The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-30
CITY May ERECT
new HOSPITAL
Plan of Acquiring Memorial Is
Also Under Dis
cussion.
WILL MAKE REPORT TONIGHT
Alternative Is to Make Expen-
sive Alterations at Old
City Home.

! The establishment OF public hos
pital, owned and maintained by the
city, will be discussed in some detail
| by a subcommittee Of the Council
| Committee on Relief Of the Poor to-
night In the old Council the mat
F, ter was taken up on the offer OF the
| Charlotte Williams Corporation 10
| turn over the Memorial Hospital TO
the city under certain conditions. but
no concluded action was taken. The
matter has been revived by the ply
,sicians composing the soan OF the
hospital annex at the City Home.
Three alternatives. it Is stated. are
open to the city Ind are before the
committee for consideration-hrst, the
expenditure of approximately $4,000
10 remodel a portion of the Almshouse
building and to erect such other build
ings as will provide proper hospital
in connection with the City Home;
second. the acquisition by the city OF
a hospital already erected, with such
additions as the demands of the city
may require. making possible accep-
lance Of the offer of the Memorial
trustees or some similar proposition:
or, third. the erection at cost OF
something like 100000 OF a modern
and complete city hospital on some
location yet to be Seiecten,
Report Is Exhaustive.
The subcommittee consists Of Coun-
cilmen ]. B. Welsh. John ". Moore
and Jacob Umlauf, with Chairman j.
j Mitchell. The committee OF the
visiting STAFF, which has presented an
exhaustive report covering the sub
ject of public hospital in detail.
| consists OF Chairman George Ben
Johnson and Doctors Charles r. Rob-
ms, Manfred Call and ]. w. Hensen.
The report goes into detail as TO
the management of the hospital In
connection with the City Home since
its reorganization on July l. 1905.
when the plan of having visiting
staff was inaugurated. The number
of internes has been increased from
| two to six, two having charge OF the
ambulance service. The number OF
nurses has been Increased from year
to year, as conditions made 1t neces-
sary. The report states that the work
has enormously increased, not only in
quantity, but also in character. 1t be-
ing now possible to successfully &C
complish a grade of treatment I'M
possible under previous conditions, in
| Guiding difficult surgical cases.
Needs Many Improvements.
! With 1he understanding that the
| present City Home hospital Is to be
| continued, the visiting STAFF recon-
i meris a number Of improvements. in
J.! Guiding the work of inclosing the
! porches with glass, improvement OF
| the contagious pavilion, removal OF
| the dispensary from its present loca-
! ton. erection OF an operating pavil-
| ion and amphithreatre with bridge
| connections to white and colored hos
! pitfalls. erection of paviiions for tuber-
! cular cases. white and colored, male
! and female; enlargement of the train
! ing school for nurses. for both white
and coIored hospitals. with erection
/ of A nurses home with sleeping quar-
J ters and class rooms with provision
for future expansion. and number
! Of other alterations.
These recommendations are for
! things the staff considers essential to
| a continuation of the present lnstltu-
| ton.
! What Would BE Needed.
| Should the city erect new nos
! p!ral. the staff estimates that II s"ouid
u nave accommodation for approximate
" 900 beds Separate ward accommo-
!, ds,ions. IL is stated, should be pro-
!. viSed for medical. surgical. specinc'
i infectious and tubeCcular patients.
= rpakins Ave white and five colored
wa-ds on the male side and for the
:, same with maternity wards, both
u Whit and coIored. on the female sioe'
,,,ktnp twelve wards in the women
:: cid. There woul' also have TO De
ra-as for white and coiored Gnu
! 40, an isolation pavilion ana "nite
"a co,o-ed contagious wards makihs
a total OF separate ward acconii'oua
.;o,s ,eouired Of twenty-eight wafus'
- ,ake charge Of this large volume
- ,ork -b>-e will be needed IN do
a;,;or suitable kitchens. Laundry, OPP
-.,i-p quarters, clinical and pa'ho-
,ae,;..I Taboratories dispensary GooH'S'
5-uc rooms, executive quarters Gnu
! to,ne with class rooms ana p1os
.o,s for not less than seventy
nurses ...~.
The report Of the visit'ns s'~'i
clUdes: .orva, it,
The situation finally resolves
.,.o m. % three things:
-, EeuoaslIiug of the p!eseh'
.,.Io. xvi,h such additional bu'io
- i,gs as raay be necessary.
. 1000 The acquisition OF hospta'
-, .rec,ed with such addieioss
- ,bere.o as the demands OF the
city may Justify.
: Third tn. erection OF cohP'e's
and modern city hospital
-, xo-,-Iusfcc We feel that there IL
A,.r-,.n, OF city cn6eavor II
4 ,,,,irb lilo such possibilities Tor f1tar'
y ,s,,-.Ic-.-,ont. nor one In which th'
+, -. ts SO urgent. as the care OF tn'
,-stgar- sick in q well equippcd. moo
..-u institution