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_ N. _ i T' 'y, F'omikbt, iigrgu A-', _ --_- . - _ . Fr" "M" N F H ad ofH' spitals 't l I L . l t Debate i n e ts a are l gl . ll ii l ildl that _ iwas to built a pan tut ng a l Dr. Edward Ryan, Super-lt/fm', house. n thousand patients. [ . . ' 'This would provide for mnrrv years _ intendent Of Provincial to come. The other was'to build at 1 ;\\'ootistock an institution to zircon]; l . . . 'modate 500 patients. This won Hospital tn Kingston, h, _ relieve the situation for a few years. _ The hospital at Kingston taken to Take Charge of Pro. 'over hy tho Province prr,vidssd for . o ' . "200 patients. but this did not do much " I oincial Institutions-Pro. to change tho situation. In addition. I s Pl d present buildings needed repairs and . . renewals which would necessitate 0trtcttt ecrelary ea ' the expenditure of $900.00". for Building Program fl'.""":"" at Guelph. "r-r.--.--.----- . The Prmince at Guelph had ram STA TISTICS GIVEN of 1:36: criminally insane, 20 (if 30 of these being Dominion pat ents, - for each of whom the Federal auth- AS TO CONDITIONS oritit-s paid $1.50 a day. There Were . . so many of these criminally insane -------- that their quarters had to he. ex.- . . " tended in a manner which necessu: , Minister Says Government tated a crowding of other inmates. I As for the Mercer. Mr. Goldie (10-5 W T . clam-d that the Government wouldl i ould Be ell Advised be well advised snoner or later to get . rid of this property, and replace t lo Get Rid of Present with a more. modern place in the country. The property was so valu- Mercer Properly and Re- able that the sale. pricr Would go a I lt W h long way toward the new building. I . ' . . Mr. Goldie advocated occupational 20cc if Building m therapy in the institutions. There: ': _ f lass ot' tiventv-iive young ounty .wa.s. t i" . » . i ladits taking a two-year course in _ -"-.-.----- this at the university. While they ' " . " would not he graduates for another .:anm}lmcmuu that Ur. Eduard year yet, the Government intended 1:311". Superintendent of the Provin- using their services in the institu- - cial Hospital in Kingston. was, as tions this summer. . i i forecast, to take , C "ice Dental work was heing (one n the Prorin 'i, l id "I id'HIf. of all the hospitals. The Minister of Health ' "d mmm'llh was made m Was (ti-operating lo give complete; the Legislature last night by Hon. equipment in all this work. i l Lincoln Goldie. Provincial Secretary. Wants Larger Grants t l Mr. Goldie. speaking in the Budget _ "q 1.. , .., I t the i debate. confined his remarks to an (gigglnilg't Jd' 1l,1fi'ns,,/il'/1,"/ Saline T i . " _ . . . . l k ' ' a 3 . _ :TCFLSUHK 1ut,l,lyf...y.f.. t.h.e 1dn1iuis- hospitals and other institutions. He Jettgggggit)";11it20;;11":11alb"Z'St'tuuons- would like to recommend that the e " t os.s einir"over- ... . . ir,i,solittcue t.. a crowded." declared there was need ifl';':.lx.hl..1(ql:lttqxWining]:lémflérolzhthgilg: of a mm" and building program. " g5 CII "uric in}: fo this vear and culminated with a plea to the it TIT: Leia 'Ji',')) rt . ii'iii members of the House to he gener- ut.lcust. I m a",',',?)'.,",.?'),','? m2 i/i/ii' ous when handling the estimates for paid to WWW hospitals $743, , f administration of this system. tiii",-',"))')?,."":',"),"',: 1"en')/1e,.; £36335? . D, J', o oriianaizes, , ', Replies to Criticisms. industrial SCh0(I)iS, 371.000; to Chil- . His announcement of Dr. Ryan's dren's Aids, $68,000; for other child [ ITpf1ntmy.u followed a reference to maintenance. $26,000; to miscel- ' 1 recent Criticisms of Provincial hos- laneous charities, 385.000. In all, in l pital activities. Ale had investigated 1926 the Government paid out for i {he censure, said he. am} though: Charitable purposes $1,519,000. l the." was not much to it." "Now," In the eleven Government institu- he went on.. I am happy to say that tions the expenditures were $3.115,- te, have. gust. completed .afraryte- 000; the revenue $802,000. a net ex- - 335%? f"; :' f,"tentig1,,1, 1u/y1n.,?yyle.y.t, penditure of $2,313,000. In the five . rec Ot o I?"ivitaltr--wpatevt.t.' reformatories there was a net ex- we decide on-tor a man who will enditure of $C?l 000 devote all his time to the inspection p Mt. Goldie 1351a on. to tell of the and supervision of institutions. Dr. . l'.' . ' _ . r.-', . Ryan of Kingston has consented to pork being done by patents in the take over this work." institutions In the Mercer. said he, "Something will have to be done a variety .of things were made. .'In ' in the near future," said Mr. Goldie, itil,.ho slid, thy?' was 5" nice tidy regarding conditions in the eleven husniess in making things at the Provincial hospitals. "Some build- Mercer. for there was a turnover ot ings will he required, without doubt. $115,000. .I would be the last to suggest new "Now," he declared in conclusion, buildings were it not necessary. But "all I want to say before sitting down we are so crowded in almost all in- is for the niei'nhors '0 'come ftitgtions that we cannot run them across} " o est advantage. In the past we The (lovevninr-m plat-es taking have endeavored l? place patients moving pictures of activities in 'the nearest to the section from which various hospitals in the system. These . they came. I am afraid that We will will he released for public viewing have to break away from this plan next summer. . to a certain extent. ' Nearly 10,000 Patients. . "In the year ending Oct. 31 we had in the eleven hospitals 9.854 pa. tients. an increase of 3.3 per cent. Our expenditures increased 1.9 per cent., and revenue increased 5.7 per cent. In all our institutions we had _ between 1.100 and 1.200 old and . senile who would be safe to let out of the institutions and sent home, but, unfortunately. many of them have no homes, and many of them have no friends.' There is nothing I can see but for the Government still to provide for them." ' There were. he said. two remedies " ' "T the crowded conditions. One