New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22

osPITAL facilities i'm New hork
- Citv for dealing with contagious
i l. diseases are stupendously deficient
There are four hospitals for coh'asi0''
diseases
Two Of these. the Willard Parker ano
Rsception hospitals. are located at lo'h
street and the East River; one. the RIVER
side HOSPITAL is on North Brother ISL
and. and one. the Kingston Avenue hos-
pital. is in Flatbush. Brooklyn
In London. according TO a recent Dur
letn Of the Department OF heai'h' inc
number Of beds available for the treat
ment of contagious diseases is about 500
in addition 10 which there are some S'VVo
beds in reserve for the care or snlailpoN'
Excluding the latter. this ~ ABOUT oho
bed for every loo of population
In New York City we have only ABOUT
l.4co beds available for the treatment OF
contagious diseases. which, In proportion
to population, is less than one-tnird OIL
London's quota.
What is implied by such condition oil
affairs is the more readily realized wnen
Il 10 considered that every small city
now has It's contagious disease hospital
though in many cases II may be only
simple structure for use in time OF epi-
deynic
The Willard Parker Hospital has been
described by Or. Matthias Nicol, jr., at
tending physician at that institution, as
brick building, built many years ago.
divided into a number OF fair-sized wards
accommodating from twelve TO twenty
or more, patients in each
SUN pARLoRS THAT OBSTRUCT.
"so-called sun parlors have been built
outside OF some Of them" said DR.. Nicoi.
In an address in this city six years ago.
long. narrow, glass enclosed structures
which permit convalescents to get GER
tain amount of sunlight, but serve TO
keep the air from adjoining wards.
1T is In the gas house district, AZ the
base Of peninsula, jutting out slightly
INTO the East River. Back OF II are the
large stables, none too savory, OF the
street Cleaning Department. To the
south, and separated by a narrow street
are the tanks Of the Consolidated Gas
Company. whence come night and day
the fumes Of Illuminating gas. To the
north are docks. coal and lumber wards.
He added: zone child. treated at a
private hospital, i'll with scarlet fever.
mas twice the chance OF recovery as COM
pared to the tenement child who, for one
reason or another. must go 10 public
institution; with diphtheria, four TO five
unes the chance Of recovery. and with
measles ten fimes or moro
smallpox is OF much less importance
Today than formerly. thanks to the very
general belief OF the more intelligent
people In vaccination and the stringent
ia"s which compel others to submit 40 II.
heasles is probably second only 10
smallpox In the matter of contagion, lew
susceptible beings who are exposed to II
escaping.
MORTALITY AMONG THE CLASSES
Inc death rate among children OF the
oeier classes from measles Is practically
''i' among the poorer classes, even, II
very small when taken care Of at
nome but when complicated by other in
.cuons-as scarlet fever, diphtheris
anu proncho- pneumonia death rate II
4'rihous, DR.. NicoIl stated, and, fur
'"efmore, the fatalities among measles
penehts treated In hospitals are DIT least
zen times as many as among those
asateo outside OF them
IN cnildren's institutions the disease IL
'ehtpIe scourge' said DR.. Nicoll, 1.-THE
,ath rate varying from 10 TO a. pei
ana this from a maIady which IN