The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-05
THE ORLEANS DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER

main building TO enable eonvaseHeents to take
exercise Ii the gardens Without being auhIec!ed
to The painful exertion Of descending two flights
A neat and tasteful double. verandeh, the
drawing Of which is already made. will he erect
ed along the entire front Of the main building
and will CORRESPOND to the windows of both the
SECOND and third stories.
Much care has been bestowed on thorough
scientific and efficient system Of drainage. The
grounds Are now properly graded and supplied
With hydrants and flnsh pipea, alleys running
batWeen plata blooming with flowers. and
shaded nv evararaana and many VA, teties oi
treea, afford n cool. pleasant promenade to the
inmates and eanyaeaeens, or such as feel dis
bosed to vIsit the grounds,
asIhe administrators, resident physicians
| clerks. employees. and all who are concerned
| ~ The management II the hospital work with
cause which PLAYS auch prominent part In
THE wnrld-tha noble cause Of charity.
TIM CHARITY HOSPITAL or NEW ORLEANS
TIE present CHARITY Hospital, built In 1872
the Franch onlonista Of Louisiana we're aell
| ta'ne The necessity of providing Tor the sick by
ere building whore those attacked with
care The eanuy IN s Wa ~ a'uaa W,,n
BILOXI to Mobile. and thence to New Orleans,
had built aavatal log cabins, witch from thairt
| aud storms afforded indeed but cory hosnital
aneommodations. IN l72i the foundations uf
hnap',al ware laid at hilaKi. Il lid MT serve
fore long. tune, for ~ lTaa the colony removed
e. New Orleans LIN the year lI2l several Ursu-
l " nYns came to thts city FROM, France 10
what, may have. been q. Hospital probably a
rough construction Of pine boards.
IT WAS SITUATED
al The corner Of Rienvia and Chartrea alter
wards removed to 0hartres and Uteulines and
thence TO Charities, hatwaen Barracks and Hos
the purpose IT Luildne charity hospital II
Tha first hnld,ns HAT f hal any, rr ahs Ions
toward being hnspital was. according TO
historians, erecteh IN 1891 by the generous Don
and was built en- Rampart street. be ween Tou
louse eud st. Peter, About twenty lva years
Later, It. was Z, DESTROYED hy fire The next hos,
pital WINS built I'm 1915, on the site now nenupiad
by the University of Louisiana. In 1890 Il was
sold t. the state for st2sooo, and the present
hospital was built On the square bounded hy
Common Howard Hfavier aud Freret streets.
FROM TIME 10 TtME
new buildings were added and other improve
menta made, until ~ present 1t nan acoonmo-
date 100 ratl"nta, Tho different buildings are
occupied as follows The two story cd noes to-
tho Right aud left nf the Common street en-.
trance are occurred as Offices hy the treasurer
house clerks and othsr epployes o.
storias high contains thirty nve words Two
wards nn the fret floor are used FOR nolored pa
wards are for surgical nasas, IN the second
story are also two departments Tor white per
sons afflicted with. ophthalmia. The other
wards If tire seeonH aud third stories aero,n-
nndate patients labaring under general dis |
esaee 10 the main building are the mess
rooms, laboratory aud drug store.
THE WING or THE MAIN BUILDING
parallel to Howard street ia used for the fe.
on the Frefat street eiie contains tile
sisters apartments, with Kitchen wash room
engine room Ia on the Iravtar street aide. The |
department dead house and other |
necessary buildings are all conveniently To-
In fact. the Charity Hospitnl ri New Orleans |