The sun., 1891-06-09
A NEW HOSPITAL NEEDED.
IT MUST BE A Bro ONE, TOO, AND
SHOULD BE BKGUN At ONCE.

SHOULD BE BEGUN At ONCE
Ex.wsrden rallon or Beiievse Describes
the, CrowsinR OF the Cisy's Free wards
-Duripg the Grip Hsircured Patients
Were Turned out 60 Mako Roo. Tor
the Moro Unfortunate. aud Scores OF
Applicants Couid Not be Accommodated.
Whom John J. Fsllon resigned the Warden
shin OF Bellevue Hospital over which he had
presided several years. to become Warden OF
the Tombs. he signalized his departure by the
statement that this city imperntively needed
another free hospital. Later Mr.. Fallon re-
itera,ed this opinion to q Bun reporter and
gave his reasons for It.
Mr.. Fallon thinks that within Eve years an .
other lurRe hospital will become absolutely
necessary In order properly to provide for the
city's Ill and injured In ordinary times. and
even now there is crvlng need for such .
hospital In times OF epidemics. The move
mont to build . new FREQ hospital, he thinks.
cannot be inaugurated too soon. It would
probably take two years to ereot and equip IL
completely. and By the end Of that time the
growing needs OF the city would Justify amply
the undertaking.
Il am glad OF q chance to place myself ON
record" said Mr.. Fallon. Z" As strong advocate
Of the immediate building OF a new free hospi.
tai. I do not mean By that small institution
such as Gouverneur. or one OF four or flve
times that size. I mean literally another
Bellevue. an institution capable OF accommo-
dating at least 500 patients and completely
souipr cd In every way. The normal capacity
OF Bellevue Hospital Is GOO patients Sci
ence has described q certain atmospheric
area as necessary to the we'll being OF
every patient In hospital. This law places
Its limitations upon every ward OF the hospital.
entirely Independent Of floor room. Accord
ing to this law. Belevue's capacity is what I
have stated. For fifteen years we have seldom
been under this limit In Bellevue by moro than
100 patients. and OF late. even in the most
healthiul months, we have teen very close to
our capacity. In the hot months We have very
tines says besa esa sSsdss ssoSs
Ths Ghs fi.y Hospital on Blackwells Island
BELLEVUE. Ninety nsr cent. and at times 4; S5 per
island ali the patients that a are SAB able % to ssand
RSss Ss ssy Rhs hasp ary y.S sesa,
.he Gospeal e'ery %sa %ards Is
kept filled constantly. and, yet BELLEVUE Is con,
tinualiy very close TO her limit. and fro luently
%sss ss@s IL mi 4 ha sms, a Il 61s
nary health should DO sufficient proof Of my
assertion that the city urgently requires q new
Iree hospital even II there were no such things
" But even unusually unhealthy periods. suoh
nt'y
vue greatly. We have frequently had tocrowd
s%ome % , wards att after "a Wappyine in vain for room to
aIence OF the grin ~ We we're forced to turn ap-
ought to be sufHcent to prove my proposition.
During that first winter we were absolutely
the snesry sap"es Tss
scenes at the hospital during that period were
painful: People came ne to US u.s., IN dsoyes The
dc Ven we casa
Decent sor. coad be had q, ho@s YET the
urgent cases % swarmed upon us; We hurried
GHs whp In no eondGn
demanded Immediate treatment, We put in
afM Sse ana sHu ga y ti
sfs ii ssS s.S .9 hs
oss Us avs %n9se
siys them beds bed; and medical NJ, '5sas@ent;" ,,,..
Not little hospitaI;" said Mr. Fallop; nor
te hora ~ and
tIon hospitals TO Bellevue. but they accom-
p!ish aImost nothing toward ths great q i,t end 10
caring for the il aud Injured, Az, What We need
o. Whesre VI sres,saii seuid vou have IT locatedm
Ths s.y II i gFSTInT no5thE.r ys5y ;rEPidiy ~
WI Where tat LOCALITY f no; Know % Shssner
h"aa
vss Be me bs,.sE Iss lGssses
sho%id 6s iPs ,R place place , ior T. Up town; as
east side This is especisy true the districs Rs
shove the Harlem. and the ci there tskes
o 81 the % new HOSPITAL should be west t" OF Third
avenue. but but not far from It. and near l25th |
This wSqd shs Se Ss to hS b
which Is another advantage"
There are many, private hospitals In town
@ oatients. se%e Of them free % patients. and lend
heir ambulance service 10 tho citys calls.
bs nt
md shove. on all undesirable ones upon
s!leseG that the doctors Of ihe private hos.
pitals kent only paving pat tents and those |
s9es ~Sh Wsether Il ro or not this is the cSse
,ertain that tho city has no claims upon the |
private hospitals "t such q nature that IT. can
,ompel them to holp out the city hosrttals in
nay elect to do so. but cannot be compelled To.
There is. therefore. only one thing for the city |
10 do. and TINT IL to provide ample hospital |
ABILITIES Of it's own. Moreover when the grip |
was at Its height. oil the hospitals under prt- |
;Rtn or corporate control reported daily 10 |
visiting new-p 'rer repre- entatives that their |
wards were flled 10 overfiowing.
In Favor OF Mrs. Shaw.