New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

ough was the Kings County Hospital where there
about eight hundred patients. The city, how
ever paying for many more patients among
the private hospitals of Brooklyn and Queens.
The plan" said DR.. Duryea. is to establish
small hospitals in different sections Of the city to
take of all the sick poor. and not be obliged
to pay private institutions like the Seney Hos
pital, St Johns St Peters and the rest. The
Homeopathic Hospital accommodated l25 patients
besides the nurses. help. etc.
PLANS FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
'The plans for the reconstruction OF the build
ing have been drawn that without adding floor
space the private rooms will be turned into wards
and accommoda ton will thereby be afforded TO 225
patients and to the necessary force of help. The
institution viii be conducted a general city hos
pital the lines as the Kings County Hospi-
tai of which it Will be branch. and will be at
tended by homeopathic medical staff.
The city is paying co cents per day for each
medica! in private hospitals and 50 cents per
day for each surgical case At the Kings County
Hospital the per day for all kinds of cases IS
55 cents. This means, Of course, that the saving
TO the city through the Homeopathic Hospital
will be considerable. While the city Of New-York
Is in possession of the hospital, 1t has not yet
appropriated any funds for reconstruction or re-
pairs. The date OF opening the institution under
city control is therefore. uncertain. 1t VIII take
and repairs and the hospital probably will not be
open before next spring.
CITY'S CARE OF IT'S SICK POOR.
There Is doubt that the city best take
care of its sick poor when they under its direct
charge. There have been marked improvements In
this respect in recent years which are not gen
orally known. There have been great Improve
ments for instance in the building, furnishing and
management of the Kings County Hospital in the
last three four years, and to-day IL STANDS
pretty we'll among leading hospitals OF Its class
In the country. Many institutions or excellent
reputation not aware that there has been any
such change, but inspection OF the institutions
will quickly convince one of the efficiency of
the service.
AN the city's sick poor are being well taken
care of. and nobody is suffering because the
homeopathic Hospital present closed. or
course the sooner can get possession or II the
better. The front of the building appears to be
struction but the wings and the rear part are
old and much out OF repair. Ii will require about
S75. .OGO alterations and reconstruction, and
appropriation for maintenance covering all
at from - to Go cents each ii day
BEGAN AS A DIsPENSARY.
The first organization OF the Brooklyn Homeo-
Pathic hospital d.spensary. which
opened to the public in 1852. Twenty years later
the Orphan Asylum Building, in Cumberland-st.
near Myrtle-avc.. which had previously been made
vacant purchased and fitted up hospital.
The work carried on there until 1876, when ii
became necessary to add to the building. and the
south wing erected The north wing
added four years later. fhe lot is 100 by 30 feet.
distance. hundred feet, from Cumberiand-st. To
Carlton-ave., and on the south 1t runs back from
Cumberland-st. one hundred feet in the rough
Dlance of the letter L.
The hospital has m&inta an efficient ambu-
lance service. which has kept the wards well filled
with surgical cases. Nearly every operation known
TO modern surgery has been performed In the in
stitution and It's mortality has compared favoraby
with that of other hospital in the country.