New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
ROOSEVELT WARD CLOSED.
Loog, of Funds in Another Hospital
Appeal for Aid.

Az q r-.,,lt cue entirely 20 the lack o. hna;ices
Ward Nc & the wornau's surgical wara. WIN WV
sv-eiRrf beds. q Roosevelt Hospital. mas w.
,lo.es Tbl. makes the third ward 20 be coAeo al
barge hospitals In this c;y within short tfie- Ahe
.Ceu--Y York Hospital compelled 20 c.ose Na4o'
Ard recently the Manhattan Eye and Tar iiIitu1is
closed pavilion on account ~ lack oi ilii1h- -'-
closing q the ward Roosevelt ciscloaes a s'a'e
o. great need of funds. and ~ they are not i'I "a
cornirlg other wards WIN have 10 be closed me
condition especially or the West Size. where am
bulanoo treatment Is necessity. Is CONSIDERED ss'
Gus this account
n place OF THE womon's surgical ward 4iei "a -
twelve beds in a small ward which has been me
rors lsort mems surgical ward. VIII be converted
into r. ugornau's surgical ward. The coilValesee1t
mems surgical ward has been abolished The ooaIo
OF managers for a long time has been oonSile'l--E
the closing OF this ward. as the necessary leHNH
IN spite o. urgent appeals. have not been ioi
,rr .-bs board OF managers has issued circular
taiIrg o. small endowments and making pafue-
ularly urgent appeal for funds. The circular ei'
A. least $500 CO r. required ard YOU ere urged 70
help by the endowment oi WaIos, t.e - visiting
fgIGfnfs ard orRauiza ton this charity may re .
t ~ s s %, 68rifies requiring new bund
fngs and new organizations
The funds OF tAe institution. the appeal says are
wholly srplied 10 charitable purposes. and II e
absolutely necessary that money he given Ior I-e
continuance Of The training o. nurses ana oo0'oS
superinser6ent Lathrop yesterday commented on
The iack on finances he said that great majority
OF people had a wrong IDEA OF the hospital ana Le-
ieVed that = maintained entirely oy We
Roosevelt family. The hospital was OTIS lna5ls
BOUNDED BY the viii of James y Roosevelt who Ie.t
his whole fortune "a the csta bshneut - ne ~
Htitution. leaving somewhat over &.esltce ms
November . ISL aud The Interest ana Eilh-
cirai had long since been rearlv used ,-.
Supertnterdert Iathrop in The appeal showed t1al
1872 there treated 80 patients. and the e.
penses were Sg5 .0CQ Last year there were So5o
patleuts Of which 30fo were treated entirely Tree,
leaving only a small number % pay pau Us t1e-
E0es there 1015q more patients treated N me
emergency Institution and the large number q too
visits ln the outdoor patient department The eA-
penaoe for 1903 $40 600 -.
Tvher seen ~ his home. No. SOS III have, last
night ". Emlen Roosevelt. secretary OF the boafl
~ managers o. Roosevelt HCspilal, said thar
he personally had supe-intended the expenditure
the hospital for the last ten years. and that ne9
had been expended with an the economy Dcs9-olg.
I'VE are AZ point now said Mr. booSeNestC
where the expenditures exceed the income OF lit
hosnfral about $50 q year. and have simply
had 10 sbanUon one OF the wards % keep up win
che income There six wards in the hospital.
and last wear we had $3.50 patients. In addition -
that there were some 1o.csl cases IN the accldent
ward and about $1,000 in the out patient depart,
rnent. We hope that some public spirited man WI
endow the hospital in sufficient fund 10 eianle
us 20 reopen Ward Three. that we have been con-
PEELED close