HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_1-1946 REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA
December 20.9 191+5
The Honorable Mayor Fletcher and
Council Members of the City of Redlands.
The recent diptheria epidemic has brought to our attention the need
for an agreement between the City of Pedlands and the Hospital
relative to work that may be required of the Hospital from time
to time.
It is evident that the Health Department of the City needs our services.
May we call your attention to the service our laboratory has rendered
to date in the current diptheria epidemic.
Since early in November we have made over three hundred throat cultures.
This has required many hours of tedious work, much of it at night in
order that the Health Department might rece3.ve reports on individual
cases the following morning. From information which has come to us,
the County Health Department has been unable to make these tests for
the City at this time when the need is great.
Our laboratory fee schedule is as fo;lows:
Throat cultures $3.00
Water Analysis 7.50
Ni.1k Tests 3.00
as a matter of comparison,, we quote the fee schedule of the Workmen's
Compensation Insurance and Safety Laws of the State of California as
follows:
Throat cultures 2.90
Water Analysis 8.65
Milk Tests 2,90
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In view of the above facts, together with the fact that the City is
faced with a Large bill for the recent service rendered the City
Health Department, we propose that the City reinstate the agreement under
the same terms and conditions as quoted in the minutes of the City
Council, held on January 4, 1939) which read in part as follows:
"Joseph K. Choate, President of the Hospital being present,
submitted a proposal based on a flat rate of $1000.00 for
a maximum of
600 Milk Tests
24 eater Tests
100 Throat Cultures
annually. All tests over that number to be paid for at the
present rate of
x`2.00 for milk tests
7.50 for water tests
2.00 for throat cultures"
For your information, under this agreement, the City would receive services
under the flat rate as follows:
First 600 milk tests at 1.31j each
First 24 water tests at $3.29 each
First 100 throat cultures at $1.312 each
Should your Council. see .fit to reinstate the agreement referred to above,
the Hospital will accept payment for all cultures made during November
and December 1945 at the rate of X2.00 each instead of the regular rate
of 0.00.
Should we reinstate this agreement, it will be necessary for us to
secure additional equipment and also an additional technician before
we would be in a position to make the milk tests, which may require
a period of two or three months time.
Respectfully submitted,
0OIWNITY HOSPITAL
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