New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-11

81 ir.c one black and five white males were pardoned
~ GOV Fcuon. and forty white males and four white fe
ules wcr. discharged under writ Of hdbcas corpus. The
total number Of deaths during the year H. The ma
been tyes 81 ireland; the next largest number were
native, Of the United States, the next OF Germany, the
next o. England, tc next u Canada, then OF scotland
ami other uatiomtts. The Peuitentiary payroll,
vhercou are % names calls for Sl7soO annually.
10 make The Inmates of To the County.
Accordingly. those prisoners who are not skilled la6orers
arc employed ~ grading and beautiiyhg me Island ana
iis roads, GuarrymE the Pond aud completing The sea
w.ll tLc carpenters are required 10 make the repairs
Tor al the lle liuiun' under hc on ti, Noh
m-loucrs; thr tlios to DO the making and mendng Of
garments, and tic h.aok.mihS aud other skilled work
men art made useful ln -lef biahcIts OF aDoi IN IKE
manner. Tho Pentcatary payroll whereon are 20 Names
calls Tor 500 annually -
CHARITY AND FEVER HOSPITALS.
South Of lr Pntrntary and near the southern shore
o. Tire island are the Charity ana rover Hosptals-lhst,
tutiou- which characterized as the safety valves Of
the CITY The years record shows that 6,53S patients
40 died The Warden DR. b. +. She'll. viii renew this
wear hs recommendation that further provision bee made
p - were received, GU were trcued IL died.
and 10 remained the 3lst Of December In the smallpox
hospital 81 patients were received ana 3li were treated,
and Of ms number 10 were immigrants ana l35
n ,dcnts OF Tie city Remaining In the hospital Dec.
and finest institutions Of tine kind I'm the country. and lis
management not iuicrorto that OF other great hos
pitfalls The improvements last year were few, the pru-
opal addition having been eashousc, now nearly com
The Officers roster for 1867 ~ the Charity and Small.
PoN Hospitals Is us follows: benjamin b. She'll warden,
and seven assistants. Visiting surgronsJancs r. Wood,
Stephen Smith. Erskne Mason, Freeman j. l}umstead.
Henry j. Noycs, +. \. BURIAL Consulting Physician
Ben. W. McCrcgdy Thirteen visiting physicians com
mce of inspection, and house staff of eleven physl-
To,aI cost N the Charity Hospital in 1896 $50 81
Total cost OF Smallpox Ho>piol IN lStd.... 59oj 50
BlIIEUE HOSPITAL
Leaning aboard the Commissioners fine steamboat
bellevue we of the most venerable inStltu
i'ous I'm Ncv.York namely: bellevue Hospital former
IS the Aims House, is situated between Firstave.
and contains loo beds the greater part Of which
OCCunltI.
located that portion ~ the city was then uinhaDited
but surrounding district sdenSely populated and
stables, sHughtcrhouSes and factories abound In that
nciehborhood. The influence Of the surrounding
district lcanuot but be deletenous To the hospital,
while on the other hand the close proximity Of
large h9,RI,al mJmHriG9LsE ani,G,Gs the dehSey-
Al bellevue Hospital The antiquarian may be rejoced
to ind the identical Wcahcrcock bearing date 100 which
IN me days oi the revolution slrmonned the Federal
Hail. the edco which then stood on the site OF the pres
ent Treasury the railing IN use before the iroht door
his hand while delivering his first inaugural address, and
IN the wall OF the main han Of the hospital the fagstone
whcrcon the Father o ms country TOOK me oa OF ofiee
This historic relic is thus inscribed; standing upon
Washington ny IhahctIor LIVINGSTON Wlch lnauguraeu
first President O the United States April 80 1883 II
removed Ia this institution from Federal Hall, Wall-st,
1863 by the Commissioners ol Public CHARITIES and Cor.
rectloh. s Draper Presden 15alG Bell secretary; "
II. Grnnel j. H. Ncholson Isaac Wood NJ D., President
Medical Board; John W Greene NJ D. Secretary Medical
Board" In panel opposite the Washington stone is
marble tablet which the Commissioners have inscribed 10
the memory OF the late DR. Valentine Mott.
The number of patients remaining In hospital January
l. 1866, Ga the number of admissions for the year lin
cludiug 56j births IN the total number OF patients
treated during the year, 7,2j the number discharged,
cured, aud relieved for the year was G0 the number OF
deaths f6t the St5r 3 the number OF patients
naming IN hospital under rehtmtnt December 81, 1896
1gj the above number OF deaths include 200 resulting
from Injuries and accidents all of them COrOnes eases
total number OF eases OF accidents l6I cost OF ntaln
ing the printing office connected with the hospital S
9j3 ~ value OF It's work during the year, S3.5l2 10
The cost per day for each patient IN January 80
cents, mills and cnths Of mill In February, $500;
In March, 3jl& in April, 1861; In May 3l66 IN June,
2SO5 in July, 3O63; In August 3? OG I'm september 59Ob
In October 1884, and In November, PISS or the stu
dents who attended clinical nsrctonHt Belieyue Hos,
pal during the year, there were oin ieeV OspltaI
College, S4s; from The College ot Fhysclhs ana surgeons,
49, from the mcopathio college 2 lrn the New-1ork
Medical College for Women 10; from starting Medical
College l. from the Hygeo Therapeutic college Ia from
the Medical University Of New York, 49, from the Penn
syvana Medical College for Women, .; from the Eclectic
Medical College, IL; from Harvard Medical College, L.
from London University, England, /. Total, 900.
During the the Commissioners decapitated twenty
one persons who regarded supcrnumerares In
the hospital and thus materially reduced the expenses
expenses N Bellevue hospital in 1866, $10c939 Is
Warden, Thomas \. Brennan.
The mOrtuary record for the year contains the
OF Drs LAMAR Zabriskie and Richard v Pell one Of
whom died of cholera and the other OF yellow fever
traced while In the discharge Of duty. The Medical
Boards report appropriately notices the deoease Of
Dr. Church and exCommissoner Simeon Draper.
GRArUITIEs TO THE OUTDOOR POOR
THE TRIBUNE OF Dec "a contained sketch OF at
the office OF NJ George Keock the superintendent of the
Outdoor Poor and In that sketch the routine the
parent Mas 10 well aud 80 fully described that 10 may