Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-08
FREE MEDICAL CARE
One Million People Receive
Treatment Every Year in
New York for Nothing.


Over 900 900 persons n number
ruial TO nbout one-rour,n ma to,,I
,,,.,,.,, "a wy 800
popu'a'ioh OF CITY, receive medical
ATTENTION during Inc year at the dis
pensarics and public clinic of the
metropolis. saws , Now yort dien,,ch
in ,ho W,s,,,n,,, c., ~,
institutions ,,;,,n 80, ,os,r
about I o0o oao ,,ootns,,
=,
!" o'"ci Wor"s' nave Droad
enough scope of service To give med
ical aid TO three out of every jnhabi-
tant of tho c,,v M, or,oi
of prascrin,ionS ,,iyo, 49, -,
1900 OO0 20 ''o''
This great nnmhor os norsor. ,,ho
fall sick ana cnuno, tol,a r,ro ~ ,hn,r.
selves Is n nititul o,itrrovfh of mo
strcnno,,.nnss or motrnnnIi,on 10
which the loss abort tho mare c,,,
less. or the norsons win nhvsicoi or
mental hnndicnns foIl en- hon",o.sI,
behind In the crowded tonemrnt nis.
niots Of Tho citv ,hn,a ,r' ,',,, ~. u'n.
OF families, which o, "a, ,n"'.S''i il,i
out a iiveihood eo lony ",,,o,,.,,,,,,',
goes, smoothIy viii thnn ,'n, NIX ~ > LIS ',''
ms tho rent money is dnn,an,Ia., 'v Soa
medicine they arc comnnl,oI - 49,,
to The public charity 'u' i
Probable tho most tvnico, -, ,.o,, -,
the largest of clinics fnr r,ca ,,'o,i;e,i
treatment is that conductnd h,, AZ
University and Bcllevun IJoenitoI MI
icnl College. which &c tho mohic,,
school of New York IIniv.,si,,,
2ith street and LIST avenue IN No ,'.,'.,
of the polygot "pnshouse" a;.isin,
Last year the clinic handled a. sS"
cases and the number is noy overo -.
ing $500 month. Tho ..soshnnsn..
district is one of the sections Of tho
town which up to few wears oro re-.
tanned population of DECIDEDLY irish
complexion but of l,to ,ho l,o1 49,
been getting forced out bv the over.
whclming incursion of Italians ana
Jews. trcndng up from the lower Enst
Side. This means to n cline
fewer broken bones and battered faces
ana more eye ear and throat troubles
Worlds Saddest Street.
inc medical school with its spacI-
Gus iaporntorics and lecture halls ana
It's great clinic. is situated nj tho
neau Oh what has been called the sad.
nest block in the world On the on.
posite side of the street is Bellevue
the big free hospital of the CITY. con
stantly crowded with over 1000 naI;
ents. ana offering wealth OF clinicnl
material for the students of the
school. Farther down the street is
me morgue, and at the foot of tho
street, on the river front. are tho of
IiccS OF inc department of charities
rom which boats are constantly
Ichvins crowded with DRINKS or petty
crooks, bound for the workhouse on
niackwciIs Island, or with the pitiable
iio,saih and Jetsam of society that
urilts TO the public almhouse. A
stranger who stroled into the block
would get the impression that he had
l1und inc gateway of all The sorrows
OF me world.
is sad procession that moves in
nnn our o! the clinic every day while
'ne doors are open. between the hours
or 10 and O'Clock. There are little
cnl'uren' some of them mass of
sores and many of them suffering
from diseases the child need never
SNOW; old women scarcely able TO
lotter out from their squalid rooms 10
me place where the free Doctors are.
hnge truckmcn or 'longshorencn who
Swnser In with cuts or bruises proba.
ply received in some brawl; frail
Young women already palpabIy marked