The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-01
YNL. NXXy1II.

""'. '' " Sa''S'hCtoTF mann 4, = III
evidenced Nshc small number 81 ,>Npwi
-qnd Ncrtcc; sciplinc secured.
ttI ALNS-uorsE.
>'P@'ni 3n'-Mr, John a. Pcal,r: 4
NoLon-df. John A. Pcarc; 4
fhNS'Hin : Drs. Rust and Riddtl =
HtNidc"' >fdrnt-Mr. Benj. T. Gnch 4
'hr aims 'opse building 10 in fine Vie,
tho beds or' bediing perfectly clean nd
the inmate. 1Ne dressed in plain hui III
Portable o. hag, They have carve Il
>hrn II tho 1lding, in which .hc ;..f. i
A'' ''".r t.i-"nns !,:.Ins Tor tur u.
Huricd ~ city's cxpenac, and MI DO
any h1ic laring that is needed lit
tho hu.lAirs.
IN In,c s,ac feature Of the institr on
is III" day .cls,i. which all the chill en-
attend fror 9Sclock \. VI. until 4 o, ,ek
I. NJ. Th' scasol is unde, the immc. Q
supervision ofMrs. Conaway, one 0! the
Inmates Of ihe aims house.
There ar, II present, ffty-four m es,
>lXty-ScNcr females, and ,hirty-six child ~,
II the dcp%,tnsnt for white persons.
During e YEAR there have been twc..v-
six deaths. of which number there. ers
nine males cn females, and seven children
At present here are about thirty patients
N the hosp.al, but most Of them are there
by reason + nd age. There were fou,
births at tn alms-housc during the year
white pare! is.
c'LHRED ALNs-UorsEA
SNpcrint'Fjsnt-George n. Gwathmcv
This Institution, as vel rs the other, il
under competent management. The build
lng Is kept perfectly clean. as well as thu
beds and bedding, and the inmates all ap
pear cheerful. There are at present /;
inmates, of which number 65 are males
16 females. aud 50 children. During tht
Eear there hav"'bcen 73 deaths. of which 3:
we're males. - females, anl thirteen chil
drcn. There l:erc lf births.
The hospital. Which is under the charge
OF Drs. Rust and Riidell (thc latter bein,
the resident rhtsicianl, contains 54 IA
tientS. The mn ,o,ity of diseases are of scro
tu!a and col uption. The EXPENSE ~
keeplng up th.s; tuition is about $lo,e5t
pcr 0nnum-
'''''f+ IN if.G Akl
Inc college IN. .rln;,..v is on the promise,
- the Mclic@l College o; Virginia. aai
,nncr the n"-1"cment of Or. Isaiah Il
Hhltc. who La :; Competent corps OF rs
,ist"N,s. II Is, h.. contract, the city anc
marine hospital, bat latients are also cd
mittcl on private av>cunt. and furnished
with excellent bead in addition to the bes
treatment of disease.
Daring the past year 235 patients were
admitted. lS5 were discharged. 90 died
and 3 arc now at the lntirmaTy.
Among the cases ;reatcd at the In6rmar'
during the past yea. many surgical oI era
;ion- were called f3r. Among them iia,
he specified tie following Amputatoa .
arm, alnputation of hand, amlu,atirn 6
finger. amputation of thigh, amputatic1 O
lec. amputation Of foot, amputat;on Of .ocs
alnputation Of breast. amputation Of pcus
extraction OF cataract. laceraiica of c"t;l
rGct. extirpation OF various tur;ore, liza
ton of subclayian artery, liinotomy, opera
sion to- tistula IL ano, operation ior vc>;cO
vaginal. operation for necrosis, opcrGtio
for phymosis, rcsection of head of hyNcras
tenotomy, trepanniEs. Also yario2a E-tno
operations 100 numerous to be specified.
CEMETERIES.
The following is a correct list Of inter
mcntS in the different cemeteries
Ho!in-ood. Ny .Iar2ns- -Gt,KI>a4fIl>-7 GetKI>a 4fIl>-7Fe'.,t
ton: Whitc-Malcs, ISL; females, lGl
still-born. l3.
:hochoe HiN.-Mr. John ?. Pearcc
Sexton: Whitcs-Nlales. 100; femal,s, Gj
s:ill-horn, lG; total, 2ll. Colorcd-hla 1es
~ !; females, 81 still-born, u; total, l5J
Oa1'ioood.-Air. John Redford, Sexton
Wli;cs-hIalcs, Is; females, 8; children
iG; total, G2. Colorcd-Malcs, IL females
:; children, none; total, 20.
Je,oish Bu,yinG Ground.-One man,
women, and l6 children. Total, 20.
MARRIAGES.
From January l., 1869, to January
1870. 81 white and 1872 colorcd couple
were united in wedlock. BY all cxamina
ton of the following the curious may dis
cover in which months the most marryin,
is done: