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PAGE TWO yr: “As the vision of the state grew clearer and larger, the statutory amount for all hosmtals was raised from seventy cents per day to one dollar and a quarter, then to its preâ€" sent maximum amount of one dollar and a half per day, which is but fifty per cent. of the actual cost per week of a patient; and of the patients in Muskoka Hospital, where there is one patient who can contribute that fifty per cent. of his cost, there are at least three others who can con- tribute nothing. “Well, as the years went on, pub- lic opinion and state vision began to see a little the need of helping such a noble institution, but Provincial vision was very narrow and dim, something like little puppies getting their eyes Opened, only in their case it is a nine days’ job; in the other case it was years, and the vision of aid is fairly dim yet. Still, a little iwas done to aid such benevolent ‘work and so a statute for hospitals and sanitariums came into being whereby a patient who could con- tribute seventy cents a day as a help might do so, and the municipal- ities might also he asked for that amount if the patient could not meet it. Muskoka Hospital did not refuse to receive that seventy cents a day when a municipality Offered it, but very, very few municipalities offered it, and Muskoka Hospital did not ex- act it, but said : give us a donation, we take the incipient consumptive anyway. Now, a donation sounds well, but when it is only an annual gift of five, or ten dollars, or, at most, twenty-live dollars from some muni- cipalities, while, at the same time there might be several patients there from some rounl ies, you can see how 1 utterly inadequate was the vision of provision for the needy. “Before Muskoka Flee Hospital was burned, notice that lsaid it left it voluntary, generally with the muni- cipality, to contribute that small per cent. of the cost of its patient; and the voluntary system was ‘no good’ practically to meet the needs, of the J. H. MKSâ€"m DEFENDS HUSKOKA HOSPITAL Mr. J. H. Dyke, the Field Secre- tary for the Muskoka Hospital for Consumptives was in town Tuesday and made a canvass in behalf of that institution. When he reached The Chronicle off ice we asked him for in- formation bearing on the word “Free” in the name of the institu- tion. it formerly being known as The Muskoka Free Hosxiital for Con- sumptives. After being enlightened on the matter, we suggested that be (Mr. Dyke) give us an article for publication, to which he consented. Mr. Dyke's article appears below : "Two of the. three are ‘pay’ hospi- tals, whose terms are from forty to lifty dollars pm- “wk, and no one is, admittmi who duos nut pay Hm [firms â€"-tlmsc hospitals aw named lhv (10L. tagn Sanitarium, and tho (Julymw. Field Secretary for Huston Hospi- tal for Consumptivos Gives Infor- mation and Tells of Its Wax-king. “Now, cunw to tho third hospital. which, bol'iii‘v it. was hurnvd dawn threw yvars age,» was fulh'd lhit Mus- knkzi I’l'mg, llnspital, us it was i'i'iw tn sumo thousands for at h-mt vighlvi-n years of its umtinuancv. Hid Ivt us giw ynu its history. It was built in 1903 (U nwvt Hm llm'ds Hf [wnph' \\'h) ('Ullld 110i. :lfl'm'd In gm in “w pm I hi- pituls and pay mm m- Iil'ty dullun [H‘l‘ \\'(‘¢‘k. but its i'hii-l' i-fl'm-t was in mind, the! pour. iIH‘illii‘llt ciinmnihtiw whn had lhw dismiw hut nu mum}. and hundimds :md hundi'vds ut' pmn‘ i'mmmiptiws ham- hwn hmn'dud. ll‘i'atvd and i'i-stm'i-d. “‘11” “New paid 1101' could nut. [my a (‘Q'HL "'l‘hc' puliliv «luvs nut. hvur. llul' clue-s it, knuw about tlugsv, it. only hears ulmut sumv unthunkl‘ul, «lis- gruntlml [u-rsun who. I'vcviving I'rm) treatment. likv llw (m lvpm's who were clvansvd, said nuthing about it. saw the «mo. snlital'y Sillllill'itilll who came" hack to 3in thanks. “A brief article about Muskoka Hospital as to its noble work of great charity seems necessary. A great many [maplo do not Seem to know there are Ull't‘t‘. hospitals trvating consumptiws in Mnsknka, and all well within :1 mile 01‘ watch other. (a-tfi' ‘I ‘l'l'll 524 STANDACBMQ BANK We ofler a complete service for FARMERS GRAIN and CATTLE DEALERS MERCHANTS ‘ MANUFACTURERS and MUNICIPALITIES Fifty Years ofBanking “Class is dismissed,” he said, ex- asperatedly. “Please’ don’t flap your cars as you pass out.” Possibly, from the Muskoka Hospi- tal standpoint. it might be a good thing if it did. With Muskoka Hos- pital closed, each town would ham- to look after its own consumptives with insufficient funds to go to the expensive sanitariums. Possibly a condition of atl'airs like this might do more than anything else to show up the good work carried on by the Mus- koka Hospital and give it a more liberal consideration when the col- lector comes around. Despite what some people may say, the Muskoka Hospital is doing a work that cannot be done in our hospitals, generally, and doing it as cheaply as it can he done, quality of service considered. The more than usual lack of in- tc'lligence among the students that morning had got under the profes- sor‘s skin. Take, for instance, Durham ltml Cress anorial Hos‘pital. It makes a charge for all patients, but at the same time it is not a “paying" insti- tution, from a commercial \‘tlL‘W'. But they also cotllect from the pub- lic in an ett‘ort to keep it going. We think none of our readers will find fault with this, at least, we hOpe not. The Muskoka Hospital is in the same dilemma--trying to give a service as cheaply as possible to the poorer class and collecting the balance from those who can atrord it. No fair- m‘inded citizen would attempt to say that the sum of $10.50 per week is sufl‘icient to pay for the service en- tailed in looking after a patient suf- fering from the ravages of the dread white plague. The Muskoka HOSpi- tal has tried the voluntary contri- bution systemâ€"«it failed. The Gov- ernment allows it to collect $1.50 a day from the municipality, and no more. This brings the question down to two pointsâ€"either those of the general public blessed with suf- ficient of this world’s goods must put up the balance, or else the, Mus- koka Hospital must close. “But look at the average cost. of any dvcvnt little town hospital worâ€" thy the name, trying to do its duty. That average cost will he $2.50 [H'l‘ «lay for board and nursing aluno. Doctors" attendance and fees for niwdod ‘01.)iél'atiuns, elm, would b(' t'Xll'a. That is, sewn tinws $2.50 pvr day is $17.50 [)t'l' wvek for hoard and nursing Gully. Muskuka Hospital helps the newly by receiving from a patimit or municipality $1.50 per day. which is $10.50 per \\’(.‘(“k for board. nursing, «luirtors' atti'ndanw, X-ray i-xaminatiuns. llt'lll‘USt'Upt', ultra Vin- lvl. ray, 01° sunlight. and what (llllt‘l‘ truatnwnt, ttn- patinnt may nmul.»~ and than guts the lllllttllt't' nf Hist “1101'“ it can. patients. But since the tire, and out of sheer need, Muskoka Hospital now' asks the municipality to con-{3 tribute that one dollar and a half per day where the patient or his friends cannot do it. But it also drops the \\ 01d '“‘Free since it asks the mun1cipality, but it takes the patient in and asks the municipality afterward, and that is more than hospitals in Toronto will do for any patient outside Toronto, the Sick Children‘s Hospital included. They want the guarantee before taking in the patient; Muskoka Hospital takes in the patient and has lots of them there months at a time before they get anything from the municipality. \Vv (.°un'1n1mul tlm ulmw articlu tn uur rvmlvrs. Wu lwlivw. it, is alumt tlw llrst. and cortainly tlu- lwst, hit at [ll'upqlgtlllcltl «If this naturv that tlu- Musknkn Hospital for Consumptix'os has ever had publisllml. The fact, that the rural Impulatiun (and lly rural \w n'u-zm tlu: rvsidunts ut' tlu- smaller towns as well) knuws little- nr nothing: of the Muskoka Hospital is not so much their fault. as it. is tlue fault. at tho Hospital itself. “Now, as to needed cost. Some peOpIe are so broad-minded and so well informed on the matter that. they really could maintain 250 pat- ients on a few cents per day. They would be excellent chencelolrs of ex- chequors, no doubt. “Ne-ithvr the public as a. whole “01' tlu- vailwiul (hn'vrnnwnt. is wally awukv (u tlw nnhility, llmu-ssily and quality uf its work." R. B. Honkins, Lot 22. ()«m. 4. ND. R.. Bontinck. mlwrtisvs :1 salv by auction on 'l‘uvsclay. wamlwr In. R. Brigham. Auctinno-vr. £15.: .‘_._.£_.a_..::.:_ 22.5...5 5;: 2.: :: u:??§u¢.:. 7.. was, ()ur (ilonmnnt (‘.Ul‘(-I"spmnlum 4113's Mr. \Villiam 'l‘uckvr has jninvcl tho l’wnmlicts. Hv was marrimi in hun- dulk Ull Friday la.~t tn Miss M. Mr. Kmmy. Street lights are twim. in~tallml this wvek. 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