Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-15

frm whatever services pertain 10 their profes
sion. free OF all pecuniary emollment, an .esi-
GENT PHYSICIANS and assistants can Also oe Sc
cured without any expense TO the DlS'rist-
The District Hospital should be under the con-
troll OF the Commissioners or under the CiIrAs-
ton OF board OF governors. 10 be appointed hy
them IL suitable site could be utilized for
the hospital from ground already be'on ying 20
the District the cost OF such buildings as would
| inasmuch as experience has taught that All
such buildings should be plain IN structure and
pavilion In character. With good substantial
executive edince, pavilion wards could be added
with slight additional expense as the necessities
| OF the case might demand. ana this plan OF hos
| pital construction recommends Itself partica-
/ larly as classes Of diseases can thus be widely
separated or isolated. By having few. strong
rooms connected with the hospital. many or tha
! temporary insane might be cared for. instead OF
! being confined In Statl0n-houSes, uatil either
their friends could have them properly disposed
/ Of or In case OF residents, until they coald
be returned to their proper homes This pro-
vision itself wouli save thousands or dollars an
nually to the District.
Connect the ambulance service with the hos
pital, so that every case or injury codld oe In
mediately conveyed 70 its wards. where physi-
clans and nurses will always be fouad and
sense OF security TO life and limb will b. greatly
Increased. morgue, where all dead bodies
! ton, with coroner's Offices attached could also
be properly under the protection OF the hospital,
or, at least be located 10 some Isolated section
| or the hospital grounds.
1t will be seen by reference 20 the report OF
the superintendent OF police, that during the
past year, the total number or accidents report
ed TO the police department was three hundred
and twenty three (S2Sl, and OF this number two
hundred and eighty -four (2SiD were taken TO the
different police stations, or were removed TO
their homes by the police.
In 1873 according 10 the census OF that year.
the population of New York city was s.2 2s2
From the most reliable data IL is found that the
same city in 1874 had In its hospitals 325 tree
beds. G. .960 beds free and pay, or one bad TO
every II. OF Its Inhabitants.
In Philadelphia it was one QD free bed 10 two
hundred and fifty (250l Inhabitants In that
city, however. the number OF hospital beds has
been greatly Increased.
Baltimore furnishes hospital accommoiltio
TO one Q) in one hundred and nifty $50, wolfe
the Dstrict OF Columbia has bat one (l) hospital
bed for every four hundred and fifty t450). as
follows: Providence hospital, 15 free beds; Freed
mems hospital. $50 free beds; Columbia Hospital
for Women, 40 Tree beds Children'S hospital %
free beds; Aims House hospital, 80 free beds.
Ii should be remembered however, that IN
Freedmea'S Hospital the beds are mostly filled
with patients from the various states, aad this
is true also OF Providence Hospital, which ab-
serbs most, II not all, OF the Appropriation or
SIS 600 Tor transient sick pluparS" Columbia
Hospital receives patients from the states, alsO,
and there is but one hospital mentiole1 In the
above list Qhe atm5honse hosp1tal where any
patient eau bc sent by direction OF the District
authorities. II, then. the measure OF hospital
accommodation should be calculated by the
number or BIDS actually under the control of
the Commissioners. IL would oe frigartuly lim-
ted to every 2. 4G6 OF population.
This committee would therefore recommend:
Isl. That there be established ia this District
geaeral hospital for the benefit OF all classes
without regard to race color or sex, which
shall be directly under the control or the Com
missioners o! the District of Columbia. 2i. That
this hospital shall be managed ana its deJals
perfected by board OF citizens (one halr or
which must be practlcing ly5iciaus) 70 oe ap-
pointed by the said commissioners. 81 That
tue Commissioners shall ask for an appropria-
ton by Congress OF au amount not 10 exceed
500 0O0 for the requisite expenses TO provide ac-
commodationS for &c patients comprised IN four
wards Two male aud two female.) OF "a beds
each, or what viii correspond TO the same by
the selection OF suitable buildings, whicn Will
meet the above requirements, the wards TO be
fully equipped and furnished. ami provision
made for the pay and board or two female nurses
and two male OrderlieS
To provide, in addition. for two other warts
zone male ana one female) OF six Isolate rooms
each, for cases or temporary insanity, dellrium
tremens, or delirigm from other causes, VITA
one female nurse and one male orderly. ana
one female night nurse, and one night watch
man-maktng eight persons acting In the
capacity OF nurses and receiving pay and board
as such. To provide, further. FOR an executive
building, furnished TO accommodate one apoth-
,ecary shop fully equipped, With room and board
| for one medical student, 10 serve without pay;
room and p5ard for two resident physicians
without pay; room aud hoard for Que matron,
with pay; and room and board Tor one steward,
With pay; one parlor, two dining rooms. one
kitchen, one reception room for patients, ser
wants room, storage and cellar accomI1 lda-
uonS
And we further recommend that proper step,
be taken 10 secure the buildings and grounds OF
the Soldiers aud Sailors Orphan Home" an
the grounds known as the g Holmead Gene
tery," On 19th street, near Boundary for the
purposes or the hospital
In 1smuch as the site OF the Soldiers AMI Sail
Orphan Asylum is In populOus part OF the
ciiy, where property Is valuable, we would sug-
geSt IN II If proper legislatlon could be sec IrI
so as TO put II In possession OF the Commission
ers, to be sold and used for this charity. that
the proceeds would be sufficient TO construct all
Necessary buildings for hospital uses. We feel
assured that the isdy managers and the trustees
or This patriotic. but no longer needed tnstttu-
ton, would be willing 10 assist the Commission
er5 and the lmnittee 70 secure necessary legls-
latfon TO accomplish this result. In view of the
great need which presses upon us in behalf OF
so much suffering that is unrelieved in this Dis
uict.
IL the work OF construction could be under
taken during the coming spring, a suitable hos
pitable could be opened for the reception OF pa
tentS by the lSt or December, ISL.
We believe that the cost OF construction, fur
nfshing and necessary appliances for hospital
to accommod ate one hundred and nrJy pati snts,
would be $4,000, and that the cost OF malntain-
Ing Its inmates during the next six months
would be about SIC, 900, making Total OF $50, 900.
This morning comnittee consisting or
Thomas j. Durant, esq. Drs. Ashford. Johnson.
Eliot, VIM. Lee and ID. W. Prenti5S waited upon
the Commissioners and presented the above
report. The Commissioners expires sed much
interest In the hospital subject, and the matter
was discussed al some length. All agreed as 10
the necessity and importance OF this subject,
but 1t was thought i'll advised TO fix upon any
location for the hospital building at the present
time The District under the heavy debt press
ing upon it could not afford TO Fu chase suit
able site, nor could they recommend the selec-
ton or the ground Indicated by the committee,
but they would forward the needed enterprise
| and supplement The efforts OF the committee In
any way they could.
The Hirth Murderers.
THEY STILL ASSERT THEIR INNOCENCE.
Babe Bedford and Edward Queen IN, Jhe two
condemned coored men who are 10 be hanged
on Friday for the murder OF Geo. Philip Hirth,