New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

two large reception opening off the hall.
the nurses dining room. finished in white enamei
and with for $50 persons. and several bed
rooms. The second third and fourth floors VIII
he occupied bv the nurses bedrooms. On each
floor will be a general sitting room, shower
baths. etc
The infrrnary will he the fourth floor in
the west wing Here the will he kept
when taken sick. unless they extremely III,
Above the in1rrnary in this wing will he the
sleeping quarters for the help The nurses gym
nasium will occupy the fifth floor of the east
wing The fifth floor of the central part of the
building will be devoted a sun paror with a
roof garden 30 feet long and 80 feet wide. on
each side of the parior In this building the
nurses will be completely cared for The little
old building which they have so long occupied in
the grounds will be turned over TO the male
help
The erection OF the Nurses Home will be in
pursuance OF the plans mapped out by Charities
Commissioner Hebberd Deputy Commissioner Nc
Inerny, who has charge in Brooklyn. and DR. John
J. Fitzgerald the general medical superintendent OF
Kings and Queens counties Part OF this scheme Is
the erection OF tho Coney Island Hospital and
the new Bradford Street Hospital. of which The
Tribune told two weeks ago. The plan is extern
sive including the building of hospitals like the
Coney Island Hospital in Long Island City.
Jamaica, the Greenpont section OF Brooklyn and
perhaps in other parts OF Brooklyn. the establish
mtnt of half dozen relief hospitals in tho bor
ough. tho erection OF municipal lodging house.
but. above all. the proper development the hos
pita facilities Coney Island. where the city ha
site OF twenty-five at It's disposal for such
purposes and in Clarkson street where the cousty
buildings now stand and where the Nurses Home
is TO be built.
The city has decided spend sl2 900 900 for hos
pital improvements within three years, and TO
Brooklyn has been allowed 81 l000o 900 for the first
year. The borough is badly off for public hos
pitas. and grand iurics have been bringing pre-
sentiments against the Kings County institution
for years This hospital has six hundred beds
on an average sixty patients have sleep on tho
floors nightly besides In the almshouse, attached
two hundred persons sleep the floors nightly
The borough covers great extent of territory and
patients have to be carried far now in many
cases that they die before thew receive medical
aid The borough, besides, needs automobile am
balances
But things already beginning look ND.
Owing to the energy OF Mr.. IIebberd the Coney
Island and the Bradford Street hospitals will he
ready for Use, with 100 beds each within a COM
paratively short time Within few weeks tenn
porary hospital will be established I'm Greenpont
and probably others will be established about the
borough. Then will begin the Improvement of the
facilities in Clarkson street The Nurses Home is
only Incidental Improvement. There are to be
extensive hospital improvements which will di-
rectly affect the patients well. There are TO bs
added children's hospital. a maternity hospital
a neurological hospital and cryspelas hospitaI
and maybe specialized branches OF the instj-
tuition. This will take time. but the borough with
its population Of more than two million is in sad
need OF such improvements, and their need has at
last been recognized.