New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
NEWGOUTERNEUR HOSPITAL.
PANCY BEFORE CHRISTMAS-ITS
APPOINTMENTS

The building which will take the place OF the
old Gouverneur Hospital is completed and is now
being furnished. The material which will be used
for that purpose has been purchased and is being
placed where it belongs quickly the various
apartments be made ready. and the authorities
hopc to have the hospital ready for the reception
of patients before Christmas. The building has
been in course OF erection for nearly years. ana
cost. exclusive of furniture and equipment. about
100000. The present hospital has accommOda tiOns
for only thirty-nine patents. and the will
have room for no. and will have in addition many
features which necessary in institution OF
that kind and which were lacking In the original
building
The hospital is built of brick with broWnstone
trimmings. and is four stories high. The main.
front building will contain the administration de-
partment, and L wing is devoted to the wards.
In the basement there is besides the heating plant
engine and store rooms a dispensary with waiting
room and number of small consultation chambers.
all fitted with tables and stands of white enameed
iron with glass tops. On the main floor the left
Of the entrance is the general Office Of the hos
pita, and the other side of the hall the Board
room, which is still unfinished but contains a beau
tiful table and heavy rug. which covers the
greater part of the floor The laboratory. the house
stan room, ray plant and several smaller otlces
are also on this door There are also an accident
ward ana la Iarse room Wale9 Will VIII qe I9e cnliGrsh
enamelled cribs, and has also a cradle which may
ond floor has been set aside as nurses sitting
room. This room is also only partly furnished but
grand piano and a rug fully as large as the one
n the Board room, shows that the nurses will not
be neglected and that the room VIII be perfectly
equipped The superintendents private room and
the sleeping apartments OF the nurses are on TINS
floor.
Every room is supplied with heavy rug. and
these have been placed IN the rooms regardless OF
the fact that the apartments had not been cleaned
1t said in explanation that the furnishing has
been done under the supervision Of Tammany
disease germ theory. The male ward. with twenty
eight beds. is this floor The whole apartment
is furnished in enamelled iron and glass; il is light
and cheerful, and constructed that il be
kept clean easily. If the people who had the fur
nshing in charge had consulted the authorities
of the ying-in hospital they might have
avoided Objectionable feature IN the shape Of
the inside window shades. These shades dust
collectors, and for sanitary purposes they have
been omitted in the lying-in hospital and have
been replaced with canvas shades on the outside
OF the windows.
The third floor has seven handsome rooms for
physicians and nurses. and, like the rooms the
floor below, each has it's rug. There is also
patients and nurses dining room, and in the L
is the surgical ward, containing twentyeight beds.
The kitchen and pantry and laundry the
fourth floor have rugs, and the servants din
ing the floor has also been dis
crimnated against in that particular
and in the wing is the female ward, OF the same
dimensions as the wards the lower floors.
The mansard contains storeroOm. which Is
model of neatness. a cedar for the storage OF
blankets and woollen materials, and wire lockers
in which the clothes of the patients stored
When the hospital has been completely furnished
the Commissioner of Charities will issue invitations
to general inspection OF the structure. which
be managed by his Department