Neglect at Eighth and Lenora
Mayor Ronald intervenes in a heartbreaking case of medical neglect involving a child in a rooming house district.
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Dr. James Shannon, as president of the board of health, was yesterday directed by Mayor Ronald to attend upon the little Hoskinson girl at Eighth and Lenora streets. The girl's foot had rotted off through lack of medical attendance. When he called, he found that Dr. Eames had been previously ordered to attend to the case on behalf of the county. The mayor's object had been to oversee the care of the case and then bring an action against the county for the costs, but he was anticipated by the county.
“The girl's foot had rotted off through lack of medical attendance.”
This horrific incident highlights the brutal reality of late 19th-century public health failures, where jurisdictional disputes between city and county often left the most vulnerable without any care at all. It remains a grim reminder of the costs of bureaucratic 'passing the buck' regarding indigent medical services.
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