The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27
for the children Is an unknown hygtenio

for the children Is an unknown 8nyglemC
luxury. en-
All through the day the women drink
cup after cup Of black tea, and when
the man OF the family is at home the
beer can takes Its place upon the table.
put into tin-pail for ten cents It is
cool and can aways be had at a minutes
notice. Milk Is neither so cool nor SO
chenp,%nn few tenement apartments are
provided with refrigerntors In which to
keep It,. So the whole family drinks the
beer and Is thankful for It and tho
babies are stricken with gastro-enteritis
and wilt within forty-eight hours.
When the mother is finally aroused to
the seriousness OF the situation, she car
rcs her child to the hospital dispeneary.
Bellevue and the Post Graduate are both
situated In the heart Of the great tene-
,ment district lying east OF Third Ave
nue. and between 5Fourteenthsand Thirty
fourth Streets, but; most OF these cases
come to the POST Graduate rather lthan
to Bellevue, the big municipal lnstitu.
ton Al 3,s III F,3,i,T@S
The babies wards OF the POST
Graduate, with their ffty-eight beds for
sick children and twenty for little
{cripples, are perhaps the best equipped
In the city. but their greatest value lies
which the hospital Is but a necessary
adjunct. Medicine is now taughtgin the
lnborora tory, so to speale-not by theo-
retioal lectures-and the children carried
to the dlspensary are treate by the fac-
ultyaof the school, partly as Al work OF
charity among the poor and partly as q
means Of conveying instruction to the
physicians and students who attend tho
clinics. In addition to these practical
demonstrations OF treatment of children,s
Illnesses which, at this season OF the
year especially, form such large part
of the family physicians practice, the
wards are also thrown open the stu
dents and IAN opportunity given them#to
see tho actual progress OF the many
cases. "A -8
& The hospitals of New York. however,
cannot begin to take care OF all tho sllf-
fering children of the tenemonts. In the
search for q breath OF air and y some
relief from the stirling atmosphere Of
the crowded lylng-roo the roofs and
fire escapes are called into play and iti
is hardly an exaggeratlon to say that a.
hot night sees half OF the population Of
New Yorks poorer quarters sleeping out
OF doors, So Intense is the suffering
caused by sultry night that tho COM,
monest precautions for safety arc neg
lected. Recently mother took her
young child out on the flre-escape and
there the two fell asleep. careless OF tho
rules of the fire department., which are
explicit In their inslstence that tho co.
capes shall at all times DO kept clear
In the course of tho night the child
slipped from the mothers arms, rolled
through the bars of the iron landing
and fell to tho ground, three stories be-
low. In some remarkable way, Instead &,
of being crushed to death, the baby
escaped with a broken thigh. S
Many are reluctant to take advantage
OF tho medical care freely offered on
all sides, but there Is also u class OF
professional mnllgners against whom
physicians have to be continually on 4
their guard, "A mild and after all very
natural form OF this imposition Is a re-
luotance to take II col,valescent child
out of tho hospital. s
Not lnfrenuently the parents reach the
conclusion that the baby Is we'll off
where he Is and pay no attention to the
notice that he Is recovered and ready to 2
return home. f,s ~
While hospital Is the best place for
those seriously ill.,. 1t is not a good place
for convalescent children. Of late years
quite Il number OF institutions, half 3
lished In the vicinity of New York and q
their full capacity during the summer. a
At soa Cllff on Long Island. for exam,
NV wv !oo'n'h6 uHN
the Sound. there Is q convalescent home
for children. 1t contains thirty-five beds,
twenty OF which are filled by GONZALES &.
cents from the East Side who have been
treated at the Post GraduaIe. % a. 5s
novel institution Is maintained by St.
Johns Guild In the shape Of a floating
hospital opeerated In connection With a.
home on dry and}at New Dorp ON Staten &
Island. One OF the largest Institutions y
of all has been established at Coney
Island IN the midst of nll tho varied att
fractions OF Luna Park and Dreams b
land. y
Perhaps, however, the most interesting (
attempts to give healthy surroundings
to the children OF the poor Is the work
OF the Hpeedwel Society ut Morrstown.
Here the babics-~for they are nothing
not cared for IN any institu-
ton, hut are placed In various homes In e
tho vicinity, The society Is directly GOn- 4
nected with tho Post iraduate school. &
ono OF the faculty being At Its head. and
the children are visited regularly by
physieans and nurses from the hospital.
Moirristown has been found q peculiarly +
place for this work as tho
large wealthy colony established thera
for several years has brought with 1t n
numerous train of dependents. host OF 4
these are quite willing 10 add to their
incomes, the money they receive for carr
ing for their young charges, and In th6sS
great majority OF cases they have been q
found well able to fulhll Their part OF
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