Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-01
REMOVAL OF COUNTY
HOSPITAL OLD TIME
STRUCTURE TO BEGIN
MODERN BUILDINGS TO BE
ERECTED AT ONCE
Contract Calls for Completion in Nine
Months-SpeciaI Apartment for
tuberculosis Gases
Promised

The original Los Angeles county hos
pital will be moved today to make room
for larger and more modern buildings,
after having occupied its present site
for over thirty years.
. When Los Angeles was a struggling
pioneer town the structure now used
as the administration building was
erected as a hospital.
Since that time the rapid growth of
the city and the increased demands for
medical treatment have necessitated
the erection of many additional build
ings, but the original one still remained
ana has been used in some capacity.
At present in connection with the
offices and storerooms, there are two
small ward rooms in which patients are
kept, and this is the only remaining
vestige of what was once the entire
hospital.
The building will be moved to what
is known as the croquet grounds and
will be used for offices until the new
buildings are constructed. Work on
them will begin at once. With their
completion Los Angeles will have a
county hospital second to none on the
coast.
Three buildings are to be erected at
an estimated cost of $145,000, although
$3.50, 900 is available for the purpose. In
the opinion of r. F. Hayhurst, steward
of the hospital, this entire sum will be
expended before the erection and fur
nishing are finished.
The new construction will consist of
an administration building, an obstetric
building, and, most important OF all, a
tubercular department.
The contract calls for the completion
of these buildings in nine months, and
when they are ready for occupancy the
old original hospital will be torn down.
For Tuberculous Patients
Mr.. Hayhurst, speaking with a
Herald reporter yesterday, was en-
thusiastic over the new buildings and
the increased facilities they will offer
for handling patients, especially as re-
CARDS the new tubercuiar building.
1--WE have been. cramped for quar-
ters," he said, land could not handle
our tuberculosis patients in the man
ner desired. The building at present
used for them was never intended for
that purpose but the new building will
be modern in every respect, thorough
inspection of the finest tubercular hos
pitals in all parts of the country having
been made. Each room will be SO ar
ranged that patients can sleep in the
open air if they desire; the ventilation
will be as perfect as skill can make 1t,
and the main idea in the construction
will be the prevention of spread OF
the disease as we'll as the care of those
already affected beyond hope of cure.
I'm the present administration build
ing there is no elevator, and recon-
mendation for the installation of ore
was made by the grand jury at its last
Inspection In the new administration
building there will be no ward rooms
and during the proposed construction
patients will be transferred to other DC
rartments.
''The tuberculosis question is arousine
demand for more stringent methods
all over the country, and with the new
building we will be able to care toi
move PATIENTS and care for them in the
ways approved by modern science
With the tearing down of the old build
ing everything connected with the hos
pital will be up to date, and Los An
eeles will be able to boast OF one OF
The finest county hospitals in the coun-
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