The Washington times., 1895-05-16
SHARING EMERGEAT WORK
Central DispensarY Cases to Be
Divided Hereafter.
OTHER HOSPITALS ACCEPT
President Warner, of Emergency Hos
pital, TO Be Heard In Opposition
Fatal Cases Enumerated at the
Health hOffice-Inspector Brady Says
Wall Stirrups May BE Safely Used.

Judging from present indications the
Emergency Hospital will eventually be-
come a general hospital and the emergent
work now done exclusively by its corps OF
physicians and surgeons will be distributed
TO the various institutions of the city that
have signified their willingness and ability
to accept share Or the patients. 1t is
not improbable that the District will be
sub-diyided, after the plan suggested by
the managers of Providence Hospital, re-
Gently noted in The Times, but with the
difference that instead of two there will
be half dozen sub-districts.
The origin of the scheme was in a re-
quest preferred several weeks ago by
Providence Hospital for a division of the
District, at Seventh street northwest,
and division of the work accordingly be-
tween that institution and Emergency
Hospital. This led TO correspondence with
other hospitals, with the result that the
Commissioners received response from the
Eastern Dispensary, No. git Della ware
avenue northeast Children's Hospital,
Thirteenth and W streets; Sibley Memorial
Hospital, Washington Asylum Hospital,
Freedman's Hospital and Providence Hos
pital, each of which was favorable to a
distribution of the work, and each assured
the Commissioners OF its readiness and the
competency Of its corps of physicians and
surgeons, TO treat all cases that might be
sent to 1T at any hour. The Children's
Hospital authorities stipulated that they
would accept only children under twelve
years Of age.
PRESIDENT WARMERS P 0SITION.
President Warner, OF the Emergency Hos
pital, is naturally averse TO me pIcnosi-
ton and has asked to be heard ia case the
division is seriously contemplated. The
Commissioners viii probably confer with
Mr.. Warner to-day, when Ills objections
will be heard in detail.
Ihe arguments advanced IN fGvor of
the change are numerous, the principal
claim being economy Of lime n getting
patients under treatment 4 man may
be so seriously injured rs 10 require I'M
mediate and skillruI attention as a means
of saving his life and yet .Je at D great a
distance from Emergency Hospital that a
patching process only AN hc given
preparatory to his removal, aad tl:Is tenn
H.,
be done over again.
This is supplemented by the argunssnt
that there is great danger incurred often
In conveying a patient q short distance
prior to treatment, but when person must
be hauled several miles, as may happen,
this danger is largely augmented
On the other hand the Emergency Hos
pital authorities say the change viii in
terfere with their work and add to their
expenses
The matter will doubtless be determined
within few days.
Sealed bids were opened by the Com
miSsioneTs yesterday for furnishing paving
brick for the next fiscal year The list OF
contractors who filed proposals embraced
the following: Washington Brick and Terra
Gotta Company, Virginia Paving and Con-
struction Company, Frederick Brick Works,
John Roebrecht, John NJ. Mack Francis &
Rouf, Harris Bros. & Lane, and Charles
Ford.
DIR. THOMPSON RESIGNS.
DR.. George j. Thompson, physician to
the poor for the second sanitary district
rendered his resignation as such, it being
his purpose TO remove from the city.
The resignation was yesterday ac-
cepted, and DR.. Charles II. Emmons recon-
mended by Health Officer Woodward, was
appointed to succeed him. The commits
sion of DR.. Emmons was made to expire
on the 10Th day of December, for the rea-
son that a number of changes in The list
OF physicians Will then occur, and for the
further reason that, in the Judgment of
DR.. Woodward, a new subdivision of the
District VIII at that time be necessary
The number of deaths reported to the
health office for the twenty-four hours
ending at ! O'Clock yesterday aggregated
eighteen, as follows:
White-George Cooper, aged 81 years;
Annie NJ. Talborg aged SO: Nettie NJ Dorsey
aged %; Lucy F. Moritz, aged 43: Mary
o. Meader, aged 50; John s. Howison.
aged 2; Mary Kelly, aged II months;
Elsie G. Davis, aged months; Willie Wal
nut, aged months; William Costello, aged
months; Lucius o. Saunders, aged 6
days
CoIored-Davld Boone, aged 7s years:
Thomas Jones, aged 40: Marshall Smith,
aged 81; Nellie Brown, aged 10; Gertrude
Holmes, aged IL; Annie Johnson, aged IT;
Roseana Wood, aged months.
STIRRUPS ARE SAFE
Building Inspector Brady examined the
stirrups that are being used in the building
under construction for Mrs Croni well. aft
No. 1926 New Hampshire avenue, and
pronounce them 20 be safe and permissible.
excepting only that they are not provided
FOR by the building regulations. The CON
tractor will ask the Commissioners to amend
the regulations
Orders issued yesterday:
Inat an allotment of $500 from an