The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-31
NEW YORK CITY CHARITIES.
SOME MOST DEPLORIBLE EEf TURES As
SEEN BY 4 GR.fND JURY.
Hospitals wherein Patients lie In n Stiainr
Atmospherc-The Bii OF Fare In our Aims
housc-A Iying-in Hospital Prayed for.

| Atmospherc-'The Bin of Fare In our a Inns
housc-A Iying-in Hospital Prayed for.
Tho Grand Jury OF the General Sessions,
| before separating on Thursday made two pre-
sentiments Of public interest and importance.
| The first contained u petition. signed by num-
Der OF wcll-known ladies' clcreymon. and physi-
| clans, among them Mrs. A. s. Hewitt Mrs. T.. l..
Youmans. Mrs. W. T. Dodge Jr.. Drs. W. 4.
| Lusk. j. r. Wood. w. II. Van Buren,. and A. B.
Crosby. the Roy. Drs. Houghton. John Hall.
II. c. Potter. Morgan Dix. 8. II. Tying. Jr..
and Howard Crosby. setting forth the
urgent necessity for n small lying-in hos
pitil. near Bellevue Hospital. The medical
authorities report that over 15O women are an
nually taken with labor in the streets Of the city.
md give birth to children before they are able
to reach the maternity wards on BlackwclFs
| Island. They cannot be taken to Bellevue Hos
pital owing to the fact that a childbirth within
those disoasc-soakod walls il almost invariably
accompanied with purrpcral fever and death.
There is no other shelter for them Whatever ex
ccpt the cabin Of the hospital boat in which
! there are no accommodations for such cascs.
and whence thcy must be removed tho
matter what their condition. the moment
they roach tho island. Many children are born
in this boat. and not nfrruuently both mother
and child die. Tho petitioners requested an
appropriation from the city for supplying this
want Such nn institution tho ladies whose
names are attached to IN" petition offer TO super
intcnd. the medical authorities at Bellevue offer
| the needed medical care. and the Training
| School volunteers TO contribute nurses gra-
tuitously. The Grand Jury. having examined
| tho estimates Of the petitioners. recommend an
appropriation OF $1,000 for furnishing hos
pital and $4,000 per year for its maintenance.
| Copies of the petition have been furnished 10
| the Mayor and the Comptroller.
| Tho second prcsentment details the diseov
| cries that were made by "a committee appointed
by the Grand Jury t. inspect l. leyuc Hospital
and the institutions on Blackw, ll's Island. Tho
committee report that on the island the first
/ place ln-pr. ted was the small outluilding used
/ for the reception - or, sipcl- patients Thu
/ huiiiinf is Improperly N'nlii"t'd or rather h
/ mot ventilated ID ALL Tho windows nre unprp-
/ i".trd from tl' rays oi the sun. except ~
| shades. having neither insid" nor outside
blinds The condition of the cio,, ts il pail
ing The ntn has been allowed 10 accumulate.
/ and the odors ther rom = n',rnic the wards
/ In WlIch tn patients are lylug. Ih" grounds
| about the building and thn-" around tho dead
/ hOu-, arc ourumhcr.d with accumulated rub
! hi~h and flth. rhr hAths in both the Charity
/ ani ..lryur Hospitals are of iron, and are
/ lla Is and rusty entirely unit for U.s.. ana more
Likely O. b, II. ais oi spreading IMAM oi clock
The-oos'ne arraneement- IN the kitchen of
| tho G. ar 81 liD- pit are luui"lu Ite Tor ir"par-
| ln. the food necessary for the patients now in
Arrans Al in,n'. f,r c,tinsui-hinr fire are con-
| spi .ulu-iy wanting, ~ rg loiu- .nIy an iron
| pipc i'm one Of tn halls. for which no hnrr has
been provided and which is SO S',ur 'ly fastened
a. t. he uns' ry' cable for imm,,diat1 u.s.. II IS
recommended that at least ljO f'et OF thr, einch
hos win Eropcr water r1nn,,,tnlhs IN be placed
. The iron doors enclosing the ilrHprQpi part ot
| the building and protecting thu stairway. nrc
| bottom. An additional heavy swinging bar.
turning on swivel and Eat hing in the wall at
| The atmo-p phere in the upper part Of the