New-York tribune., 1894-09-25
4 PROTEST FRON THE NO"Fh hoHfiI'N
BIZ copBLE- STONES INSTEAD OF ASPHALT IN
ruE SrRRoCNp!NG srREETS-THE CON
uITIO% FREQ EMILY \ Hi%DHANcE
TO PATIENTS RECON EltY.

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plTIoN FREQ EMILY WHDHANcE
10 PATIENTS ECoNERY.
Tie rleI.cal stan OF the Flower Hospital l. up In
arms over a condition ~ affairs which II declares
d. Il menace 20 the welfare OF the patients. The
h,i,it il AZ Slxtv-thlr,l-s and Eastern Boulevard
Thr lndirnation % he doctors arises from the iall-
urc OF The city 20 provide aspha, pavement around
F.owrr Hospital wher all the other prlncipAi nos
p.,als have the streets about them laid with the
clean. nose.,ss materia' They are getting up a
petition To the Department Of Public Works pray
in. for relief from the serious nJsaEces which have
resulted The hospital doctors are looking for re-
LEY from the wrong quarter as the Appropriation
Tor new plvements has been exhausted. ana II
WAS said al the Department of Public Works that
he pavement could not De !ai' LOT dCh Vi '''e
proper funds
House Surgeon william \. - wart was outspoken
in his dcnuuclation Of tho evils which resulted from
the rough cobb,c-s1ncs IN Slxty-th!ri-st.. and the
unsatisfactory condition ot the roidbed OF the
Eou,e>l~d He said: The Importance of having
the rulsances ahatei cannot be overesilmAted
Eycry rlght at , O'Clock about seventy ice wagons
come thnnicrins down SlXtythird-st. past the nos
pital and down TO the East River. The empty
wagons with jolt and a jar go bounding over the
cohbe-stones. shaking the hospital TO its founda-
tions Patients who have fallen asleep. and on
whose unbrokcn rest much depends, are rude'y
awakened and their recovery IS often seriously
affected hy the unnecessary noise Far into the
carly hour, Of the morning The racket continues.
There are other nuisarces which beset the nos
pital but the one mentioned IS the most grievous
There IS larSc gas tank opposite. on the other
corner ls coal yard from whlcn the dust on windy
diYs rises mp In clouds. and sweeping over the
Houlcyard enters the wards through the windows
when they are open. We have TO Keep medicine IN
oprn glasses covered over. and take other ptecau-
films The dust from the street * a.So waited IN
To- Window perhaps carrying microoes. III the
citv did its duty anG lad proper pavement which
could be kent clean tins WOui not occur PROFESSOR
Wf.ltam TDl He'muth wiz t"ll You about the annex
winch Te are bun ling. auI Of what Importance II
f. to have the nuisance ahited before the patients
Dr George Parker Holden who had been standing
hy and noddlng his approval or mo house surgeon ;
rcnl,rks broke In with There IS another serious
nuisance which you have not enumerated SlNt! d,
ihiri-st IL used as A storage place Tor trucks ana
v,gnr.s and the ambu,ances are forced AZ times 10
make datours 10 avoid them. why the street sh1uId
he blocked NJ in this FASHION, contrary 10. law
shcud be looked into by the Department OF En-
cumbrances. -. ,,.,,h ,..s soa, a, h,s
home No gq9 Midison-aye. The we'll known sur
n,rn was much coTcerned about the nuisances. ne
,i. "An annex i being built. II fronts i2'2 feet
in Sixty-third-st. IT Will cost >'oV0. ana pc me
The reason / 20 into these details IS 60 snow thc
,r,' fanc, Of naVrg no annoyances Ihe existing
n,vcuen s utterly unfit to surround an hospital and
ihe civ should take action IN the matter lInleul
,rHe comp,aints OF the doctors Will be unavailing
a Far "a thp city IL concerned. At least until more
,noncv Ia placed at the disposal of the Department.
NJ ptibIc Works. Meanwhile X would appear that
n,tlents to suffer as result OF the poor Jnigment
ahovn In LAYING asphalt In streets where there Is
~" snch nm imperative need for 1t as In those sur
rounding Flower Hospital