The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
SICK ARE CARED FOR
IN FOUR HOSPITALS
Salt Lake Well Provided in this Respect With Mod
ern Institutions.

IT HERE are four hospitals at pres
eEt here i'll Salt Lake, with accom-
modations for PA patients. The
value Of the buildings and appliances
is placed at $279, 500. while the cost of
grounds is in the neighborhood of $780,
coo, making the grand total of 1925, 500.
The hospitals are worth as follows: St.
Marks, SS7. 500; Holy Cross. buildings
and appliances. S152. 600; Keogh-Hos-
mer, $4,000; Salt Lake Private hos
pitaI, $4,000.
As the block occupied by the Holy
Cross hospital is valued at $50, 600, this
is considered a very conservative esti-
mate IN the last year there have been
treated in all the hospitals about $500
patients; the figures below stating just
how many at each of the respective
hospitals: St. Marks, 1900; st. Mary's,
$50; Keogh-Hosmer, $50; Salt Lake
Private hospital, 100.
The combined accommodations of all
the hosui ais is PA patients. Of this
numbe ot. Marks has a capacity Of
IS; St Mary'S, 12S; KeOgh-HOsmeT, 80:
n Salt Lake Private hospital, Is.
Salt Lake is in close touch with
the mining industries of the surround
ing mountains. From the north and
south. the east and west. are patients
who come TO salt Lake to b. cured.
From the neighboring states are -0any
sent here also. The air. the climat~
the lake. all in all. make an ideal place
for h aiiing to become we'll
st. Marks.
st. Marks hospital, located in the
northwestern part of the city. is the
oldest hospital in Salt Lake. Under
the auspices of the Episcopal church it
was founded in the year 1872, Just three
years before the Holy Cross hospital
was opened. At that time several
small buildings at the corner of Fifth
East and Third South streets were
fitted up for their use.
From the day of opening its success
was assured. and it has been of great
benefit to Salt Lake and the surround
ing country.
From time to time there were con-
slant improvements made, and an in
creased medical and surgical staff
added.
About 1890 the board of trustees de-
cided to build a hospital on the pres
ent site. Since its completion additions
have been added. so that it now has
almost twice the accommodations it
had originally.
At the north and away from the
main building are the engine room.
heating plant and steam laundry.
There have been added about 3, 500
worth Of instruments and appliances
in the past year.
About 1,5G0 patients have been treat
ed in the year 1900, an increase Of about
500.
The board of trustees is composed of
men all prominent here. as follows:
Rev Abel Leonard, D. D., president;
Rev. D. D. Wallace, secretary and
superintendent: r. c. Chambers. II. c.
Wallace. George NJ. Scott. George =.
Lowe, n. H. Walker, trustees.
The medical staff is of r.
5. BascOm, NJ. D., medical director: A.
S. Bower, NJ. D., obstetrician: S. II.
Pinkerton, NJ. D.. surgeon c.. 3.
Pfoutz, NJ. D.. oculist. aurist and path
ologist; A. E. Behle, NJ. u. genito-uri-
nary surgeon; F. ]. CritchIow, III. D..
associate physician; A. c.. Ewing. NJ.
D., physician; a. W~orthington, III. D.
associate surgeon.
a corps of twenty-six nurses is in
attendance at all times. under the su-
pervisiOn of Mrs. n. F. Grassland.
In connection with the St. Marks
hospital is the st. Marks training
school for nurses. Lectures are fire.
! quently given by the medical and sur