The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

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nrahaI snrIy hours. IA Hor u caaea. how.
over particularly witt. eonvalesosnts
building 10 their syss .,ma, ii IL neoes-
sary % provide food ,ftaner. and these nra
allowed four or more meals, ms The attending
physician may orr en-. AZ daily record ~
The number 81 = yrsona III the hospital In kept,
II Ia. Of eourEt, mn easy matter To know ~
notly how n,fGay raiiuna should 10 pfpyldeh.
To Tho right of the Kitchen n Tho store.
room. where ths groceries AMI PROVISIONS Oh
the paihhli a'iman ARC kept. This again ~ q
gem, IN In way, VI nrntnepa. Homo two dozen
bright AtSsn barrels, containing opiee Yea,
sugar, u.nal Hour md other necessities, afe
ranged ground the wall. while the shelves afe
othatusH,cd with endless rows 81 sugEehtive
lara. I'm n cupboard In shown n largo array
III most l,lRoInna and inviting preserves let
lea, etc. which, tho asgacieus mud tafehettng
ststar who has this department In chntHs
had put NJ last year. when prices were Tow
Hero arc pine apple, pnneh hud plum pre-
serves. and jelins of every known Kind, Tint
makes ono almost wish himself sick 10 got NJ
them.
The bonrd of directors. however are not
Fntaiod with this atDrrtooin, Anti propose -
erect now and larger ono, NJ y cost af fiooR.
ha soon ns pnasiho.
The dlning room of tho resident stndrntE ls
situated near tho Kitchen. and here tpeHe
young mon fare as comfortably ma In any
boarding house IN tho oily.
THH LAuNnHy
Tho laundry department In under the
charge Of a Slater, with three or four assist.
ants. Washing clothes for seven hundred
alex peop,e, many of them afflicted with ca
tnnao,ia or Infectious dlseaseH, II greater
undertaking than many would Imagine. All
thu latest mechhnieRi improvements arc used
IN thia laundry. The clothes arc washed III
lang tanhR, locking Ike a,lAar-hTiaf COOLERS
tho sonpstde In which are kept dnshiilR NJ
and down Ivy machine moved paddlea. There
IL none of that humping and heatihg here.
wronchlng and mangling, which leavea fhlfts
and pntta buttonltg,s The clothea are then
hriptad On u diipper and placed In y esEtrlfi-
gal kettle revolving nj the rate ~ $500 revo-
lntlona n minute. This leaves them nearly
dry. They aro then hung on sliding racks
and pushed into the drying room. whcrs n
steady temperature of 1870 dcgrees kept In
few minutes they arc perfectly dry and
ready 10 be ironef
rnE nNaiNmERa BrpAHTMF,fr.
Tho engineers department. which III hphird
the laundry, is under the supatplsinu ot John
Ponder. The boilers fbfHnd new and ma
phinrry look extensive enough fur n Large
mandatory. These have many functions to
perform lnrge portion III tho laundry
work II done by machinery. ItforWs hot and
cold water throughout the building and
warns tho wolnen's ward by meuns Of hot
steam forced through pipes.
THH uAnrENrEn'a sFor.
Several carpenters nre needed. more or lees.
nll tho timn to keep thn various buildings II,
repair. ono man ig kept buoy making
collins, M tho number OF deaths In tho hos
pitai often runs NJ ~ u dozen In one day. mud
II majority of These have to be- buried ut tho
expense OF tho hospital largo extra car
lsntnr force haa hnrn working for the past
yenr on the various improvements being
made.
rHE WAITER strrLy.
Special arrangements have boon made 10
protect the hospital In tho event OF fire.
There Ia no inck Ut water. There ara twenty
six esterns on tho grounds. B1sidea these
nro hydrants innumnrahlo and tank In tho
roof Of tho main building, Capable OF con
tanning 70 900 gallons. IL kept constantly full.
All the employees moreover, arc kept thor
oughly drilled 40 ~ 10 be ready for tlro.
THE MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Tho medical portion Of Tho hospital IL in
charge III tho house surgeon. tho visiting
physielans and tho resident students.
Tho honae surgaon ut preaant IL pr. Goo. X.
Pratt. young mnn but highly efficient. Hn
has been In charge OF the hospital ever since
tho Nicholas government hts been In power,
having boon twice reelected To tho important
office he now fills. The position of house
surgeon ut the Charity Hospital IL IN ardn-
ons and important one. and has been filled tn
the past by some OF our best known physi-
clans. DR.. Warren Stone held the position
for many years nr. Samuel Chpppin the
present head ~ the Board of Health, was
also house surgeon Of tho hospital for four
years. Dra. WsthsrHtrandt md Smythe. and
other wellknown physicians, have also filled
IL MT different times.
Dir. Pratt Is assisted by Or. A. I} Miles, as-
sistnnt house surgsou aud NY tweve resident
students. Besides these, there are selected
every six months. eight Waiting physicians.
During the w!nter, that Ii during the season
when the medical department OF the Univer-
sity Of Louisiana is IN session, the professors
In that institution arc e. OGfto the visiting
physiclans of tho hospital. rho visiting ply
Ricians Mt the present time. therefore, arc Drs.
Logan Richardson, BsIniss, Joseph Jones.
Elliott, and Ernest Lewis.
During the summer another set la selected.
Each Of these physicians Inns u ward allowed
him, which he Ia expected to visit once II day.
usually IN the morning II he cannot go, the
house surgeon attends In his place. The Int
ter IA always about the building 40 as TO DO
ready to attend patient In case OF sudden
necessity. Ii Ia his duty TO diagnose tho
cases OF persons entering the hospital, md to
visit the wards every morning and evening
and notice their condition.
The nurses, who act under instructions
from a Sister OF Charity. are thoroughly
skilled hospital nurses, who have been
IN the business for years. Many OF them
have spent half their lives In the building.
and there are some that are said to nave
been born there and have seldom even left
the building. There are forty-two day nurses.
one to each ward. At night ono nurse Is able
THE VARIOUS WARDS.
For tho purposes Of discipline and manage
ment, the wards OF the hospital are divided
into four general divisions: L. Medical; 2.
Surgical; 3. Lying In; aud 4. NenereaI. There
are forty-two free and one pay wards; the
latter ward Is for those persons In better cir
cumstances, who want TO make use OF the
great advantages which the hospital offers,
without mixing with the poorer classes OF the
sick there aud who Wish also to enloy many
home comforts they might otherwise not
have. This ward seldom contains many in
mates, averaging only about three The
charges are 81 a day, but 1t Is extremely
doubtful whether this income pays the ex-
penses of caring for these patients, rs they
are In the habit OF demanding oil kinds OF
luxurtes.
The fourth division. for venereaI patients,
is under the special care Of DIR. Pratt, house
surgeon, and Ii always full, over thousand
persons being treated in 1t every year.
There has been considerable In
crease In the last few years In the
number of women taking advantage OF
the iying-in department This and the
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