Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-18
THk COUNTY HOsPTTAL.

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We paid . visit to the Storey County
Hospital yesterday afternoon and took a
look through the institution. 1t il now
under charge Of DR.. J. W. Van Zandt as
resident physician. with Mrs. Jones as
mstron. The average number Of pa
TENTS has been about thirty, but there
are at present tvsnty-three. Ave having
been discharged during the last day or
two, including two smallpox patients
who left this morning. There are no
other cases OF that disease at the Hospi.
tai at present. Two women are there
under treatment for rheumatism.
The Hospital is eligibly situated
in q ravins about q mile east
from tho heart Of the city. within a fsw
rods Of shaft No. 4 Of the Sutro tunnel,
and consists Of q large two story building
with kitchen, woodshed and other out
buildings attached. Here the regular
patients are kept. and in another build
ing. q short distance north. consisting OF
two stories and a basement, the small
poI and other epidemic patients are
kept. The basement il fitted up with
cells for lunatics and patients
difficult otherwise to manage. Every
thing in and about the whole
institution Is kept clean. neat and order
ly. and the patients with whom we con-
vsrsed approved Of the place and their
treatment. Within the last few days
water has been introduced by means Of
pipe laid from the mains Of the vir-
ginia and Gold Hill Water Company.
thus giving a plentiful supply Of pure
mountain water to the Hospital for the
fnst time. In years past the water was
obtained from n spring in the ravine,
above the house. and also from a well
near by. but both failed along ago. and
water had TO be hauled from a distance.
We noticed n few points wherein i'm
provemsnt can be made to very good adj.
vantage. The bedsteads. although clean
and well cared for. are ricksty, wooden
affairs; they should be sold and iron
ones substituted. Such bedsteads would
always be FREQ from bugs and never wear
out. Some Of the floors arc also badly
worn and need renewing. The dining
room is altogether too small, and tn,
table consequently not large enough to
accommodate many persons at q time
That room should DO used as q batl
room or something else and
respectable sized dining oom con
structed. The greatest improvement
needed. however. is in the outbuild.
ingsattached to and comprising the south
wing Of the main bulldog. These are
all in a dilapidatsd. ricketty condition.
The County Commissioners talk OF try
ing 70 repair them. but the most sensi-
BILE rs well as the cheapest way in the
end would be TO tear them all down and
put up one decent building in their
place, large enough for dining room.
wood house, and all other purposes for
which those patchwork, dilapidated
little old shantiss are now used. Such
q building would cost but little, and
would last for many years. The shade
trees set out around the house have eyi'
IDENTIFY had rather Of u hard time OF II,
but now that plenty Of good water is in.
troducsd. they should DO trimmed.
and better cared for. The short piece
Of road leading across the ravine to the
Hospital needs grading, or at least the
stones should be thrown u Of it. Con-
valsscent patients might find healthful
employment in doing this.