Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-30
S NAL L?iP5Ox HOS PlTAl
The Necessity fora New Building Accord
ing to- DR.. Woodward.

The rcport oefsothe Senate committee on
anpropria lions on the District approprfa-
ton BILL providing $4,000 to be 1mme-
diately available for the erection ana
equipment by the Commissioners on the
eastern part of reservation IL OF a hospital
fer the treatment of persons suffering
from smallpox. does not relate in any man
ner whatsoever to the proposed hosp'tai
for contagious diseases.
The committee reports in favor OF the
erection of a "smallpox" hospital on res
ervation. ID, where the present smallpox
he spital is located. The proposed hospital
for contagious diseases Is for the treat
ment Of patients afflicted with diphtherla,
scarlet fever. measles ana "hat are hiown
as minor contagious diseases. such as
Whooping cough and the like. 1t was
FEVER intended that persons suffering with
SMALLPOX should be admitted to the pro-
posed hospital for contagious diseases. Inc
erection of new smallpox hospital, in
place of the present barn-like structure, 1t
is generally conceded, is absolutely neces-
sary.
1T was never designed to treat smallpox
at the contagious diseases hospital said
Health Officer VIM c. Woodward to Star
reporter today. "One reason for this is be-
cause smallpox is more infective than other
diseases 1t is more than probable that the
patients treated at the contagious diseases
hospital will be children. as diphtheria,
scarlet fever. measles and whooping cough
would be an exception to have an adult as
a patient, while those treated at the small
pox hospital would be almost all adults.
Present Buildings.
1.-The present smallpox hospital is frame
structure which has been in existence for
about twenty years. 1t will accommodate
between twenty and thirty patients. There
surrounded by wall. This appropriation
for a new smallpox hospital Is not going to
hurt East Washington. but will certainly
improve 1t by replacing poorly con-
new hospital is to be provided with stables,
and buildings wherein suspects may be iso-
la ted, and high wall of masonry will sur
round the entire outfit
Then there will also be an admins ira
ton building for the physicians, nurses
and other employees. A disinfecting sta
ton will also be located on the site. For
$50. 900 a building can be put up in which
a person may secure such accommodations
as he may desire, either a separate room
or a ward. 1t will also be possible to have
separate wards for white persons and for
colored. The new hospital will accommo-
date fifty persons, but If necessary there
will be space sufficient within the walls
surrounding the hospital site to erect a
temporary structure large enough to &C.
commodate any number Of persons.
Not Affected.
'In my opinion the inmates of the JAIL
workhouse and other institutions adjacent
to reservation thirteen are in no danger Of
contagion If necessary precautions are ex-
ercsed-that is, If the prisoners and others
are properly yaccinated. In fact" con-
cluded Dr. Woodward, there is no .practi-
cable danger at all"
Commissioner Ross, when asked by a
Star reporter concerning the matter, re-
piled that the smallpox hospital bears no
relation to the hospital for contagious dis
eases. and he added that the statement Of
Health officer Woodward explained the
subject fully. II