Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-04

observes DC lOcluefllie, II VIC VI 81 "
conditions to the happiness and even the eX's'
tcnce of a nation. :,
We wind up, therefore, as we began, plead
ins for a Navy, fright Of the reel" and, Ioi
fling oar bearers, with three che"rS FOR D.
Us anal it'll. shius" BAH Bow.
Far the EnYuuer.
Ladies', Hospitals for the Soldiers Of thu
Coutcderntc Army, at Richmond.
81. Francois d.. Sales, Bro"ke Avenue, isis
ters of Charity from May Is to Sept. 30
Beds, so entries, lib actual patti nts, ii
deaths, (.
Warwick House and Co. Il Hospital, oil
Church Hill, (Afls. Gordon, directress) iron
July to Sept. 25.-Beds, 100; entries, ',o and
upwards; (patVcnts being removed , deaths
l2--l6 in desperate state when received.
Springfield Hall, on Church Hill, from Jun,
) TO Sept. 23.-Bcds, 10 entries, 266 actual
patients, 80; deaths. 10 desperate when IT,
ccivcd.
CLAW Street ChapeI-Clay, above lst--Irom
August - to Sept. 30.-Beas, IS; entries,
ISL; actual patients, 70; deaths, II despc-
rate when received.
Soldiers Home, (AIrs. Jenkins, directrcss,
from June oS to Sept. 22.-Beds, 10; entries,
lG1 actual patients, %; deaths, =" despe'
rate when received.
Robertson, Main aud 81, from July 80 IL
Sept. 30.--Bcds, % entries, l20 actual pa
tlcnrs, 30; deaths, - desperate when re-
ccivcd.
Sycamore, from August 81 To Sept. 10
Bedc, 20; entries, e. actual patients, III +;
deaths, 2.
Bethel, Clay and sth, (givcn up,) lrou,JuIy
- to Sept. 2l.--Beds, is; entries, ca IRE
moved J deaths, l..
Bethesda, Clay and stu, (sivsn "p,) from
August 5 to Sept. 20.-Bcds, IL; entries, 30
~(renovcd J deaths, ,.
Clay, between 9TH and 9Th, to September 30.
-Bcds, 30; entries, 80; actual PATIENTS II;
deaths, 81 desperate when rrce:"cd.
Samaritan. Cary, between 81 and 't!h. from
August - 10 Sept. %1.-Bed<, %; entries,
is; actual patients, 90; deaths, fl despe
rate when received.
Cary, between I'd AMI 4th, from August %
to Sept. 33.-l;cdS, II; entries, 10 actual
patients, q; deaths, 2-dcsperatc when re-
ccived.
CANDLES Hill, from August % to Sept. %.
Beds, II entries, 81 actual patients, TO-;
deaths, 3.
Franklin, between Sth and 9Th, from Aug.
10 to Sept. l4.--Beds, II; entries, %.
Fourth, beyond Leigh, from Sept. 20 t"
Sept. 30-Bads, IS; entries, IS; actual pa
ticnlS, IS.
Billiards. Hospital, or lie Fredericksburg
Railroad, near Richmond. has co operated will.
the general hospitals, and kept II patients Al Il
time for five weeks.
Totall--2, 100 10 > $50 patients deaths, ~
10 ,..,, 1,r,nrnf, u.bnp ..ntn-pI
Percentage Of deaths Oh - net, OF true
Obs.
STATE HOSPITALS IN RICHMOND FOR CoSfEDE
RATE SOLDIERS.
.Alaba,na~-5th, between Clay anil Leigh,
Mrs. Hopkins, dirrc,rrss,) from August ) to
Sept. 30.-Entrics, 1877 under treatment,
(Scpt. 81 81; deaths, II returned to duty,
81.
Lonisiana-at the Baptist College, on the
fredericksburg r. R. track, from September ]
to Sept. 2j.-Entrics, 2l2 under treatment,
1870; deaths, +; returned to duty, 70.
Georgia-betwcen Main and Cary, at foot Of
Church Hill, from Sept. ) to Sept 2l.-En
tries, 1875; under Treatment, l+a; deaths, 5 /;
returned to duty, Ii.
The Ladies Hospitals in Richmond are
adapted exclusively 10 patients sick enough To
be confined to bed. They are not hospitals
for convalcsccuts, and it would Ge absurd to
hold them accou table for the deaths, Or acct
dents Of relapse, Or retarded c0nTaleSccnccS,
consequent on the imprudencc Of soldiers who
have been treated in them. and who may still
use them as lodging rooms.
These errors are wilful and regardless of al.
uoni,ions. For the young men who commit
then, the camps afford no guarantee Of safety,
for there, as in the city, it is easy for thos. who
lave n little money at disposal to commit en-
ccsscs, or imprudences in diet. Besides, there
arc u hundred p~retcxts habitually usetl f"r
getting out Of camp. 1t is only then, by send
ing away tl.c convalescent from all the hos
pitfalls in the city and camps, daily, under
guard, to the establishments prepared for
their reception in the country, where it
is comparatively easy to keep them ont
Of temptation and where all hcalthiul in.
~llHrnccs conspire, that the results Of their pre-.
viollS good nursing can he sustained by the
two-fold Intervention Of families in the city
and country adjacent 1t is also desirable that
a patrol should be detailed TO enforce discipline
and 10 prevent disordcrly c~oniuct at each of
the larger hospitals, # not at all al them, both
large and small. No one could then leave the
hospital without a permit, duly signed by lhr
officer in charge. The Medical College IIospi.
tai, especially, has urged the cxpcdiency OF
| this arrangement. Which wnuli SenSibly re.
duce the table OF deaths, aud also the term OF
convalesccnce. The camps which adunil mlck
sters cannot prof. By this sanitary control.
Twothir1s of the deaths, in and ont Of CANT,
are fairly attributable TO iirprridcnce:; in 'l!ri
The health OF the Survivors is gravrly ,,preiudictd
by the same and, beyond all question, tln.
periods when temptations ATE strongest All.
when To yield to them is must fatal. arc rhasc
OF conralcscenCC.
1t is hoped that Il cordial understanding vii
reign OH this point, rs On al others, between
the citizens and the Confederate authorities,
and that the wisdom Of discipline will bIen,
with the ~cffusion of kind hearts.
The charity Of man for sna1. petritigd III tn
'lisciplihes Of otlicial duties, is AWAY rod al.
hard. Animals in n state Of health instiHr
ti"ely hate and worry their diseased kindred
and the robust among men, though less severe
towards weakness than the bull or the deer
yet seldom make go0d nurses.
70 appreciate the difference be;Hccu IT,,
simple material cares Of our masculine system
and Il more integral Providence, whicE count:
the sick by souls. We must see our ladies' a
their homes or private hospitals, moving alan
the sick III their ministry oi Kindness, c~onSolinl
every ailiic:ion, rc.ivins the tender nelnorie.
Of home, sud recalling the vital power through
the channels OF social affection.
Even as the ::ame Sun and stars cheer ID
wanderers path through foreign cIimes, 50 tn
same s~cet charities that lowered round IN.
cra'l!a now beam Hpnn his couch of pain
Whatever riliS Of privilege have trickled iro''
the sntnln!ts Of po*er and wealth through sue
csSsir: yrurrations, lro~ descend from ti.cl
Il gh IGscrvoIrs Of our social strata to BATH
with their p%r:lucid wave The soldiers wra:i' I
limbs or cuui his iey.r&d blood. At dlr co'in
try's altar, b. the snIl'er's bedside, al pa:tak'
the same cup Of sacrairenial c"mnunlun, arc
sympathy transcends without c1nloun"iins tut
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