The Denver star., 1914-03-14
THE NEW DIXIE HOSPITAL.
Much Needed Institution at Hampton
Has Ample Modern Equipment.

Much Needed Institution at Hampton
Has Ample Modern Equipment.
Hampton. Va.-The new Dixie hos
pital connected with the Hampton in
stitute in this town was recently com
pleted at a cost of over $4,000. The
building fnnd donation list shows that
Dr. Albert Howe of the Hampton in
stitute 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 will minister
to the needs of both white and colored
people living in Hampton and the
neighboring communities.
Dr. Howe says in his report:
The new building is pleasantly sit
uated on the shore of Hampton creek
amid trees which add much to its at
tractiveness and comfort. and is very
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 off in the third story. to
be used when necessary. There are
fourteen private rooms, a diet kitchen
for them and one for the wards on
each floor; u finely equipped operating
I room. with sterifiziug md dressing
rooms for physicians and nurses ad-
| joining: the necessary administration.
offices, dining rooms for staff and for
| nurses, kitchen and serving rooms, and
| over these. separated from the hos
pital by Il brick wall. are twenty rooms
for nurses.
Both building and equipment equal
| il they 60 not surpasS any hospital in
the state and give opportunity for u
| far wider scope of usefulness in the
| future. The Dixie is the only public
! hospital on the peninsula. and many
cases come to it from Cape Charles.
Williamsburg and the surrounding
country These as well as the imme
| diate community will reap the benefits
| of its increased facilities. The new
| nurses home will enable the trimming
school to enlarge its number and TO
| add to the efficiency of its graduates.
! about $1,000 must still be raised To-
complete the payment for building and
equipment. The report of the building
! fund shows that about S63. .00o has al
ready been given. but extras over the
contract price and the cost of grading
| aud equipment are large. and of the
| meager furnishings of the old Dixie
| little was worth transferring to the
| new. IN looking forward to Il large
| future tue accomplishments of the past
year must not be forgotten Nearly
4Jo patients have been cared for. and
the medical and surgical reports show
With what excellent results. There
have been twentyfour nurses i'll
training. They have come largely from
Virginia. but various parts of the
| among the number are two Indian
| girls.
The nurses recently had an oppCr
tuuity to prove themselves in an emer-
gency when the laundry. a frame
building closely adjoining the nurses
home. was destroyed by fire, 1t was
we'll after midnight when the fire was
discovered. and it had gained such
| headway that the other buildings We're
in danger Undoubtedly ,he danes
would have spread to them had not
the nurses formed II bucket brigade
and kept walls and roofs wet until
! the Hampton fire department arrived.
While they We're unable to save the
laundry their prompt assistance pre-
vented more serious damage"