Special attendants shall be assigned to skilled work only. Only one male and one female chief supervisor will be allowed in any hospital. An attendant, nurse or supervisor performing night service shall be entitled to four dollars per month in addition to the regu 50 00 60 00 Meat cutter's assistant, special attendant... Only one meat cutter allowed in any institution. Helpers in the mechanical and industrial departments may be appointed from the grades of attendants and special attendants. This rate of wages, except for trackman, is fixed at one-half the amount received by these employees, the other half being paid by the railroad company operating the road pursuant to contract. NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK; OVERCROWDING New construction work at the State hospitals has been impeded by war conditions and by the scarcity and high cost of materials. Considerable progress, however, has been made. At the Brooklyn State Hospital, Brooklyn branch, the reception building and Whitman Hall for chronic patients have been opened for patients. The new chronic building, east, which is similar to Whitman Hall, is nearly complete and will be ready for occupancy during the coming year. The new laundry building has been completed and the laundry machinery installed. At the Creedmoor branch several cottages have been remodeled, and a sewage disposal plant is being built. At the Middletown State Hospital the new tuberculosis pavilion has been completed and was opened for patients in December, 1918. Its certified capacity is 40. A cottage at the Comfort Farm for the accommodation of 30 patients is in process of construction. A new dairy at Comfort Farm has been completed and the construction of a second barn was started in the spring of 1919. A new building to accommodate 350 women patients will be begun during the coming year. At the Kings Park Hospital the new employees' building known as the "Macy Home" which had been under construction during the past two years, has been completed and was occupied in the spring of 1919. The building contains 15 single and 45 double rooms. It is planned to add wings to the building so that its capacity will be increased to house 250 employees. At the Hudson River State Hospital a new tuberculosis pavilion is being constructed to provide for the treatment of 100 women patients. At Central Islip State Hospital a new central power plant has been erected and the larger part of the equipment was installed before the close of the year. |