The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-07

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Remaining 1st JAM 1855. .., 90
The proportion Of deaths in an reimbursement Of this
na.uls os 10 always greater than in any general hos
pa Tor non contagious diseases and surgical It
tne st Fix ~ % per cent for the whole year. upon
al the dischs ges 1906 aud the whole number under
treatment during the year 1898 rhi may be
very favorable result for az in ,tiuton Of this Ola
raoter, where many received In dying state and
nearly al his sases are OF serious diseases.
MIGRANT RxFU0E AND HOSPITAL ON WARDS ISLAND
me commissioners OF Emigration hold In Fee In trust
for the state about one hundred land wardS
marsh partly under water Some part these last is In
process % filling ~ to low wa'e mark BY the lao Of
Improvement Of the same kind Al small expenses Toe
whole OF the land has been purchased by the Commits on
ftm , rs fumes or money borrowed on mortgage. The
houses for tie reception the sged and helpless for
pregnsn' and lyiug,in women, nurseries for children
mooatioDs for washing, bathing &c are scattered in
proper and convenient situations the
arrangement which gives great advantages OF them
and Of FIRE. "sA
Ihe buildings erected in the rst years of the occupa
ton OF Wsrc's Island were of wood. AL erected within
the last Fix years built Of brick The
as - Is are ss arranged 10 long ags nu dinss Of from
seSers 0, the wooden hospital wArds are still in
was crowded TO excess In consequence OF the arrival Of
numbers at late period Of the year the early severity
Of January 1885, there the hospitals and refags
3s6 inmates larger number than before reported
ana l64 we're admit ed durn. the months of January
February and MAJ CHI.
During the spring and the institution was
gradually thnr ed out and ia the autumn the number
there were but 1896.
That number is now again somewhat increasing but 1t
is not likely to ut all approach tpat of the preceding
ISIS Inc o0n''' III Tue LAST week OF January 1866 Is
The following summary gives the aggregate results Of
lqla and hIiahr
including both the Refuge and Hospital de partaeuts:
Number Of inmates on LIST January, 1856. 3,l6s
:. emitted &C nit during 1856. 9,os2
r. Total numbe! under care during the year r. sol
Deaths in bOIn Refuge and Hospital. IT'S
- IL o3s
: Remaining LIST December; 1855. ........ 1896
Number OF Gays spent in Hospital. .4ls $40
-, REFUGE. .b2l, 1853
In the latter half OF the year the diminished nunb9r Of
inmates has enabled the Commissioners to carry nso ef
feet large reduction in the of persons saarsd
or on wages In their employment Wards Island These
on the s Of Jaouary 1865 were 2lS the LIST Jsnua
HOSPITALS AT WARDS IsAND-THErR MEDICAL ApNIysrRA-
TON AND, STATISTICS THE YEAR.
The Hospital Department at Wards Island has been for
surgeons residing in the city and visiting In ro-
taton assisted by number of y unger graduates in
gous that adopted by several other SANITARY instu
ons, and its details will appear more fully in the an
DuA reports OF tn Board since 1851 IL July 1855 the
system was abrogated and another plan was su
The Medical Department proper was placed under the
charge OF saaried chief wholly resident
on the Island, with many saaried assistant physi.
clans, also residing there, might be required Dr. a.
B Fay was appointed physician n-chief and Ds George
Ford and Smrock were appointed his assistant They
entered on their duties on the 10th August 1885, and
now In Office.
The Surgical department was continued under the
charge OF John Murray Carnochan NJ d. surgeon-in-
che in regard to whose Office actual residence was 1t
considered essential He Is assisted by two surgeons
Drs Darling and Neken, who reside continually on the
island. - A~
The following summary gives the gross aggregate de-
tails Of the practice Of the year In both departments =
There were cared for In the hospital during the
Il, 6SZ
Were alsch hasas df'e Cured or fssvsa s
Remaining at the end of the ar.......... 77e
.ll63X
During the preceding years, 1851, 1852, 1858, 1854
there were In the Hospitals 81 314 patients SO that In
consequence Of the numbers received In the winter of
$780, the whole number In the exceeds the
OF these years onetenth Those LETT at end of the
year are fewer than In any Of the preceding years.
The number of treated in the Refuge In 1865 was
10, 682, of whom 235 died.
The per centage of deaths in 1856 including both med
cal ana surgical in the hospitals was during the
first seven and half months, a7,10 per cent on all
treated Fer the remaining four and half months un