The daily gazette., 1881-07-11
THE PROPOSED HOSPITAL.
Reasons Why the Board OF Health
kecOmmend the Building ON
franklin Street.

Kronki1n street,
On Friday evening last Tie Board Of
Health asked permission OF Council to
use the building formerly used as The
City Hospital, during the present pre-.
valence of smallpox. The action OF the
Board has raised All opposition among
some Of the residents near the building.
In order that the public may he correct
ly informed as to y by the Board recon-
mended the use OF the building thai
body has issued the following, which
will explain Itself upon perusa;:
The Board OF Health desire to saw In
regard to the proposed temporary use oil
the City Hospit | tor the reception OF
smallpox patients, that they have, afteI
due consideration, deliberately and at.
visedly recoH me nusd It's use for the fol.
lowing reasons:
The building Is owned by the city, Ii
upoccupied and ready for immed!ste
use; it stands alone In q high and salu.
brions location, sufficiently Isolated a.
NOT 10 endanger the city.
II will tako 'ime 10 erect bar, aoks ,and
when built 1t " Ill be dlfiicult to get pa
tients to 20 to them without actual force
wnich We desire to avoid II possible.
We call attention to the fact that the
pgesen. hospital and tens at Fourth and
Brcome streets have been used Tor n loup
time, and while the county buildings
with their hundred iOnates, are almost
within a stones throw, anu while pri.
vat, dwellings are quite es near as any
dwellings ATE to The Clly Hospital, Il
cannot be shown "a: a single case has
been communicated from tho hospital OF
tents.
We call aiteuti ont TO the FAC hat every
house In the city thau0es sm allpox now
lie IL practically and potentially foI
the time being a smallpox hospital; and
Ii the AIR from this isolated building,
carefully guarded aud watched, q II
would he, Ms to endanger the public
health, we ak what is TO become or the
air troD. these smallpox houses immedi-
ately adioiuing on the right and left, aud
nearly approaching them in front aud
rear2
1t has been objected that Eighth street
would be destroy cd ; a thorougbfare. IL
this be- true what is to become of Fourth
and Seventh streets, for in
stance. where il can robably be shown
that with n ono hour at certain periods
of the day many people pass along
one of these streets as pass along Eighth
street In o month.
IL has been objected that property In
Lb0
value, and that the building itself would
have to be destroyed. We have never
hoard of any private residence Del sg de-
stroyed, or It's value being ], sened, be-
cause of smallpox having at some Prev
ious period existed In III.
We call attention to the fact that a
smallpox flag is now aying at Eighth
and Jackson streets, nearer to maly of
the dwellings on Eighth street than the
City Hospital.
We believe all the oil jectIons grow out
of prejudice, tack of Information, aud
want OF reflection. We believe that
prejudics should yield TO the public
good.
10 conclusion, we, as members of the
board, in The faithful care of the public
health, propose to do our whole dnty 5 to
the best Of our ability, without regard to
prejudice and without Selr or favor, II
our efforts are not seconded by the peo-
pie and the authoiiti, of Wilmington
ihs responsibility must rest with them,
aud not with ua. [Siguedl
LIP. BUsa.
JAMES A. DRAPER,
WILLARD SPRINGER,
JoHg OTTo,
EDWARD h. KANE.