New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10
NEW UPTOWN HOSPITALS.
CHANGES IN HARLEM AND FORDHAM



NORTHERN PART OF TIE CITY.
Harlem hospitals have not kept stride with The rapid
advance in building for years. and there has
hardly been time in the history Of upper New ork
when the facilities for the removing and of the sick
in that section have been adequate the wants The
coming week will sec the opening Of two hospitals
which will hereafter probably be able TO cope with all
cases demanding immediate attention. Tomorrow the
Fordham Hospital. at 20. 245G Valentneavc.. will be
open rs accident hospital. under the Of the
Department of Charities and Correction and later IN
the week the large annex Of Manhattan Hospital. nj
Onc-hundrcd and thirty frst->t and Amsterdam ave.
will be thrown open for the inspection of visitors
This institution Is now in It, wcntyninth year 81
dlspensary service six wears ago the Harlem Hospital
in East one hundrcd-and twcntich-St WIS opened The
small institution in East Nincty-ninhst known the
first Harlem Hospital. found to BE- of ll1lc
use. and three years ago its doors were closed
The West side deficient in facilities. and
showed at that time little chance Of improvement
Later however in the early part Of leo1. Mrs. Mar;
r. Wright gave two lots OF land in West One hundred
and thirty nlstst., the deed Of er being accompanied
with request that the board Of managers
lose no time in erecting addition to the small build
ing then In on Nav l. plans were
admitted for now building, besides eX
ensive alterations in the old. Work Wa
begun in the sumner. The small two story
and basement brick building. started years
counted rs fr,tcass hospital. The
facilities limited. The ambulance service wa,
in n crude condition and difficulties were experienced
by the surgeons at all times in covering their mmors"
district third story was added 10 the building ana
this gave room for the rapidly Increasing number
o. patients At the same time another ambulance
was obtained But all this did not suffice and once
more funds were raised and the room Will be
Quairupled. All beds. hospital furniture, apparatus
and ms riments will be Of the most improved pattern
The new building detached on three sides, Will
insure at all times the admission OF sunlight 10 The
rooms Of the patients confined within. The ambu
lance service will comprise two fully equipped am
balances which lave already done good work.
Patients Will be provided with the most modern hos
pi;ll requirements while houcllkc quarters have been
furnished for the corps Of doctors, nurses and other
employees The Old building viii stn remain in u,c
for executive and domestic purposes. The b'i''F'
are under the driveway and the new portion Is To BE-
devoted 70 patients, with an improved Laundry IN The
basement.
Great credit I, dUe G. ". Earle for his
work I'm correcting funds and FOR LIS success
In obtaining large g.ns The executors 81 the VIII oi
d. b. Taycrweathcr gave 10 tic hospital over Fox
and Mr.. and Mrs. Havemcycr distributed s''"Vo' ~
their portion Of charity fer Manhattan Ho Iai. Tie
two generous Gift, were supplemented some time later
by letter from solomon Moses. mclo-lng the nnme'
of fifty annual members and two donor. IT," -lmre
NJ the t.atrlcal license fund distributed By the CIV
TO certain institutions doubled Ia year lie
Ladies ISOLATION ha- been most important l"'''I
in The %c.k 80 change, In the stan have been found
necessary over 100 calls answered last year |
lv The ambulance service, while Thou nnd- 81 TIE
,.Dr in Harlem have been t~0tcd by ~" D-Irnefrf
Tho ont Patient Department Of general mc1cln" h'
le,,n kept al work day and night and hi, "if' j |
over 1900 Important ca-es, with sever"
most succc sful ones 20 lis G"N'' |
In the Surgical ont Patient Department over 10"
cases came 10 the attention = TIE urrr0A'. and ncTN
200 patients suffering hpm disease, OF the s"I' "t
treated. Many danger 's .niHrh gp''"',"ls n,,
.uccc s!ny performed, tie total operation, 'u"sun-
to ar, with total ~ All surgical visits E'iIih
900 came 10 the attention :" nc h}'W,H ti
IN TIC dsp.n-aY department. WHO I'D IN. n"1ll..' /
proper 3D. wee trcat'd. 80 bInS cnic'' VII" "''''
rb o' oni,,aI icro-t shows some large e, foE
prominent people %oarly half % the report j. fiFch
t. Summarizing the WORK Of ihe Ladics' A't',mnp'. |
1he scycnty-hNc bci. ana SD PrfHN nom Tttt,,
rr,v,dcd by ill., jc..Gcs The I'D pat Of M hni dii-
which /. - he furnished throughout. No:H np'i i'
Lcgun lat November II viii cost $4,000 and have
frontage Of 100 ec y IN dcph OF ~ i' cao.Il
81 receiving nearly 100 patents. ID ihr dti'c' ID
viii be placc1: while the corps 81 pm s'l%h'' &
boards and help WIZ occuy quarter III i.1 "ld XIX,
the 'front.' Of TIC ar-t floor on TIE re' t@l , d,9
the Ltiss Association J. 10 have Us Il! a., I,ii
The uerncndcnt, Office being at the lett oi We h'l'
way. The sleeping rooms for ohcei' mir's, En- me-
etc. arc to be on the sccoad Moor win N"rn. ~ I
rear ON the third floor the sleeping r oni' surt'H
male wards, with the necessary apparatus Tor 'a'h
door and The operating room. viii BE- built.
Tie hospital nj Iordlam Is 10 be an "G,q@, nos
pal. having the same conhcc'i9m WIN n" ,L "a
Cuirc,ncuts OF that district which Is growing rap |
Idly. The Hospital was started some ime "' brpa uS
D,nnt Of Charities and Correction 10 erect Io7mt
ab Jvc one hundr"dth 3D. cast Of i1nh aye ana "G
~ North Thlri-avc The most Sulthll" sp"l ~ |
order 10 meet these requirements was found III f"ru
ham The building is designed to accommofite h19oi,
,birtv patients The Medical Board i composed OF
NJ j. II. Eden, David orr Ehson Robert a. |
ioyco r. J. Dunn and !. i. Qmigey. 1, |
The building will be plain, with maIshr r3oi'
rha dining room ,ervaits bod-room doctors ON |
jng.,oJln and bathroom are 70 be IN me basement
mans medical ward and on the left are az Once
nbvslcjans' dining room and mems surachl VIII
H., second floor will contain a physcihlS ,"aiu
itmon room two wOmen's surgical wards, bathroom
aud lobby, with elevator In the rear. On the |
M ennr are bedrooms operating room: nheh
and bathroom, wita the terminus OF a" elevator o'
ct ni 6uIIdng was begun last summer, and VIII NC
- feet