Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-04
Improvements Made.

inaugural season the building will not be
vacated until about the middle or latter
part of next month.
Improvements Made.
Possession of the new property was OBJ
tanned in October of last year and since
that time. through the generosity of many
persons interested in the work the man
agement has been able to make extensive
improvements. A third story has been
added to the main building which increases
the number of rooms to twenty-five. These
with six rooms in the dispensary and two
i'll another out-buiding. will make a total
of thtrty-three rooms for hospital and dis
pensary use. These rooms are all being
thoroughly equipped and heating apparat us
or the most modern type installed. Through
the generosity of a resident of East Wash
ington the ambulance room is being fitted
with the latest improvements
The location of the hospital is central for
an parts OF the city east of North and
South Capitol streets, and the many avenues
leading to Lincoln Park will shorten the
ambulance runs and enable sick and in
Jured persons to quickly reach the hospital
Interest in the hospital and dispensarv ha G
been shown by many generous persons who
aided in furnishing the dining room and a
number OF other rooms in the building
AddluonaI offers of assistance have been
made recently, but still others will be nee
essary in order to fully complete the work
an! get the whole structure in proper con-
Gltion by April l
me managers feel confident they will be
able 10 have the building in fine shane by
the time it is thrown open to the public
Rooms are being fitted on the top floor
Tor the matron, nurses and resident staff
and this floor will be reached bv an exter-
lor stairway. This will leave two entira
noors Tor hospital purposes. On the ton
Hoor the Kitchen and pantry will be To-
Gated ana all the apartments on that
floor will be connected with the laundry i'm
tne basement by lift. The emergency
room VIII be fully equipped with all the
appliances for speedy relief to the i'm iured
and a reception room has been proyIded
on the first floor for the meetings of the
board of directors, board of lady managers
and STAFF.
Sketch of the Institution.
Inc history of the institution dates back
TO April ii, 1883, when DR.. II. A Tavlor
Dr. Llewellyn Eliot and DR. F. T. Cham
berlain conceived the idea of establishing a
free dispensary for the treatment of the
poor in the eastern section of the city. They
sought aid from others and organized a
board of directors, with Mr. Charles C.
Lancaster as its first president. DR.. Cham
beriain was chosen vice president; Mr. EN-
mons 5. Smith. treasurer, and DR.. Taylor,
secretary. AT the first meeting the mem
bers pledged themselves to raise funds to
carry on the work. A constitution was
ADOPTED and an attending medical staff
elected. which was composed of Drs Tay-
Tor. Chamberlain, Eliot. Winter, Harrison
and Hartigan
In February of the following wear small
quarters at 81 Sd street northeast were
secured, and the work of treating the needy
was begun. The work fucrea sed to sucr a :,
extent the first year that the board found
II necessary TO get larger quarters and
rooms over O'DonnelPs drug store, at
pennsylvania avenue and Sd street south
east, were procured. Later the District
commissioners took active in ba
work and appropriated $500 annually to as
slst IN carrying 1t on. A year later the
historic house at 211 Delaware avenue was
leased, and from that time the work in
creased so rapidly that il was found neces-
sary TO get new quarters where there would
De better facilities for treating the sick
anu injured II was not until July, 1897,
that the emergency branch was created
and two years later the board of lady man.
ayers was organized Mr. Lancaster held
the Office OF president until 1885, when Mr..
Thomas w, Smith succeeded him Mr.
Smith has been president of the board since
that time, and has devoted much time and
energy 10 the work.
The Resident Physician.
The resident physician at the hospital is
DR.. p. Hamilton Lloyd. He will go to the
new institution as its first resident ply
stefan, and will have charge of the house
staff DR.. Lloyd is a graduate of the CO.
lumbar (now the George Washington Uni
versity, class of 1904. He has been con-
nected with the hospital some little time,
and has become popular with all the men,
bers of the visiting staff His courteous
consideration of the hundreds of patients
who have come under his care has assisted
in making for the hospital the good name ii
now enjoys. He is from Charles county,
Md, where he was born twenty-six years
ago. The doctor points with pride to the
record OF the hospital made since its or
ganization. There has been steady in
crease in the work each year. The first
year of the existence of the hospital there
were LOSS cases treated In the dispensary,
against 2. l52 last year. In the emergency
department there was an increase of from