Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
SUNSET HOSPITAL
BEST ON THE COAST
PERFECT HYGIENIC AND SAM
TARY EQUIPMENT
Modern Design and Interior Arrange-
nnent Meet All Requirements Look
Ing to Health and Comfort.
Ground Broken

In the building world today archi-
tects Of esta bllshed reputation are de-
voting much time to detailed plans for
the construction of up-to-date hospital
structures.
The time was, and that not so long
ago, when almost any kind of building
was thought good enough for the care
of those whose nlisfortunes placed
them in a hospital ward; that was
when little attention was paid to sani-
tary and hygienlc matters.
Conditions today are much different
and 1t is the constant aim of medical
practitioners and trained nurses to
provide every comfort and sanitary
convenience in treating the unfortu-
mates who may come under their care.
The old-time disease breeding hospi-
tails, with their wooden floors and in
terror finish that absorbed and held
microbes, are fast giving place to
buildings designed by men who have
for years made that class of structures
a special study, and the results at
tanned through the agency of perfectly
sanitary buildings and appliances
borders closely upon the marvellous.
In step with the construction of
specially designed buildings has come
modern surgery, distinct departure
y
of the knife and saw, which in days
gone by turned out more crippled men
and women than they cured.
Los Angeles has several truly good
hospitals, which in times past have
proved a blessing to the thousands Of
invalid tourists who have made the
overland trip in search of health in the
Mecca of their last remaining hope
the climate of Southern California.
While the climate Is admitted by
everybody to be all that sick or we'll
could desire, yet 1t Is not all in the
treatment of chronic diseases and
necessarily proper hospital facilities
are essential for perfect results in con-
quering diseases of every description.
Ideal Hospital Construction
With the number of institutions now
performing their grandly humane mis-
sion will soon be what is considered to
be the finest of all.
Ground was broken for the new Sum
set hospital, on Sunset boulevard, dur
ing the past week, and construction
work will be pushed rapidly, to the end
that the new agent of mercy may be
ready for the care of patients as soon
as possible. The company is incorpo-
rated under the laws of California.
The site of the Sunset hospital is an
ideal one, being on Angeleno Heights,
at the corner of Marion street and
Sunset boulevard. 1t commands a
grand view of the mountains and city
proper, being located on high ground,
yet easy of access. That the site was
wisely chosen is proved by the fact
that sunlight will enter all patients
rooms, while the operating rooms will
be under north light, which is always
the best for the purpose. The main
building will be of southern colonial
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imposing appearance, conveying the
impression that the building was de-
signed for the home of a millionaire
rather than for hospital.
Building In Detail
The dimensions of the building will
be 84x102 feet and 1t will consist of
three stories and basement, the first
floor being sixteen feet above the street
line, approached by gradual grades and
a few broad steps that are designed
not to tire. The basement will contain
the Turkish bath equipment, bakery,
laundry, Kitchen storerooms, refriger-
ating plant and ventilating system
On the first floor will be located the
reception rooms, medical and electrical
treatment rooms, surgical and drug
supply departments. The second floor
will contain hospital wards of four
beds each. single wards, club kitchen,
lecture halls and spacious operating
room, with connecting rooms for an
aesthethizing and sterilizing. On the
third floor will be located the SANTA
rum, in the main consisting of num-
ber of apartments with individual bath
and toilet rooms and a minor operating
room, so arranged as to make this de-
partment separate from the hospital
branch. The roof will have a solarium
for sun baths, promenade 140 feet
long and twelve feet wide, upon which
patients can stroll and enjoy the de-
lights of the day air at the altitude
at which the building is situated.
Every modern sanitary and hygienic
consideration Is to be observed in the
construction and arrangement of the
interior of the hospital: in fact. the
best in sanitation and hygiene found
in the up-to-date hospitals and sani-
tariums of the east and Europe will be
initiated and improved upon where
practicable. The equipment in medical
and surgical appliances and instru-
ments will be equally advanced.
The Hospital staff
On the staff of the institution there
will be a number of well known physi-
clans and surgeons, including promi-
nent specialists. The officers and di-
rectors of the Sunset Hospital associa-
ton are: EX-SuperYisor E. s. Field
president; c. w. Mills, vice president;
DR.. William w. Hoagland. secretary;
John G.. Johnston, treasurer; DR.. T.
]. Randall. Frank P. Fay, Bradner w.
Lee, j. M. Herndon, ]. C. Wilmon and
William Hixon.
Earnings Of Hospitals
Aprcpos Of the launching of this
splendid enterprise, the extraordinary
rofitableness Of hospitals in Los An
geles may be remarked on. Probably
no other legitimate line of business in
this city can show so large an average
profit. The earnings of some of the
local hospitals, 1t is stated by persons
in position TO know, are equivalent to
about 100 per cent on the capital in
vested. People who hold shares in Los
Angeles hospitals are apparently the
most contented stockholders in the
world No stock OF operating local
hospitals is on the market. From
what is understood the early buyers
of the stock Of some of the best known
hospitals In this city must have reaped
a princely percentage of profit. The
reason for the remarkable prosperity
of local curative institutions is found
In the fact that Los Angeles is the OBJ
jective point Of the worlds sick and
hvalid-and that 1t will always be esuch
r,oinf orOaa without aUfnn