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CC cOC C Peael's No o fub en ween t eR e d w P42 ho 0227 \ e ¥ in w on '- h.i + C _'_"'« s h Mavrch 2 _ % \ * M_,. H it | RG"EVECI A Of Big Yearly Cost > O In |gent aDIe! M tion was forthcoming last night as 'to New Hospitals Act Shifts what they aim at, it is reported the}; . .are boing legislated for the purpose 0 Burden on Provmce and mainiaining a more adequate check on Municipalitles for Four-- general hospital administration and i institutional expenditures than has pre-- Je r institutiona te.en Day Per")d Afte | vailed in the past. Bll'th--l0,000 Are BOl'n Dr. McGhie in Charge. Dr. B. T. McGhie, Director of the & Annua"y Provincial Mental Hospitals, is, it is Sumnmstaliitststrcssmanmmeitzamawent understsood, also to have full super-- ATe | visory charge of the public general hos-- STIFF PENALTILS pitals and homes for incurables when ARE PROV]DED the new act comes into effect on Oct. 1 1 of this year. Eus i ueeg weenenesrmngenrn ons i Under the new act the municipality's Hinath + ; and the Province's aid to indigent Upward of 10,000 "indigent' babies| MX 1C .! [ 0. 0 fore--namely, re born every year in the public gen--| ff'l' "J.,'",'md N(:]O'm(l,';,uis 1.2:,)222-",(}]5, per 'ral hospitals of Ontario. Treatment, ~°'~ © on es & 'lothing, food and other necessaries of _' iu'no Arlalle s vever * jfe: which the nospltals hnave had to | . _A , SAE CP uCC M i ol Nent provide for them, have necessitated ;n ',', w: 1\') ('inni.natcmi{ climination is re-- ggregate expenditure, annually, on the | "/ ."" ,"~ _ ./ nadue Aun en whi & sart of the institutions of approximately (4'( ']_ TBLDS "'_m.'f( bl,f.rd'n ?&'"Clll- r'nbz $200,000. . Heretofore the hospitais DC {DfoWn 0n a m}f?nmof xmxcmrc; 531:3 wA have had to assume the whole of the "' "";:(': "'"'.'Ifm" Aanse in auestion cost. The situation is to be changed ';'('-:'-\k-.\ ald. 2 1 immediately. s ! _"Whore, in the gpinion of the Min-- P"g"':e and ?etsl:del';t. Ince" w Hos. ISter. Hiability under this sectio'n b(in- y terms of the Provinces new '" digont) would in any year unduly bur-- pitals Act, which was brought down t0 go;, any municipality in a territorial the Legislature yesterday by Hon. DT. qistrict, other than & city, the Lieu-- J. M. Robb, Minister of Health, it is tenant--Governor--in--Council, upon the 6 i rephe is apal 1oen oi soeces ronmmnnsnnaion at fs Atinistet giay a@ nos » make special grants by way 0o ro= of this act, be deemed to be a patient, I.i::(,-:(ul :;f'é'x to zgrelie\?f:. in w}iole or in al?d]lub:hed t:;l:gdo{oarll)em:lgrinitdg?:s?g part. such municipality from the bur-- sha e s uy ) re (' 'A « that municipality in which such : ------ indigent person is a resident, the mu-- nicipality shall be liable for the treat-- ment of a baby as the dependent of an indigent person at a rate of 90 cents per day for a period of not exceeding | § 14 days after the birth of such baby." The Province's contribution to the | arrangement will be 30 conts per day for the 14--day period. | 3,000 Born in Toronto. | Of the 10,000 indigent babics brought into the world annually, at least 3,000 | of them, it is understood, are born in ; Toronto. While Dr. Robb's new act is primar--| ® ily a consolidation of all the old hos-- | & pital legislation that for years has | been cluttering up the statute books.i and accomplishing very little, it hasl many new teeth, that, if slightly hid-! den, can bite and bite strongly, it would appear, when a situation warrants. | Brand--new penaltics are imposedg 3 under the act. Fifty dollars is the' minimum fine, and $500 the maximum,| , both recoverable under the Summary| 4 fConvict.ignsmAcrt,. While no informa--| * (Continued on Next Page) _