New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-19
OF At. LUKE's HOS
PITAL.
It's Condition and Prospccis-Lnst Years
Operntious.

The annual services In commemOration OF tbt
anniversary OF the founding Of the st. Lakes Hospital
were held last evening In the Chapel Of the Hospital
corner Of Fy fourth-s ard Fithaye In spite of the
exceedingly disagrecabe weather very fair audience
IN point OF numbers was present. Tho services were
opened by prayer by the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg followed
by singing by the congregation, after which ths Rev
Dr r. D. Huntington OF Boston delivered creditabls
sermon on Christ, the foundation Of all Christian
charities.
Other hymns by the congregation and prayer BY the
pastor OF the pll closed the religious services aitI
which reports read from the trustees the reasur
er the surgeon, the pastor and TIE superintendent
From these reports 1t appears that the hospital . now
entering on the seventh year Of its existence and each
succeeding years experience demonstrates more and
more concinsiyey not only the vast amount OF good
which the institution Is yearly accomplishing but ths
almost absolute necessity OF its eIistence
Many patients especially accident cases." are now
brought to IT, who otherwise would DO obliged 10 be
carried mile further TO the Bellevue Hospital at 2
sometimes perhaps Of fatal consequences Cases OF
sick or wounded persons WHO have no friends
to attend to them are now brought to 81.
Institution we're supported by public funds, but no
cases are turned away while their is room TO receive
them Many evidently incuiable and even dyiag per-
sons are received there and their last hours soOthed by
all the attention and comforts which csn be sorded
them.
As an evidence OF the estimation In which the man.
ner Of treatment at tho Hospital Is held. may state
that during the last year over & 900 received from
private patients. who preferred going 20 this Hospital
FOR treatment 10 remaining at their own homes.
During the past year e7 patients have been treated
of whom i59 were males and 35s females 9th whole
number 5+s were discharged either cured or perma
nently improved by the treatment One hundred and
fourteen died. on these, however many we're received
whose recovery utterly beyond hope. and Only IN
order 10 render moro comfortable their dying hours
One hundred aud hfty five still under treatment.
The largest number Of patients under treatment at any
one time was loo. The average number during the
year las been 1855.
Of those received three hundred and twenty Of
American BIRTH and three hundred and sixty were
emigrants from British Proyn The remainder weie
Of different nationalities In regard TO religion, 3ss
were Epsoopalians. $40 of other Protestant denoua
tions. IL? Roman Catholics, and "a unknown,
Eghty-one OF the male patients received during the
year were discharged soldiers or sailors from the
United States Service and 2iS patients were treated
entirely grntultousy There are 30 charity beds IN
the Hospital which have been endowed by private be-
quests. Seven Of these have been added during the
past year.
The expenditures Of tho Hospital during the past
year have been $40 562 g. OF which about $4,000 was
for food, noary 5000 for coal. and about 900 Tor
gas the last heavy item. The receipts during the
same time from contributions bequests, collections.
paid by patients etc, amounted 10 slO7e 80 leaving
only about sOO IN the hands Of the Treasurer ~ CON-
mence tho present year with.
In addition 10 the receipts Of money, 10 should DO
stated that friend OF tho Institution Mr. Wu T. VIII
ams had at bis cost and under his own direction.
caused handsome aud substantial iron fence to be
erected Incosing the grounds OF the Hospitals had built
within the grounds two handsome Summer houses for
the accommodation Of patients, and had caused the
sidewalks adjacent 10 the Hospital grounds both on
Fifty .lourthSt. aud Flfthae. to bc handsomely
Jagged the total expense Of these improvements being
about $4,000 Several other individuals bad also en-
bellshed tho Hospital grounds at their own e4ponse;
In conclusion IL was stated thrt IL was now desred
TO erect an additional building In connection with the
present for various purposes which were stated at
length but which space will not allow us to- emu
mernte 1t hoped that the friends OF the noble inst
tuition will not hesitate 90 provide this hnal and really
essential addition 10 us capabilities.
The Pastor Of the Hospital. tho Rev. Di hnh'en
berg made short report stating that the manifeeta
tions OF religious interest among he patients admitted
10 the Hospital had beon exceedingly interesting s1u
gratifying lie closed with n vocy eloquent and souch
librarian OF tho General Theological SEMINARY vhe
died at the Hospital two weeks ago, and whose to
mains were inferred In the cemetery belonging to