New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-20
CRUSH OF CITY
CRAMPS HOSPITAL
Three Floors and Roof
Garden to Enlarge Vol
unteer'S Wards.
INSTITUTION RUSHED,
SAYS GENERAL BOOTH
1904 Persons Admitted to Dis
pensary Last Year-2,5O0
Calls Answered.

The Volunteer Hospital, one Of the
newest and busiest medical dispen-
saries in the city. has come face to face
with the problem Of expansion. The d.
rectors have announced that as soon as
adequate funds are Mt hand they ex-
pect = add three additional floors and
a roof garden TO the present four
storied building at Beekman and
Water streets.
Concerning its location, General Bal
ling;on Booth, the president, said yes
terday: whatever is said regarding
the locality in which the Volunteer
Hospital is prosecuting its great work
during the hours of night, it must be
conceded by all having a knowledge OF
New York City that il IS one of the
most thronged and congested districts
during the day.
Almost in the heat Of a labyrinth
Of business and mercantile rush Is our
emergency institution. where at all
hours Of day and night surgical and
medical aid is being administered.
Sometimes there is an incredible num-
Der OF accidents and injuries reported
in one morning; sometimes the ambu-
lance bell clangs necessarily for hours;
sometimes there are several cases OF
acute surgery in a succession OF calls.
Thus the hospital has become recog.
nized not only as centre 81 practical
relief but an indispensable source OF
benevolencc and blessing"
The hospital wards. both surgical and
medical. have their full quota Of pa
tients. During the last year 1923 day
treatments were given, One-thlrd OF
which were free and two-thirds OF
which were only partially paid TOT.
With increased facilities the institu-
ton will average annually l5OOO day
treatments in the wards.
During the year the dlspensary. op,
Grated in connection with the hospltal
admitted 12,014 persons and gave ~
924 treatments, many OF them gratul-
touslv. Surgeons from this hospital re-
spond to an average of more than $500
ambulance calls in year, serving IN
particular the district from Chatham
Square to the Battery and from. the
east side of Park Row and Broadway
to the river.
II is planned to increase the pri-
vato wards and. what is more essen
tial. to open additional rooms for cases
of children. Patients convalesclng VIII
find comfortable recuparation facilities
on the proposed roof garden, which VIII
include sun parlors and couches,
shaded by vines or trellises. =.
Among the men on the board OF d.
rectors are Louis amin Ames, LOUIS ).
Robertson, r. Clarh, Charles D. Folsom,
General f. A. McAlpin, General Bal
lington Booth, DR.. John B. Walker, 1T.
Henry d. Fulniss, ". J. Crafts, j. W.
Merrill, Ransom Cavgill, J. J: Keppel,
the Rev. Alden L. Bennett, Charles d.
Stickney and Louis +. Jallade =.
The advisory board is composed OF
William J. Schiefelin, Herman Kldder,
Edward Earle. Virtus l.. Haines, A.
Augustus Healy. William II. Heller, X.
Walter Bell, Louis A. Tranberg, Charles
!. Schlegel, James NJ. Montgomery,
Morris VI. Barnet and Oscar Scherer.
On the social service committee are
Mrs Nathaniel Porter, Miss Emily
Perkins, Mrs. Archibald s. Alexander,
Mrs. John Jacob Aston, Mrs. Cortlandt
u. Barnes. Miss Theodore Booth, Mrs
John r. Drexel, Miss c. Frelinghuysen,
Ms + Louise Sands. Mrs. Richard
Nan WICK. Mr.. Samuel A. Weldon,
Mrs. William F. Whitehouse and MIS-
W. X Vanderbilt, jr.