The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-13

aDout from room 10 room IN the dlscnargo Vi
their multform duties, clerks taking names and ad-
dresses and dispensing medicines. detailed de-
scriptlon OF the daily work accomplished ut this IN
store to health tho Impoverished poor Of our great
city would require volume. We give below tue
nanes ana localities OF these charities and oriei
summary Of their operations for the last year.
NEW YORK DIsPENsARY.
This institution, the pioneer In these most noble
ninth year n1s ss SaSng The C
Hail Park. In 1882 new Building was erected
ior It's use At the corner OF Centre and
when this building was torn down to make room
for larger and more suitable building ON the same
w9c @ 81 when % %
viii be one Of the finest dispensary buildings In
the city. Meantime portion OF the Arsenal IN Elm
regiment, New York artillery-is allowed Tor their
use. The number OF persons receiving medical and
ad Win s 20 and
49, $40 the number OF prescriptions. 1t Ii thought the
figures on this years report will show diminution
increased healthfulness Of the city and the made
quacy OF their present room accommodations. The
district covered by thus dispensary embraces all the
East river TO Spring street on the Hudson river and
all that section below East Fourteenth street between
Broadway and First avenue and Allen 10 Pike
street.
NORTHERN DIsPENsARy.
1t is now forty-two years since this institution was
founded. Its field OF operations lies within the dis
trct lying on the western side Of Broadway between
Spring and Twentyhrd streets and the North river.
The institution Is located on the corner OF Chrlsto-
pher street and Waverley place. The building IL
small and hardly sufficient for the purpose. and II Is
hoped before long to replace II by new and more
ample edlfce. Meantime its trustees and medical
star are fully and seduousy attentive TO their duties
The last report gives u 900 the number OF patients
number OF prescriptions dispensed. This years re-
turns will, 1t Is estimated foot up about the same
EASTERN DISPENSARY.
This S the third oldest dispensary in the city, nav
ing been founded in 1888, and being now In the
thirty-sxth year OF its existence. This section Is
bounded BY PIKE and Allen streets, First avenue,
teenth street TO Pike street. the place OF beginning
and It's headquarters are over Essex Market. Some
through the Tenth precinct police having vacated
the rooms they formerly occupied there; but the nt-
cleus OF building fund mas already been started,
and they have hopes Of soon having new and spe-
cia building for their use. The last published re-
port gives 2S,294 as the number OF persons
nS Se 1sa hs
as Apt and 1853 as the number OF prescriptions dis
pensed The present years returns 1t Is Thought,
Will not vary materially from the above 1t may be
an interesting fact to know that from 1884 to
1851 inclusive the whole number OF patients treated
was 5iSoss and prescriptions dispensed III, llSS S,
the average cost OF each patient.
DEMILT DISPEN5ARY.
This Is unquestonaby the finest dispensary In the
ctythat is to say 1t has the best building OF any.
more complete structure, and one better arranged
for the purpose cannot well be DEVISED This insti-
tuition was founded eighteen years ago and embraces
that portion OF the city embraced between Four
and East river. The last report gives the number
OF new patients treated p, 4ss, the number vacc
mated 1924 and number Of prescriptions 1893:
Since the founding of the dispensary the number OF
patients attended have been 3S s67 OF which number
309 treated at the dispensary and 459 at
their homes. In this time there have been 7Os, 1856
prescriptions DR.. Cummings, the house physician
for the past eleven years. says there has been no
healthier year in the city In all this time than the
past year. Their business has fallen off fully fifteen
per cent from last year, dlmInution OF ten per
cent OF which he ascribed TO the increased general
healthfuness and the remaining per cent TO the es-
Enlistment OF the dispensary at Bellevue Hospital
NORTHWESTERN DISPENSARY.
Organized close on the heels Of the Demit Dis
pensary was the Northwestern 'Dispensary, now In
extends its operations that portion OF the city
bounded on the south by Twentythird street. on the
and on the north by Eighty -sixthstreet During the
year embraced In their last report there were treated
losso; ya Gel ssz. and PRESCRIPTIONS dis.
very little from these figures. 1t is gratifying to
state, in connection with this institution that they
have accomplished the raising Of sufficient fund
for putting up new building. The ground has
already been broken for this new structure. which Is
he erected the of Thirty-sixth stree,
and Ninth avenue, and which will be modelled after
NORTHEASTERN DIsPENsARY.
This dspensary the last In the list OF those Of regu
lar established districts, is located at No. 100 Eas
Fifty-ninth street, near Third avenue and cover.
street and east Of Sixth venae The n
nual report gives the number OF patients attended
during the year as 40sS, the number yaccInated as
116 and prescriptions dispensed as 1851 This year
will show O considerable increase over this number,
owing to the rapid influx OF population in this drec-
tlon and will swell TO fully 10000 the total number
visited since the organization Of the charity.
GERMAN DISPENSARY.
At this dispensary, situated at No. Third street,
In addition to giving prescriptions to patients they
have a ward room Tor the worst patients-a feature
not belonging to any other dispensary In the CITY,
Though calling itself German, people OF all naonali
ties are treated mere. The report for 1867 gives
as the number OF patients treated. 1t s stated that
this number will be exceeded by $500 this year. As
is well known this institution has completed a new
and magnificent building In Seventy-seventh street.
Lexington avenue, and intend after Its naugu-
ration, which win probably be shortly to make that
their headquarters. The institution, which Is char
tered as the "German Hospital and Dlspensary,n Is
now In the eighth year OF Its existence
BOND STREET HOMEOPATHIC DIsPENsARY.
This institution, at No. SO Bond street, still con-
tnues to do large amount OF good In It's own quiet
and un0sentatous way There were last year treated
here 26045 and So 122 prescriptions dispensed They
win do about the same this year. Al branch dis
pensary, corner OF Seventh street and avenue T.
2ol22 OF the above patients were treated, with the
addition OF S,325 outdoor visits.
NEW YORK HOMEOPATHIC DTsPENSARY.
Nine years OF steady, unwcaried work have abun-
by this institution Last year they had II, 2ll pa
tents and issued p, $40 prescriptions This years.
work VIII present about the same results.
ECLECTIC DIsPENsARY.
Three years OF philanthropic EFFORT still keeps this
institution in the occupancy headquarters Of an
old Ore engine building inEast Twentysxth street,
near Third avenue. Last year they had $500 pa
tients and this year will have had double that num-
her, There are two resident doctors and seven
consulting physicians connected with the institution.
1t is under excellent management and growing In
popular favor.
OTHER DIsPEEsARIEs.
Besides the Bellevue Hospital dispensary, started
within the past year, three other dspensaries have
been recently started-one In Yorkville one IN Har-
lem and one In Manhattanve. They are all small
affairs at present. though TO what magnitude In the
future they may rise there Is telling Each In its
special locality ID doing good work, giving out
medicines to the impoverished sick In It's vicinity
and detailing physicians to visit those unable to
visit their respective headquarters The organizar
ton OF central dispensary,r modelled after the
old established dIspensaries and taking from each
some OF their present fields Of labor, Is under
and doubtless VIII soon become an &C.
complished fact.