New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-07
FOUNDING HOSPITALS.

Among the many public institutions devoted
10 the fuftherance of worthy charities. none commend
more directly To the sympahies OF all classes
II society than intended for the reception ana care
NJ children The feeling that involuntary prompts Us
10 attribute the present condition OF an adult pauper 10
past excess and mproyideuce and TO withhold our chay
IA a Just punishment for the wasted opportunities VI
early life cannot nterpOse between and the hepeSs
children whether orphans foundlings, WHO clan our
support To aid in tins good work many admraoie anu
welloOnducted asylums have been founded IN al p'
the country, and several within our own city "i' 49,
ally providing for the present and future vans "
thousands of poor children who. by reason ol uea" VI
abandonment have never known the guaruianSnP ""u
care OF their natural parents Deprecate as VIC H"'
eoprep,cnts Of defective social system that heeessi-
tstes the adoption OF many infants D! 'no 0''o' "
cannot reject the fact that the evll causes as "o " ~
owl effects must remain, like the poor always WIN US
d that both are practically unavoidable and beyondthe
reach OF the most comprehensive legislation Accepting
these as facts proved by the experience OF older govern
neufs and the results OF experiments among nations
that we necessarily resemble more and more eaeh year.
n il far better to attention to the useinl TASK VI
devisnc some plan by which surrendered or abandoned
children can be properly and thectually cared lot
rather than those vague and useless theories by which
ideal panhopists have sought 10 90 Dack 10 lisi PHI
pes effect the reformation OF eVs inherent I'D au
Necessity and through that means avert many if
not all of its attendant evils The question OF eetdDsH
many nars Of The United states but without definite re-
suits Public opinion seems decidedly opposed 10 anu
the few institutions founded on the plan OK the european
fonnding hospitals compelled through TecelN
ing neither public or private Cratues 10 chage pod
which renders them necessarily exclusive ana partial III
their usefulness The rapid increase OF the Foreign ee
ent IN the population of our cities renders necessary
the establishment OF asylums more or less similar 10 nQse
adopted i'm Europe and founding hospitals properly be-
long to mis- class Aside from this. there certain COLI
sideratiOus Of grave Importance that shOuu u as ~
once 10 consider such institutions in their moral effect
nd wifi
of crimes that 10 great extent pecuhar 10 tuc
American people The disregard of infant life IN tins
country has long been crying sin in midst aud both
fGticde and infanucde have become so iearuy peHa
lent throughout the entire country taI u can no
abe quietly ignored Us melancholy put una , Ia
Add unnecessarily high rates OF INFANT ortaS
appalling truth that one-eighth OF the ltti e m
tentionaly destroyed, and we cannot Ia 10 recognize t
Immediate necessity of an attempt at least 10 peHSnt
ths horrjd crime We cannot deny Its existence ana Dut
remains open We must tfy 10 InuuCc I1oI
been found inefous registration births only covers
part Of the ground and is matter OF choice III most III
STANCES police Surveillance cannot enforce H. ana most
European Governments. well as some OF those IN Son
America have attempted 10 eie9S tne uUSdI p hbt
s SS t RSSN.'inS MONIES io' 'D'H '''''' . = 60.
does it result in any from the abnormal cVlhLau9h
producing vast difference in the condition ana CIR
umstances Of the social classes The fact OF S
early existence is proved by laws of Egypt, Greece,
and Rome the former prohibiting, ana the Two la'er
il in certain instances column in one of
the public places of Rome long used to ind
cate the place where fOundngs might be lett Dy parents
wishing TO dispose of them. and obtained by those VINO
sought them for adoption. This continued until the
fourth century, when more humane laws were eI9rcea
and publc institutions established on a plan similar In
its general features to that still adopted III most European
countries Athough matter OF eTe sInsp cnsf6m
and PRACTICES only object in audng TO them being
TO show that nfantcide and its evil effects upon society
nr NOT OF modern origin the result Of defective laws
and an OvercrOwding OF our great eltles, . al, -,
pitfalls is recognized and such institutions are Literally
provided by the Governments of France England Aus
tria Italy Russia and other countries III the ulscts
where they are needed Like insane asyluns now
ever they found available in the prevention OF crime
with
ceedng radius of from % to 80 miles, put WITHIN TINS
circle their influence r is Gle are Fompdng Hospital of
Paris established by ST. Vincent DE Pau III lb2O Inc
h~6inS now in se was formerly occupied as a convent
and in many it is admirably adapted its present
number OF children now under the charge OF tut
0oron Of Whom are allowed to remain Opg in the build
ing after their reception. All foundnnss ahu 9ipnaSe
Thealthy and In good condition. they sent into the
country TO he nursed II sick from diseases contracted
before after admission they are caretuy tehueu anu
allowed to remain until change OF location Is deemed
safe and desirable plan is adopted IN the reception 9I
children which prevents any distinction being made with
reference age or physical condtoh man ne
Moons Children pass to place the wall where
'ie tour revolving box turning on ~ III i
fants are placed aud sliding door on me OUTSIDE Is
closed 70 prevent the denticaton OF tne S
the nurse duty within proceeds 70 &c tOH takes ouV
Fen or eye are received in this every evening
and their parentage remains forever unknown some are
brought there publicly their registered and s9 n
marks put them WIN enable their parT o recnSpe
compelled to pah Od they desire to so while others
transferred from the various pubic lnsututOhs rn
digent mothers, those who die in giving them birth
The arrangements of this admirable institution
sdyided into four wards commodous, clean and well
ventilated The top floor intended for the SICK II beng
mOre silent and secluded than the Others and both the
medical and surgical patients are placed ID separate
apartments The lower floors are devoted to children III
good health and have their separate dOrmtoes reiec
tories. wash and play rooms sister OF charity mas
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force OF equal size and efficiency so tha the same mum
strong but cheerful and attractive appearance. The
cribs are all single and constructed Of rOn supplied with
enveopcd in curtains Of snowy white dmity Each one
numbered and has ticket opposite with the date Of
the occupants birth and It's name II one mas Deeh gwen
by the person from whom II Is received Inc peculiar
American institution which Dickens has forcbly char
acterized the eternal accused, sufoeating redhot
demon Of stove Is unknown In the public INSTITUTIONS
OF Pans At each end Of the dOrnitOes and large halls
great open fireplace where cheerful wood nres pro,
tected By wire Tenders are 1SPt burning curing re SSr
and padded shelf or long couch s placed within SUIT
able distance, which they are allowed TO lie and
difficult imagine peasaiiter sight than this and it
would cheer the heart OF many poor mother Gona se
infants dc Ia pGe tended ana watched over by ter
kndhearted nurses Every four hours they are taken
IN and fed their regular diet consisting Of milk thin bar
lev water herb The rates Of mortality among
the children here received great but not unnecessarily
So considering the fact that many are taken when but
few hours old and in addition 10 an unumey exposure
the night air, deprived OF that nutriment which
physiological science has decided to be essential 10 life
and impossible Of accurate imitation. Since 1858. the
deaths have averaged per cent Of the total admissions
many of which from maladies either inherent or
previously contracted The most prevalent diseases are
nfantum," thrush, as II is more popularity
called and scerema induration of the cellular It's
sue attributable i'm most instances TO artificial nutrition
Asin every other public nursery, diarrhea large
proportion Of the deaths and aundiee also frequent
and fatal ysitnt whose presence is attributable To the
bilious effects milk and the absence OF that aper
tent property which chemical analysis detects in the
maternal lactage. Purulent Inflammation of the eyes is
also found IN many OF the infants but this has been
traced To the presence disease in the mother known
as leucorrhea" il is easily treated, and in most
stances cured the judcOus of nitrate Of silver in
jections which have been found specific remedy. or
under the charge of the