The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-29
ST. PETERS HOSPITAL, BROOKLYN.
Valuable Public and Unsectarian
ishment-Origin and History.

n Valuable TuDl1C anu
Establish ment-Origin and History.
At the corner of Hicks and Congress streets,
Brooklyn, there stands st. Peters Hospital. 1t Is
conducted by Sisters OF St. Francis, who devote
themselves to the care Of the sick and the poor
The building is 255 feet long by thirty feet Deep
When the Sisters first took charge In 1864, there
were only ten beds for the accommodation Of
patients who then consisted Of children. In the
year following, the eye disease having broken out
among the children they were sent to Bay Ridge,
and the hospital in Hicks street after con-
verted into general hospital. In 1857 the Sisters
were enabled to add to their hospital accommo-
dalton. They purchased an adjoining lot and built
It, and from year to year since, up to the present
time they have been enlarging the capacity Of the
hospital so that 1t has now 125 beds, every one
with an occupant. The patients are treated with
the greatest kindness and consideration. They
are constantly watched by the Sisters, whose gentle
hands are never tired in the works Of mercy to
those VINO are suffering in bodily health.
The hospital receives
NO PECUNIARY AID
from the State. The Sisters depend altogether for
means to conduct their excellent work upon con-
tributiOns. The hospital Is open to all persons r-
respective OF creed color. Though conducted
by Catholic Sisterhood, 1t is entirely unsectarian
in its management and this fact alone ought to in.
sure the house an allowance Of support common
surate with its undoubted claims upon public pa
by benevolent persons who do not wish to let their
good deeds be known; but the principal portion Of
are collected by the Sisters throughout the city.
The hospital Is open for all classes or surgical
cases. and these are treated the very moment they
are admitted. The poor are not expected to pay;
but those who can are charged a moderate sum
"a week. Paying patients can have private
rooms. These rooms are neatly furnished and
have every accommodation, including bath
very excellent rule prevails here--if q person who
can afford TO pay for medical treatment, and poor
the time, the preference Is given to the latter
II there be room, on the Just principle that an in
accommodation elsewhere than one who has none
OF this worlds goods. On an average
TWENTY APPLICANTS DAILY ARE REFUSED
admission, simply because there Is no room for
them. The hospital is as full as II can hold. The
Sisters view with regret the fact that they are
obliged 20 turn away the afflicted from their doors;
but there is no help for it, IL Is hoped that they
may be soon enabled, by generous contributions, 10
make additions to the hospital, and thus be In q
themselves Tor admission. They ask the friends Of
humanity TO visit the hospital, and they believe
that one visit will convince any one that he has
seen refuge for the sick not surpassed for careful
management ard cleanliness by any, and certainly
superior In almost every respect to many hospitals
The house Is directed and controlled by twenty
two sisters, whoee only reward for their deep de-
notion to and thoughtful regard for the poor is the
satisfaction they derive from that love Of God and
Scriptures Is the whole sum and substance OF Chris
tan morals. The reception room for visitors Is on
the let OF the entrance, and close 10 IL Is the medl
cal store room, pattern OF order and regularity.
On the ground floor are the kitchen, laundry and
storage accommodation for clothing for men and
women and for sheets. quilts, towels, &C. The
wards set apart for the sick are kept In
very enc order, well ventilated, and the
n0ors are scrupulously Clean Each bed has
hair and spring mattress, and the hedsteads
are of iren. A carpenter shop is set up in the
house, and when bathroom, q door or window
sash gets ont OF order IL IL Instantly set right The
Management who keeps extensive q house in
such perfect working condition 10 deserving Of no
small praise.
THE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN
who attend give their services without fee or re.
ward The attending physicians are Drs. II. c.
smms, q. K Smith and Thomas Baylis, and the
consulting medical men are Dr. Daniel Ayers and
DR.. II. J. Cullen. The number OF patients treated
last year was lO0f, and at the close OF this year
there will be an exceas over those figures.
The SISTERS st. FtAncis settled " Hicks street