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

not Of Congress-. Inns undertaken TO provide
for oil Hlck Heamsn In It's ports. For this pur-
pose tho Marine Hospital, on Broad and
Common streets, WAS built. ! his hospital,
however, was not put In running operation
aud contract was entered Into With The
Charity Hospital, by which tho latter institu~
tinn sn gngad 10 take care ri Nil tho sick sail
ors for ono dollar day In 1910, Tho Federal
authorities ended this contract and entered
Into Il naw ono with the Hotel Dieu. In this
city, which 4 now the Marine Hospital Tor
New Orleans. Previous To this the number
~ sailors In tho hospital averaged twenty
1--WE mud tho admissions atnounted each year
20 800,
notwithstanding tho new arrangement.
the Charity Hospital always contains u large
number Ut sailors. The annual report of the
jtonrd Of Directors has more thnn oncn pro-
teeted against this Tho State ri Louisiana
Supports I'm the hospital tho11SnDds otfnreign
et.n aud H. ie hard that II HhDnti no c1inpelei
~ carc for these snllora that the Fndstal
government hna eng ,ged itaolf tn attend In
A special Federal officer has this matter IL
charge and signs trs eaftioaks for those
sick sailors who desire To take advantage Of
tho benefits ri the United States Marine
Hospital Many Fallots. FawevHi. 20
ettnight to tho Charity Hospital In
pnsfetenoa. and I'm othar osseE thnr0 iH
swn0 detrct IN thef pnrers ana they
cannot get the necessary certificates. Jha
Charity III oapltal however. Fever Insists on
any formaity and whether snllOr or not.
whether ssnder the care of tho United States
or not, NIL who apply Mt It's doors are adj
mitt0d and cared for.
Tttn rATtHyiTa.
Tho number Of persons taking advantage
~ the hospital shows lstlt allghs Variation.
laltlng the record from 1866 TO the present
day, H. will be seen that this monthly ndiais.
Rlpns arc nearly always Tho same. anu tho
peraons undE' treatment range only hstwean
BIO aud $50. Tho greaf4'st number of adnls.
stit,tI.
March and tho leaet In May. June and july.
The bed capacity Of The hospiial Is now from
Vab to III, and thxe nre COZ minutes COG
males and 1876 femmrR) under treatment. On
DeeembrT 70, thsie 8ere ~ phtlents admitted.
| % discharged and no deaths Tho greatest
number III psraong ever In tho building MI any
ono tlmo WIS during the great erldetnlc III
1 ig1a, when Tho hospital WAS greatly over.
| crowded. there being no less than liOp SICK
| located In the garreta alone.
There was but slight increaa6 In tho MN
her Of pntiertg during the epidemic u 1913.
| For the month Of August 1879. thers was
| hn average at SCI parsons under tfentnont.
npniIlat allh Tor thH EAtrtn month 1nis yanr. una
| for Esptetnbct FOG ngninRt SGT for the Ssptan=
ber Of 1870. This Is attributable to the Tact Tint
1 II large nHsah6r pf persons lnft thh CITY
| During the epldrmc there were over thou
sand yellow fever untients cared Tor In the
| hospital. and Htb deaths from iils dlaepHe.
distributed rs follows: July II. August iGa,
septeIuher 176, Octabef ~. November Is,
Tho Charity Hospital IS not u hospital for
| Nav Orleans nlune or indsed for Louisiana,
but for tho whole country. Hundreds Of Pro
| pic come 10 this city every yenr from tha Hur-
| rounding country especially 10 take ndVhn-
! tags of IT,. Although supported by the people
| of Louisiana, but u anhll proportion 81 It's
I Inmates nre l.pulannlnna. Foreigners nte
always in majority. constituting nearly two
| thirds og the patients. From iR6b To 1877 the
| number Of inmates Of tho hospital. natives Of
| tho United Ethtoe, WIS ~ tpB, ranging ma fol-
| lows: 1866. 2ggt. 1867, 2lDD, 1865 lh3s, 1860.
i 2G7R; 1870 2EsG 1871. 25ls, 1872. 22ba, 1871.
gD35 1874, 220l ls75, 21nB, tR7G, 2617, 1871.
| 272D. During this period i7s79 foreign born
| persons were admitted, making the total nd
missions for tho twelve years 7b,H7 or those
only as51. or II pac cent, we're Loulshnlans.
white ireland Furnished 26 Drr cont. During
| thls period no loaa than 1869 New Engnnders
were received here and 42b5 etihnua OF the
Middle States. or the States, Louisiana fur
nishrR the RreRtest number Of patients. fol-
lowed by New York. Virginia, Kentucky.
M iaaRsippi and Alabama, Of foreign cOun-
tries, Irslnnd leads of. with Germany. France
and England behind her.
There IL Ne lrcely n known quarter Of the
glube that docs not furnish some ot It's citl-
aens to the hospital. Lust years records
show that, besides representatives OF NIL the
great States u Europe. Asia and America,
there we're under treatment that year natives
Of Santa Cruz, Maurltus. Australia, the
Philippine Islands. the Azores, the Isle do
bourbon Cape do Verde Islands, Turkey, San
Domingo, Arabia. Jersey, Now Provideuce.
81. Thomas, Africa, Finland. Malta, Isle Of
Man, etc. or the United States only four
States were unrepresented In It's wards.
The following table will show the ndmls-
aons, discharges and deaths In the hospital
FOR several years past: