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Show HOSPITAL GASES ; REVIEWSOUGHT FIIOVO Determination by the fourth district oourt of the correct cor-rect casnmitment at aa aceumo-latsd aceumo-latsd (roup af patients erroneously committed to the Utah state hospital hos-pital will be asked, members at tha beard af trustees had decided Thursday afternoon at their regular regu-lar monthly meeting. Approximately IS patients are bow in tha hospital, commuted to tha institution as insane, when they should have been committed aa feeble-minded, J. M. Radd Jr, secretary to the board, explained. Commitments vary la that tha state Is responsible for the care af those committed aa insane, while their respective counties are charged with the care of patients committed aa feeble-minded, ha Bid. Last istisar af patients waa eoa-ducted eoa-ducted by Judge Abe W. Turner of tha Fourth district court la 193a, ha said. John E. Jones ef Salt Lake City, president of the board, waa authorised to atga a request for judicial review, Mr. Redd reported. Improvement of wards la the Hyde building Is contemplated In a new P W A program being set up. Superintendent Garland H. Pace reported, stating that the present program would ba completed com-pleted aa November IS. The new program, which will probably total between $28,000 and 130,000, will require the hospital to furnish from S3000 to TO00. with the remainder to be furnished by W P A in labor and material. Dr. Pace said. A ruling aa whether the instltu- tloa comes under the 43-hour week labor law, which goes Into effect oa October 34. will be asked from .. tha attorney general's office, Mr. ' Redd said. |