Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-23
COLL/HBUS ST.

OF rooms about OO per cent less Ilah
building with one hall and rooms
arranged along one side for an equal
number of rooms Further the dis
lance travelled by employees is
double for single line Of rooms as
compared with a double line and GEN.
trail hall. The first requisite OF a
hospital is abundance of sunlight on
all sides, not only for the walls OF a
building but for the ground around
the same. To obtain this, ample space
must be provided and controlled
around the hospital buildings. The
first purchase of large grounds does
not mean these grounds must be at
once improved and beautified as an
entirety. This can be done as future
needs occur and funds are available.
ABSENCE OF NOISE is an i'm
portant consideration. The Danger
field site is in the heart of the City,
the lot is Too small to permit Of even
placing any buildings back from the
building line any appreciable dis
lance.
The travel on Washington Street
is becoming greater each year; it is
the thoroughfare Of approach to and
leaving the public school, roller skat-
inc and other amusements arc free
w indulged in by the children at
this location and the ringing OF
church bells may seriously affect ill
or convalescent patients. st. Mary's
Academy, 4 long established educa-
tional institution, credit and source
of financial benefit, to our city, is To-
Gated in Tile same square as the
Daingerfel.i property. The Sisters OF
the HOLY Cross in the Gazette OF
January 9TH in q kindly spirit call
ed attention to the annoyances that
would probably result to the patient
if the hospital was located on the
Daingerfield lot which is only separa-
ted from the play grounds Of the
school by narrow alley. The fact
however was not mentioned Of the
serious menace to the health Of these
two or three hundred children play
ing under the very rear walls Of
hospital and subjected to the germs
from aired bedding, linen and etc. OF
the hospital. Will this school grow
and prosper under such influences
and have the Trustees Of the Hospi-
tai the moral right (the legal one is
an after consideration to interfere
with and iniure the property OF this
school and the homes of those in this
Immediate neighborhood, by locat-
ing a public hospital in our midst?
Is it prudent business policy:to anita
gonize any part Of a community
where the hearty support and coope-
ration of all is so essential, and when
the location objected to is SO wholly
unfit for the purposes sought?
EXPOSURE TO STREET DUST
should be reduced to a minimum.
This can best be. accomplished by
setting all buildings well back from
the street and planting trees and
shrubs along the edge Of the street
which would act as natural filters.
PROPER VENTILATION is
prerequisite of location. 1t is not
obtainable on q contracted city lot
with the control on two sides of the
lot in other hands.
The question of SAFETY FROM
FIRE is 4 very important one. A
panic among patients in the event OF
fire in the neighborhood would be
disastrous. This danger is intensified
where hospital is built on small
lot with the risk Of fire. in adjoin-
ing buildings or those. only separated
by the width of street,
The question Of POSSIBILITY OF
FUTURE EXPANSION is one Of
grave consideration. There is little
or no opportunity for this on the
Daingerfeld site regardless of how
urgent and necessary it may be in
the future.
Many large and prosperous insti-
tutions have grown from a small
beginning if started along the right
lines. However humble the begin
ming never lose sight of the ultimate
needs and a long;step has been taken
in the direction Of the future when
location is selected ample in size
for all future requirements and de-
mands.
As the demands increase and funds !
are provided the Hospital can and