The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-23

return of garments % their 1. so ctlNe warns.
III, hp-t remedy for ali such dine lti'' Wouu
| be 4 competent ntatrun or II u~"h teper, VIZ
sho' III take the entire Charge OF 'ho h9nlekcepi
ing 81 the hOsDlt ]. And here It sho ia b' sdlu
tina IN king these critics ans, your con ul''se
d. not intcnn TO cost any inuuta,io n t,,nn ne
| Cnief 4 star. wnoh slaholcd hard. under many
| disadvantages. to tIing the hos ,thl into us
| Iresrnt improved condition. il Is tue Wretcneu
.vsfetn arising from the urD sent pr ciirc uf pp-
| iiti,a aptOintments which th"y do.lre To sec
| Thr ny r-crowding, which a hlvays SD grave
an wi in the en- iitv Hos ital. sti prcv9iis. In
| lie iriulN. iS,J. there were III Ward male sur
r,aD 4 r., one patients fui thirty four bcus:in
| Wari 4. thiity-siX p.ticnts " re ll1ccd on
thirty two beds. In Narch, In ward ., i've pa
tiett- wcr' aced upon two bcds; aud ~ Wid
there were fourteen iuurs men than beds. In
Ward there are usually from seven 10 hino
more men than beds.
l. singular jhN, while the Charity Hosptt Is
tn Is ovefcrowaed, W. rs Of the corresponding
divisions in Dtllevu' have very fsw p,teuts.
luInS I m,nih OF December. Tor instance,
fr'n a fourth to half the BEDS were empty IN
most of the IN lie surgical wards nj Bellevue
II ,pial, while IN all TIE ward Of lat division
| IN tn Charity Hospital there were more . ton
| than htda, nuh Ri with 70 beds, had.at one
| une during the month q aiienls' ,o1 III 2'
| oi Jhnu. ~, ward y Ucm lel, Win - beds, ma
% patients; Wirn i0ucnialc), with 81 beds, hid
| - patients Ia ward m lp here wer, more
| paiicnis than beds, md in ward . (mal) there
w,r, 40 a.ii nls for ;l beds. As large air 81 CO
| 10 each patient L. rcg rded - one 81 tn most
| import NJ eemcats III tde cure Of surgical cases,
| 1t Is needless To point out how harni Il sNcn
| rrnwuing must be. in words vhich ar hMnlN
| r enough for ihrirregultrnunher II inmates
| Tne Ventilation ~ tne hosplt !, which IN the
| q. we are toll h perfect, in practice trovcs
| very defective. Toe Nv In the wards when the
| windows are Dren T. generally good. nut the cor
| rid lr' are aim - invariably foul anu offensive.
| aud the closet nd many di rk corners ~ whtch
| the no pit.l .bpun1s are often intolcratle.
| nov heating apparatus has been introduced this
year "a! erca. 'Spense. the air when .up.
plies ,hc hca'er- a. drawn from the cellar. whirh
! > ctan ana well "hitcw-shci. tut itself IN
| ,unciou'lv ventilated. The straw for the beds
H. k,ut ihrre, 1id p1it o. the song y used Tor
carpcn er'a sh'~. ~ r. arc leaks uom several
# The pi9cs the driputnls from " ich soak into
the urpa'td c'lai, nnd AZ &c tam points very
| uuvl ts.ut udur4 aro pC'ccptii de. Many OF the
neliur windows have small ventlaior.. BIZ those
| nre sometimes closed nj the windows them
ives re rnel, oarn. Thus 1t Is aiN vs. / he air
OF tie close cellar ihlt is h, aei and supplied to
In september last, the Mayor Of New York,
mnyed ~ ocneVolen. desilo 20 improve The
| nuls'ne IN the hospital induced the Commits
.iencrs Charities to open a school for n .r,es
| tneg'. 'ii the energy To I na, been shown la
| TINS NDti, merits the highest appreciation, re.
Hccdug credit 90 the magistrate VINO initiated
| O.. and GA tho Commissioners and the chief Of
| : ar v o have carried out tn scneine. mo pu-
pii- of the school nov have the CHARGE OF all the
| wards tut two At present there are forty-hyc
of these nurses IN tre hospital, all apparently
| most IN elligent ana respectable. Two are as
| 81 ned 10 each ward, wnilo Others relieve these
A. nisht. Tue nea;ness, order. aud comfort
which the h we brought about, and their ia.
tieuce nd renien,ss with their rough md
9f'en repu I've .tients. are worthy ct al pr ;iSe
Ir the ouiu II Of Your mmitter. tue work Is
IS well managed n II can he under the system
which has been initiated.
IN Inc WI IN Tor tIlleptlr ana nTalNtc
women, situated on the northern end OF IH b, IL
| sell, IAN T., there are liN-srNrn patients.
Tho ward :. well warned by tlar lirg stoves
anD iols c't %, ~ does alsO The dtiias room,
whicn l. In ar adjoining win-. he ren raj az
%. arancc of 10 iiua.es j. cOiufor,nolc. ana tac
ihN-tci iu "a th; Ee Woo i-si IA IN nhil M e,
cndtayolt 10 elect r~uicAi tmpru Nemeut Ia
their condition.
me cmleo'ic md plfn'y,ic men are IN n
pay lion adi lining ChAliiN Ito ui'a.. The con
uit On Of tui' pavlipn Is most discieditAole %
Il autnori les Between nc. and SKY uufor-
flutf and Nei bless mostly OF
Il rtclt r. dis-ase, are huiGlci mo "A space 80
contracted ina there IA room between Tie ucus
Tor on luieD lcncn. iae beds took rlthy.
| AoNr ,.nuL Woe Sst~s ~ sldlar .Ctacic
WITHIN the ,it,s limits than tAis helpless group
ot tue cav, pJor And 10 show that TINS CON
| pitiun - quite untC. $ .ry inst more space aud
proper care would proi &c upp sito r,Snlts, IA
Snort di -tlnce from this VIA n Il the one APP
proprit ted 10 typhoid and other fcycrs. I his Is
N 'dcl htil''in:. well sired and perfectly clcon.
The patieu tlOk rs COM oltabls as pos inie,
and the n4tse is person who cans fitted f3I
her post, and Interested In her patients. The
u cstiun itAraliy "A Is >, whose fault L. II that
one class Of patients Is treated better than an
otnerf
THIS hospital. which consists OF two paviliqps
one foI men, the other Tor women. is In mo t re-
slects IN good condition. Dut there l. great
need of better nursing in the wOmeu's viii n
he present nurse IL pa !lall, pr.ly@ei nu. Ut
tefly unable to perform her duties. lns food Is
good ana there Is no lack OF ciothing.
The Governors of the new York Hospita
} about tne INST OF July opened the New Yosb
) Hospital House of Relief II lGJ Casmb rs strect
| 'rhs seems to be n, wei man ged a.. l. possible
| In nuiGing not originally intended Tor "a no.
lital; bat /. Is not Ilrs, enough for any gre Il
emergency, ana another roccpu "a hospital Tor
the e-s.eru and lower Sue VI the CHS is ur
he sinai hospital In Nln,,, ninth street 4.
usually IN very good orIer. Tat WARDS re kept
clean and ne {. Iheie re so few Datients-ire-
quen. ~ only three or f.ur-that thee Is raiell
anything noteworthy renort
lie Ey.ie. cent hospital GA Iiart's Island r.
mains in much the same c,n'ition a. 1t ths
date ~ the last report. Ia ~ cembtr, So, toe
Two uaNlii'us Ior women tlnt"ihel ctci be
tween lity and sixty laiien.s, many II whom
were nelVleN1 oIu "ot''h' y tiNH u " cH 'lle v
witn Iieu Aall. AZ 'ho "a tht.n uh nie 'Nen a
feed themselves. There were others WAC shO aia
have oecn ~ an amsn puss ther tnan IN nos
pllaL There WAS EiI' hpp iTehiN a. Any IA
otic VINO " s. I'D 10 Toe an epil puc: tn re were
some sever ly M and suffering; OF conva cent
= there we're hardly any. l. th Oi these rs'
| wards, with nity or siNt, patients Requiring
! much care, was under the charge Of singi,
l nurse. ScS,r.l Of Il c women had been thor,
: | for TWO year. al Il more. IhCir sock OF clothes
I WIS worn OUT, and The rags which coyere then
r would naidY huld Together. Yet, although az
. we have siil. many OF The called pailen.
; are properly subjects for the almshOuse, md ~
i | 10 Hal's Island vita no e .pactat.On o eve
leaving It, there seems to be no provision TO
! keeping them deceutly clad. The w.Ids ar,
clean and tue air usually iresh. In yer, colo
| weather the exposed situa't ~ OF tue building,
u makes IL almost impos lille o Keep them w.ru
enough Inc resident physician seems To d
: the best that Is posi- lie Win me limited mean
nj his disposal u Keep the no ~ al In good con
. diiion. lie has had zoe lining room ntted up al
T "a chapel, wnere both Protest mt ana Roma,
thonc services are hcld. Last spring a mum
. | Der OF men from the penitentllry were EN-
| plOyed IN painting ana rep .rlhR the buildings
u grading, building uU the sea wall, aud othe
such work. The general appeal ancs OF TIA,
ISLAND Is lluGh improved byit.
Tue conclusion to wHtcn YOUR committee |
brought hy It's experience In the hospitals Is
j. that wnile the utmost paisihOny Is pIactised II
the kind and amount Of material and proyis
t. ions slppiied, the discipline - A. lax that th
j. responsibility for any uencienry Is hdrd To fix
IL ins cad oi keeping all supplies at the loves
g ebb, those IN Authority would furnish them ac
. curdlng TO cert in liked aud published rules
and not ony nj ice the res pOnsinillty tut en- fore
u II in tue proper duar.eis, eN citing high 81 nd
= ard Of co tullness and Old r. frOm y TENTS an,
!, employ os alike, It would, a, we believe, row
: economical ia tue end, 10y checking waste all,
' theft, and II would also Infinitely RAISE IN
e NOR | tone OF the tnsttutions and tend O teac
e and refUtm their ignorant aud often DEGRADED
u inmates
y Mr,. JOSEPH TopHoN, Mr.. ARTHUR SEDGwICK,
. Mrs, " 81. n. OaBuKS, O., II, u. hLIAs,
Mrs. i, l.. lCUAAhs, MI. JAMES 10 JnEyELT,
hr l.. NJ tLAPP, Mr tuAHuLHR Robins,
e Mrs. W. lALRAR SMITH, Co. >. Is. LAwREsCk,
e Miss KosAltE bUTLRR. PHILIP SCHUYLER
II MA HAHps
n Ynnderbit's Railroad Property in the civ