New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22
NEW HOUSES FOR THE INSANE
WORK ON TIE BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM
BUILDINGS.

FINE QUARTERS At WHITE PLAINS WILL SOON
BE READY FOR UsE-THE GENERAL
PLANS DESCRIBED.
The new buildings of the Boomlngdale Asylum
for the Insane at White Plains are rapidly hearips
completion and few weeks more VIII prooAoy
find them ready for the reception OF the paten's
now in the old asylum at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
enteenth-st and the Boulevard CoumDia |oiiese
owns the present site Of the asylum, ana wheh 'ne
big building so familiar to New-forkers Is va
Gated II will be torn down to make room ior Oo'u'
HAS new buildings. Almost all the existing ho'pS
tails for the insane are built upon the closely CON-
ooct man or this the present BoomnSdale Asylum
/ and tho city asylurns on Blackwelfs and Wards
| Islands are examples. The cottose plan-tnat Is
group OF detached buildings with sh'aU CEN
tra stablishment-has been tried In hankahee ii''
and I'm Toledo Ohio. But this Is another eN're"e'
| and II cannot be said to have been more than mod
ora,oiv successful The pavilion par has been
| fried also and many examples OF its working can
be seen in Pennsylvania and In New-fork' "here
the asylum at Ogdensburg can be meh'ioheo a.
a good example OF the system Inc pan Vi u's
| hospital shows that the latest thought IS IN the
direction OF Il connected ana "eH-aria"seN e'NS
OF distinct buildings.
The plans of the new Bloomngdale Asylum are
essentially the same In design as the oguehsouis
plan except that the latter, being state ihsu'u-
ton and obliged for great number OK
!
snace than IS shown in the Bloomingdale plan
This plan may be briefly described as follows; IL
consists Of collection or 'nirteen dis'ihct ou'o'
ings connected with narrow. weli-Iighed corrldors
The corridors connecting the parts occupied by the
patients are higher than the regular pavilion plan
corridors but they subordinated In elevation
70 m. other buildings, which are thereby thrown
into strong reliet They afford easy and protected
access TO all parts Of tire wards
| The ysneral ARRANGEMENT OF the blocks Of build
ngs Is such that part OF the group snail De tar
from the general medical Offices or from the
! Lucbens laundry shops or heating apparatus
All the new buildings far enough apart to allow
free access TO all parts Of them OF light and air.
so there hardly dead air space or DARK corner
In the entire group From all sides or the sections
! the outdoor view can be seen. Inc sections bear
such relations to one another mat p aen. ds
ferred from one TO another VIII hnd a soIne~ndt uii-
terent hall and get new view IRON me "dTT -.
| broken and impressions given. ,,
The entire group OF buildings would eomior i,y
ton building ard the sections at the extreme enus,
not shown in the plan. are to be quit iater "hen
comfortable quarters, as Will the doctors, nurses
and general help The average NUMBER OF
in numbers. II ali the legitimate appeals to its AID
could be answered. woulu bring the population 70
100 or more before the new home could be COM
TN buildings now nearing completion are: The
| chanel the kitchen and laundry. the shop and the
pavilions The administration building is not yet ~
! gun. 1t is designed however. to contain reception
| rooms. large committee room the superlnten-
dents and business Office, library and laboratory.
and a social amusement hall for the patients. These
! rooms Will be the FIRST nOor ON the second and
third floors are living rooms for persons employed
The chapel building will afford room for the pur:
| poses OF the central administration building untii
! the latter is built and be used for the
ccmmodation OF the increased number of attendants
necessary. 1t Is arranged TO afford excellent tenn
porary offices. committee-roorn. reception-room.
steward on the second noot viii be a large as.
| IN o Az weekly
entertainments which are given TO the patients.
through inclosed and covered passages The kitchen
building is in the rear Of the cnapel It is one
made tor the large kitchen. -four and bread rooms,
srs c soIe b soor of Mich o f
with the moor of the engine and boiler rooms under
the shop ouiidihg ln's building ana me laundry
They one story buildings. and well arranged
| for the purposes indicated BY their names.
,nu ,n ny, 'ne pen,S arr ina a 80 a.
wards and r"ception rooms for friends Of PATENTS
In the second story accommodations for the
physicians contacted with the department. and on
| for patients should necessity arise The ward
proper contains corridor broken at right angles
This corridor is broadened when 1t approaches the
ends OF the building. making bright and cheerful
places for patients to sit wnen reading or work.
\ separate sitting room With a protesting win
dow is placed at the angle where the corridor turns.
! In the same central part OF the haii uagonahy
opposite the sitting large and
pantry. The bedrooms vary In SIZE, anu many OF
| them have connecting doors. so that they can be
used separately or together as occasion requires.
ward can be temporarily divided into Two parts. SO
| that a patient who may be noisy or violent for the
ward U @nd tho doors closed This will obvate the
necessity of removal TO separate ward which IS
on exctable patients and upon the others with
whom they may be thrown in contact Ito ,,o fra,
but as 1t is intended for an intermediate class Of
patients. in respect to condition.; for acute and
| al reception
room is shut of from the CORRIDOR but Is ieit
the constant Watching which such patients require.
In the projecting front OF ms section are ,, rN3
which can be used for the isolation ana "DiVaua'
| There is still a third section which has not yet
been built This is intended for violent cases Its
! features. planned are its numerous suodivislonS
class Of patients who mutually excite one another
| and whose close neIghborhood Is constant provo
section No. 1 is in the rear. midway between
the first and second sections, ana connected with
citabe patients when the third section, already
mentioned is built 0sn @ S SdeoS Se t a
urinary and hospital building The Arrangement Of
and rooms TO accommodate special patients, Pro-
f,epds Of patients who may be dangerously H.
There are also rooms for ordinary patents com.
'' Two small buildings provided for the use Of
rooms and are easily accessible from both the kit
cren and wards The first and sr
on the three floors A basement free from heating
annaratus and rooms finished OF In the roof will
give the extra room required for employees. This
include. working r., dining and sitting
The disturbed" buildings have only two floors for
patients and a basement for such uses as may
arise Ample facilities for batfing are provided
throughout the entire asylum
This great home for the insane Will be most solidiy
built The facing of the basement Is gray stone and
the superstructures will be OF tricks OF medium
quality combined In dark and light shades.
Wright red tiles and states crown the whole. The
style OF the buildings is the Spanish Renaissance.
| The site OF the asylum Is between the middle
and north ends OF the farm IT'S position affords easy
| access 10 both the front and from either OF
| the public roads which bound the farm. and by
avenues which do not approach the ward buildings
too closely. ~,
| yorL Hosnitol and It's branch. the Bloomlngdale