New-York tribune., 1866-04-18

seeOnS y condoH and recaartes the atmosphere Of the
locality wN6re the hospital is s..@,e1 ,.,,rh-.v ,bov
do exist ard are daily recurring by the reception OF a
classes f patients before alluded 10 anu loI wacu Wy
80 - ~ ,ou founded as f0r the care Of any other I'd
mere harmless patients Bat further the truth Is now b.
ginning to be known that every fractured OF bono
Is under particular ciTcuinsanees-Wn.en houc. sc M
1ontroeble-able and in an lmperfecty Yene ed word
fearulv liable 90 set mp KIND on ruetloh
1eotb of the suTer almost certain but when nSy give rise
10 an infectious and fatal poison Ccnds scarcely less
@ tad Of snppuaton and destrp Of the bodily tissues
os stSious and wise medical officer in hospitals
Seavor 10 rard against UpOg this subject dear doctor you
must have Lad much occason for anxious care ahl Prov
any man now living as can testify iT the hns &
ihg a men "a ,Ss The Wn6eITess NJ Fredricksturc and
the James River can fade from memories or cease
nee to accurate study Of the unpreVehed causes VI
Liability to infection of wards is inevitable in any great
hospital Possibility that such infection sha put any coA
cradle number of lives in jeopardy civil hospital scarcely
s tGan crime Bnt In such responsibility The whole com
munty shares and it that the demands Of humanity
aud science fully and practically sSt forth to tIo
public that the Governors Of the York Hospital could
before another month has passed erect the ne,He1
vent most Of the pers which certain clsses of SICK ana
wounded patients at produce dhase' ana themselves
endure. .,,
The entire plan Of construction Of the hospital IS based
npoa those views Of convenience and economy o adlna
ton which until recently always allowed to have undue
weigh, hospital construction Even IN the rev edlee Gns
necessary apartments and offices all coiormed to the aoe
idea Of distinguished gentleman now deeeasSa Tho oFto m 20
that his plan Of thermal vacuum ye19Ou Woad n0 Ia 70
give abundant and pelfeey distributed supply ei pure ar
along tie sides of the wards aud hence me auence H %
ccnt number of floor windows and other means OF nu9.B
Illustrate the existence Of faults Of construction wc hoag1
remodabe, probably unnotced by visitors in tne 1oSpn
But viii attempt tie examination OF those engineer
ing and architectural questions uron which the eehS l
povement Of Tie wards must depetd ihey az ree 10 esA
ar SUPPLY and TO the certain and uniform exreaA OF or
ganic efiuyia
Irr. &c olffFf aiV Vgrffl
formy and necessarily supplied with suiciency OF esh ar
The method and the means for asqppy are not 10
the occasional necessities Of the wards and OF individual pa
tents This may be regarded bold assertion but IT is so
irue assert the fact would be TO neglect the first
That heye are certain periods Of the day certain
ventilation in this hospital fails to eliminate sufficient
volume Of cir from the wards and consequently as to draw
in sufficient supply OF fTesh air from without into The wards
moved by the ward experience and by my own test For
example in tie south bailding entered the hota vacuum
chambers in the attic ana upon closing the dOof ana snS
each Of the 81 mouths OF exsaits that empty IL ohanoi
found no current Of air there lowbg inns result m IL ,1e @
heat was entirely shut of from the chamber. -.
all The fery accepted statements OF what really constitutes
adequate supply Of fresh dir 10 patients in hospital Is not
altogether below tie actual requirements Tor heau ep'
tom willingly confess that long believed that fresh sup
ply pure and about each paenta the rate of 10 cubic
Now according careful estimate Of air supply in the
Hospital by Dr. John Watson the apparatus sup
posed effect the egess air at the OF u cubic feet per
minute the patient Had air been flowing at that rate at
the tine of my visit current from the exit shafts that ca
amned in the air vacuum chamber would have had vel
ocy Of about 40 feet per the estimate roughly
and with due owance for certain Of influence fo
the partially opened doors and windows That both the prn
cpa and tie appliances for ventilation in this hospital can be
made work admirably in certain states Of atmosphere IS ad
mitted capable Of promoting the origin end propa
cation ward infections at certain periods 9the year
to Privy Council of Great Britain concerning this vital
question Of aTsuppy and atmospheric purity in Hospital
The great leader Of sanitary reform scientific
Of the PTvy Council OF Britain recently said:
THE establishment which h be kept in such exquisite per
ouns itself nor are there any products the
poison. Above all III. applies to the foans within
bsstons ave embodied terrible powers desstle
Is1as ID ssns &C.. as wS o ,de 5v ss D1 @ snG % & @
,mo.hIe Of death Assin his dssfer i
rent h .0 s BE be- sT 6@ the & 80 5a & & ssS
ventilation requires prominent regard and If the phrase wei
ventilated may be bo1gh indee ought bel all ndul
never in respect Of hospital be construed but vii" the utmost con
iIeHies the essential difseal,y Of hospital ,nsgsosns
dhenty winch many ho,f.al nav ouh1 ~ ea 70
e ts ho o Tsay active hospital The mean. Of esess and
,oqTS, 5 Of , sS inc Segf .TI & m .o:I ss Iy % os not
diseases which communicable from person to person viii show az
other attendants and to visitors perhaps the patients
especial tendency to devste from the normal course Of hsr~sn
especial tendency 70 start certain PECULIAR morbid Poee..c. q Their
far the usefulness Of ho,pts Is es.ened or snnHled
this question being examined by the Governors and the
medical staff Of The hospital this report need only adduee
No locality south Of Fourteenthst would afford much
more saqbrous site or hospital yt Lere every reason to
believe that the atmosphere surrounding the hospital IT, Ike
the air in the densey but districts OF the city 20 contain
themselves active Of insaubry that effects dsad
vatageousy the results Of surgical and medical treatment In
wards But let be borne mind that the statement has
reference to the single and absolute agency OF contaminated
WI III .Ds ueHsoiy Duis eI'' & 80. ~ ~, a. I a'I t ~!
mospheTe surrounding the City Hospital cases
Mere opinion upon subject be subs,anatcd by
epdeomees ANALYSIS In the absence Of these tests OF
The smoke the gases the vapors and efluva that conami-
the air Of all tho compacy built portions Of the city
obvious to the and Is fortunate for the NewYork
Hospital that the attitude Of its site gives advantages
oil the downtown localities But is due TO the Board Of
Health that makes the inquiry that this report should state
briefly the facts which recent inquiries have established
cernng the actual contamination Of the air in cities aud the
inpuriy Of air compared with tie
atmosphere In appendix Of this report presented the
strated.
The report was accompanied by the most elaborate ap-
pendices-three in numberand referred TO Dr. Stone
Of the Sanitary Committee.
A PROTEST FROM YORKvILLB AND HARLEM.
Mr.. III. y. ALLEN, from committee appointed by the
citizens Of Yorkvie and Harlem in the name of those
people protested against the removal Of slaughter houses
10 their vicinity lie said that if they nuisances
scattered here they would be vastly worse when CO.
ectvd together. They might perhaps be kent without
ohensiveness or detriment to hen put if all those
Connected with the dizziness Of saughterile
animals should las they naturally would attend them the
vicinity would soon become unfit for rst-cass res6nces
The proximity TO the Park aud the natural rrowtt of This
city will in few years make this OF the most fsh
ionabc and elegant portions Of the mety mills NV
submit, said he, that it will not be JUS 20 6rn, unon
us the nuisances which you bansh aDf e reco, I Va
give the subject such consideration as t Inentnd and
o.. ,.crest deserve PIe'1cnt schultz viii have con-
ference with the committee of citizens this morning 10
o'clock
ANOTHER CASE or RRPUTED CHOLERA
report from the Twentieth Police Precinct was sent
70 the Office Of the Board 0f Health about o'clock last
evening" stating that considerable excitement existed in
that vicinity caused by The of death from cholera
in Eleventh-ave. DI Harris Immediately investigated
fho MI a.