, 1862-05-08
| Report Of tho Chicago City Hospital.
| We have been furnished with the following

Report Of tho Chicago City Hospital.
We have been furnished with the following
abstract Of the second regular report Of the
! Chicago City Hospital by DR.. George Z. AM
| crman, Secretary OF tie Medical Board, with
t the request to publish:
| nThe whole number Of patients admitted
into the City Hospital since August, 1850, was
| three hundred and fifty nine; OF this number,
two hundred and ninety six we're males. and
siNty-th. ce !ernaltF. There were two hualrsd
and eleven p,lEu:c and one lunlrc1 ali forty
eight public patients, Sev-nty-six were b ,rn
in 1r,iard; seven III Nor way out: huuirsi
and thirty J-1:ine in Auerica; twenty one
i'll England; ono iu DcnIunrk; sevcnt; four il
Germany; tTo IN Africa; five in France; three
; iu Canada: five in Scotland; two in STtdcu; ;
, | two in Switzerland, and nineteen unknown.
OF those admitted during this tluts two huid-
rcd and ten were discharged cured, ninety
; three relieved, and thi1ty-eix died. The dis
! | cattB Uf tAuse WHO died were as follows ::
phthisis i've; typhoid fever seven; pueu1no-
nta two, Bfight's disease t@o; cut throat one,
rarapleEia one; cancer one; frost bite one !;
fractured skull one; fracture Of spine two !;
peu.rptral fever onc railroad injury three !;
icterus one; necrosis Of tihla one; disease Of
G heart I've; carries OF elbow joint one; peuer-
! perM courulsions one leucocFthemia two.
There were thirteen births in the lylug-in de-
. part1nent- Among those who died, eight were
i admitted for severe injury and died within the
Q first twenty -four hours, twelve in the last
n stages Of incurable diseases, and died within
the first Wesk, thus reducing the mortality
= proper to si1tccn, instead Of tAi'tY-sir.
II In presenting oursecond regular report, the
Le Medical Board refer H.th pleasure to the in
=. creastng usefulness Of the Hospital, its e1
= tended patronags aud perfect success. 1t NJ
'e longer occupies the position Of doubtfn
ID enterprise, TO be eypermenta1ly tested, bu
r promises all the character Of q permanent in
stitu'ion, organized on the principle Of our bes
modern hospitals. end conducted with sys
ten1a,ic order in all its Details The ditficu!
H. ties incident to the primary organization o
,r so important an institution, under adyers
- circumstances, have all been overcome, an,
III the Medical Board now regard the Hospita
be On level with any similar Institution in thl
re country. This being the first and only Hos
- pital OF the kind ever lnaugurlted in our city
as real merit and positive proof Of superior eli
i'll cellence were the essential Requisites for SUI
n cess, and in thus securing public contidenc
-. and approval, tho officers Of the City Hospit:
0, have sought to fix high standard and PEI
I'd manent basis to one of the noblest charitie
IT, Of our city The City Hospital has now b
,st como one Of the most cherished institution
-. Of this greet Western Metropolis aud will Il
m- and stand forth the just pride
ats M and provision of the sick poor nas iu evel
4' age and cline called forth tho warmest syn
pa1hies Of the public, elected the noble gen
led rosities Of the rich and influential, and marke
nh with unerring hand their christian phi1anthr
-. Pr and progress in the arts and sciences.
Inc closing our report, we notice with pleasu
ats the many tokens Of favor we have Eecrir'
nd during the past rear. Our labor has been
~ labor OF lore. and we shall ever remember Il
lon efficient services Of all the officers connect,
are with the Hospital, their unanimity aud di
dir interested efforts to promote Its welfare. =
,dr cutter upon onr duties 0! the third year vii
taS renewed energy, and however incompetent '
It a NAV he to discharge 50 important rrspon
ne, biI;tv- our efforts to surround the sick vi
des the comforts Of home, and alleviate ia sos
ter degree the anguish Of their pains, will be no
~ the less strenuous and We hope none the le
9au- successful IN the future than they hare be
:eds in the pastn