The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-04
THE NEW DIXIE HOSPITAL
Aueh Needed Institution at Hampton
Has Ample Modern Equipmsnt.

Has Ample Modern Equipment.
Hampton. Va.-The new Dixie hos
pital connected with the Hampton In
stttute In this town was recently COM
pleted at a cost Of over $4,000. The
building fund donation list shows that
d.. Albert Howe Of the Hampton In
Stttute was able to secure the hearty
cooperation Of the people Of lower
Virginia and Of many others through
out the country. The hospital with
its excellent equipment viii minister
b the needs Of both white and colored
people living In Hampton and the
RaGghbOring communities.
Dr.. Howe says In his report:
The new building Is pleasantly sit
uatsd on the shore Of Hampton creek
amid trees which add much to fits at
tFaettVeness and comfort, and IL veEJ
accessible, being on the car line, but
far enough removed to insure privacy.
There are four wards Of ten beds each
and two overflow wards, which have
been finished OF In the third story. 10
b used when necessary. There are
fourteen private rooms, a diet kitchen
for them and one for the wards on
each door; a finely equipped operating
room, with sterilfzing and dressing
rooms for physicians and nurses ad-
Joining; the necessary administration
SAees, dining rooms for staff and for
nurses, kitchen and serving rooms, and
ever these, separated from the hos
pttaI by a brick wall, are twenty rooms
for nurses.
Both building and equipment equal
II they do not surpass any hospital In
the state and give opportunity for q
fGr wider scope Of usefulness IN the
future. The Dixie u the only public
hospital on the peninsula, and many
eASes come TO It from Cape Charles,
Williamsburg and the surrounding
country. These as well as The tmms-
data community VIII reap the 6eaGats
Of In Increased facilities The new
nUrSsS home VIII enable the training
| school to enlarge its number and b
OAd b the efficiency Of its padaatN.
GAbout &9Oe0 must sttIl b raised %
Osmplsta tie payment for building and
S0u1pmsat The report Of thS bG1diAS
Ind Ghsws that about $4,000 - a.
rsaay bOon given. but extras over TIE
contract pe1ee and the cot C grading
and equipment are large, and Of the
moAgsr furnishings Of the old D1de
HetS vs. worth transferring b tie
nsW. In locking forward b Q large
future thO accomplishments Of he past
yuar must not Be forEOttsn- Nearly
go patientB have bean cared Tor, and
~ medical and surgical reports show
with what excellent results. ThGe
have been twsnU-four nurses In
traantuE. They have csms largely from
Virginia, bat vaE1oaS parts Of tn
soufh ana Wost GSs reprossEtsd, and
smnng t. number are two Indian
EtziA
The nursss rscsatly had N oppor'
tunfty to prove Themselves in an emer
eency when the laundry, q name
building closely adjoining the nurssS
home, was destroyed by IRE Il VA
wen altar midnight when the IRE wa
discovered, and It had gained Suek
headway that the other buildings were
In danger. Undoubtedly the flames
would have spread to them had moi
the nurses formed a bucket brigade
and kept walls and roofs wet unh
the Hampton IRE department arrived
While they were unable to save the
laundry, their prompt assistance pre-
vented more serious damage"