Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
HOSPITAL STAFF
NEEDS MORE ROOM
POLICE SURGEONS ASK CITY
FOR ASSISTANCE
Or. s. j. ount Submits Report OF
Years Work and Urges Neces-
sity Of Providing More
Space

More room is a necessity to the re-
ceiving hospital at the central police
station. according to the annual report
made Yesterday to the council by Dr.
s. T. Quint. The report includes
complete list of every case that mas
been handled by the two police sur
ueons. Drs. S. ]. Qunt and Arthur M.
Smith and the two assistant police
surgeons, Drs. c. w. Bonynge ana
Charles Freedman, and aggregates
almost 20OO cases since December !,
1904. up to and including November 3V'
1905. This does not include the cases
taken care of that come directly from
the prisoners confined in the CITY jan,
but has reference to only those brought
in by the ambulance and those VINO
apply personally for treatment.
The list of different kinds of in
iuries is a long one. Lacerations OF
the head top the list while hemorrhage
of the brain is at the bottom. The list,
with the number of classified treat
ments of each kind follows
Lacerations of the head, ABB; lacer--
ations of the body, 323 contusions ana
bruises, 221; fractures, 2OS; medlcal
treatments, So; sprains, II; poisoning,
Sc: conclusions, 56 burns, 4S; epilepsy,
AZ; gunshot, As; stab wounds, IA; frac-
tured skull. 80: dislocations. 35 dog
bites, "a: alcoholism, "a; amputations'
81; insane II: hemorrhage, IL; exam
nations, 10; mayhem, 8; hemorrhage
of the brain, 7, and miscellaneous 1SS.
The list totals 1874 cases for the year.
Appended to the report is an account
OF the expenditures and is as follows:
Salaries. S531O; drugs and instruments,
S15o193: supplies, s9O7.35; printing, $S6;
rent. 800; miscellaneous, Z. Total
S73122S.
Need More Room
''The hospital is in a fair condition"
says the report $50 far as equipment
is concerned to care for the city'S in
jured, but we are sadly in need OF
more room both for beds and for a
room to be fitted up exclusively for
major operations.
1--WE would also recommend the pur-
chase of an X-ray machine for the
diagnosis in the many fractured cases
that we have, and notwithstanding
that your most honorable body has
been so generous in the past we sin
cerely hope that you may be able to
favor us with these additional equip
ments in the near future"
Besides the many ambulance cases
and application cases that come into
the hospital every day in the year,
the police surgeons must be ready to
treat the sick and injured members of
the police and fire departments. The
attention and treatment in these cases
are not detailed in the report. If these
We're also added the number of treat
ments would undoubtedly reach a fig
ure more than double that of the
present one
During the course of the year sew
eral physicians and visitors come to
The receiving hospital. In almost ev-
cry, case the expressions are to the
effect that the care and skill of those
in charge is equal to that of the most
high-priced hospitals in the country.
Favorable remarks about the cleanli-
ness of the hospital are not an un-
common thing, but the most common
remark and one which seldom fails to
be heard is regarding the lack of
space.
1t is for more room principally that
the police surgeons are asking. I'm
der the present conditions no more
than four men patients and but few
more women patients can be accom-
modated. An X-ray machine, accord
ing to the physicians would also be
one of the most valuable additions to
the equipment of the hospital.