
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