Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-14
THE HOSPITAL OPENING.

k1OSF1IAA |
rhe Clifford Home for Incurables
and Clifford Chapel opened Yester-
day-A Large Number OF People
Visit the Wards-A Description of
the BuildinRs-A Sketch OF Mrs.
G1fOrd's Life.
Yesterday afternoon the portals of the
Clifford Home for Incurables and Clifford
chapel, at the New Haven hospital, were
for the 6rss time opened to the public |
view. There were no exercises in oon-
nection with the opening, but the build |
ings were open from 1 o'clock until and
were visited by a large number of people,
who were coming and going all the after
noon. Nurses from the hospital training
school were in readiness to show the visi-
tors around. And they succeeded admira-
bly, in explaining the uses of the different
departments of the home.
Entering the building, which is 100 feet
long with an average width of 40 feet,
through the main entrance in the old CEN
ter building one turns to the right and
passing through a long corridor is
ushered into the main corridor of the new
building, where the portraits of Mrs. Ella
NJ. Clifford, the donor, and her father,
Philip Marett, are hung. Here, also, will
be erected the bronze tablet commemora-
tive of the gift by Mrs. Clifford. Passing
through this corridor and turning to the
left we come to the corridor leading to the
first floor ward, which is light and airy
and contains twenty beds. The beds are
of the approved type, being spring beds
with iron pipe frame, hair mattresses and
hair and feather pillows.
At the end of this room, opposite the
entrance, Is the summing room. It is semi
circular in shape and is lighted by ten
large windows, which are supplied with
shades and awning. The room is separated
from the main room by glass parti-
ton, and contains easy chairs and tables
with books and tables.
The arrangement of the second floor is
| just the same as that of the frat. In the
basement is the ventilating apparatus,
| which is most complete. Under each bed
| in the wards there is ventilator, which is
connected with chamber supplied with a
| Sturtevant fan, which draws the impure
| atmosphere from the wards and drives it
out into the open air. Another fan
| supplies the wards with fresh air,
| completely changing the atmosphere in the
ventilators have been tested under the
most unsatisfactory conditions and found
| to do all that is required of them. The
fresh air to the wards is admitted through
| chests in which are steam pipes. There
| chests are connected with the wards by
ventilators which contain apparatus where
by the temperature of the rooms can be
regulated as desired.
Connected with each ward is dining
room for patients who are able to sit up al
the table, also trays for serving patients II
1 I1>os~ 1>.l TLo,o e. H.
aside for the nurses to do their work in
which is an Improvement over the ole
buildings. Here also are the attendants
rooms, linen room, pantry, clothes closets
i lavatory, closets and bathroom.
In addition to these rooms there is
small room for two patients to be used il
cases where it is necessary to isolate tn
! patient.
The mems ward is situated on the frs
floor and the women's on the second. The
are exactly alike.
: The chapel is situated about sixty fee
} from the hospital part of the building, an
is reached by the large corridor from tn
> main building. The building is ffty-si
feet square, with semi-circular apsi
which has a diameter of thirty-five feet
The room is lighted by large number c
3 windows of cathedral glass, and will CON
, fortably seat about 400 people. This, {
course, is much larger than will really t
a needed by the hospital, but the object {
the donor was to erect a chapel whic
} may furnish a place of worship nc
l only for the inmates of the hospital, br
a also for any one living in the vicinity {
t the hospital who may care to attend Their
The room is furnished with cane seate
/ chairs and pulpit furniture. The wal
b and ceilings in both the chapel and tt
wards are finished with very hard cemel
plaster, while the woodwork is Of viii
ash and the floors of polished yellow pin
- The total cost of the building will
s about 5000, including the furnishing
IS the building itself costing about $50, 90
The total benefaction of Mrs. Giffol
J. amounts to between $500, 900 and $400, 90
J. the remainder of which will be used f,
10 the maintenance of the home.
re To-day about twenty patients-incur
10 bles-will be moved from the other war
"a of the hospital into tho new "home
:, Many of these patients are supported
u the Marett fund, and the moving Of the
,e from the other wards will greatly relic
le the acute wards which at present are We
i'd much crowded.
% The history of Mrs. Clifford, the don
70 or the new home, Is embraced in the Fl
IN lowing sketch:
an Mrs. Ellen NJ. Clifford was the only chi
is of the late Philip Marett, who is W
b. known In this city through his public ber
" factions.
At her death Mrs. Clifford left proper
is to the amount Of nearly 100000, Will
10 was divided up among various charital
Nv Institutions, the New Haven hospital
ceiving almost 100000.
n. Mrs. Clifford directed in her will that
adj present buildings should be erectt
no the architecture to be in harmony VI
d. that of the main hospital buildings q
he further stipulating that the interest Of
er least $50, 900 of her fathers bequest to
en- hospital, which was for the establishing
he with her own gift in establishing free be
er in the Ellen M. Clifford home for incu
%. bles.
10. The construction Of the buildings v
no begun in April, 1891. Two years Def,
,al the hospital had come into possession
he the bequest whereby the new home
fr. been founded. The executive commit
nv who were placed in charge of the erect
of the home and chapel-General S.
IN Merwin, Simeon E. Baldwin, Eli Within
an jr., DR.. w. II. Carmalt and Thomas Ho,
om collect the latest ideas in
80, gard to hospital arrangements a
NO construction. L. w. Robinson, the arc
me tect, was sent to visit the largest and b
NO hospitals about New York and Bost,
IN. and to get hold of whatever new poi
no he could. Later on he drew up his plt
for the building, which, after bel
somewhat modified to meet the requi
ments of the bequest, was accepted.
hospital part of the building is pronou
ity ed by experts to be as perfect in its
rangements as any similar building
The the country, while the chapel is beat
rn- full and attractive one that will add grea
m to the general comfort of the hospital.
y" E. n. Sperry did the mason work, ]
Inc vid 81. Clark the joining work, T. w.
rye bett the plumbing, and Foskett & Bisf
The put in the gas fixtures
nj. Among those who visited the wards y
=, terday afternoon and expressed their
me proval of the work done were: General
m E. Merwin, Rev. DR.. HARDWOOD of Trim
md church, Mrs. DR.. Cheney, Mrs. Joel Sper
DR.. D. L. Daggett, DR.. Charles II. Linsl
at Timothy H. Bishop, Mr.. Louis II. Bris
IL Mrs. Horace Day, Mrs. Charles T. Cand
rch Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Robinson, DR.. W.
ak Carmalt, Eli Whitney, jr., Mr.. and
in Thomas Hooker, Mrs. J. J. Dinnan
raj many others.
Typhoid Fever.
ou- Frank Weed, sailor on the schoo
the Agricola, was taken to the hospital yes
lily day. He was suffering with typhoid fe,
he Mr.. GriswoId L. Gilbert Ill.
i've Mr.. Griswold I. Gilbert, another of