El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
f PA5O |SA GREAT HEALTH
CENTER FOR THE SOUTHWEST
Has Large and Modern Hospitals Aids to Healthfu
Climate; New Rolston Hospital Is Latest Addition to
Hospital List; Modern Sanitariums for Health
Seekers and Several Private Hospitals.

9TH q climate that is famous :
M nationwide for its health re-
storing properties. 1t is but
natural that FL Paso should be a cen !
-er OF hospitals and sanatoriums. and !
modern science has been lavishly add |
ed TO natures beneficial offerings in 1
the effort TO make OF this city and its 1
environs the healthiest place in - hich |
TO live in the west. As a proof that /
health conditions here are naturally |
good the. insignificant percentage Of !
illness among the thousands Of soldiers
Who have encamped on the edges OF {
The city Il cited. Of all the camps along I
the border those around Il PasO are /,
the heaIthiest. There is no malaria. F,
no typhoid, no humid heat in summer l
o. killing cold in winter. and no mos !
quitOes- summer days are offset by 4
cool nights. with breezes from Mount b
Franklin and the Rio Grande ALLEY I
and nobody, not even the recruit from F.
the eastern Seaboard. drilling On the }
the day, as sunstrokes are unknown I
ROIstOn. Newest Hospital.
Completed during the past few /
months. The new Rolston hospital. AZ !
the corner Of Montana and Piedras 3
streets. has become one of the land I
marks of East Fl Paso. The building.
which faces the west at the junction J
ture- with basement, and cost $4,000 :
Equipped, IL has a worth Of about Sl25.-
U00. Mrs. Y. NJ Mcdonald, who Tor |
some years conducted the first EolSton |
hospital at IL Wyoming, Is the owner
jolly * Norris were the contractors
The first floor Of the hospital con-
talns i rooms for patients, some with I
private baths, and the arrangement OF !
the second and third floors is similar
On the fourth floor are two operating
rooms. nurses quarters, A-ray room
l.
IT rooms, dining room. kitchen. boiler |
room and motor room, laundry. and ]
the morgue- The entrance 10 the hos .
pital Is marked by circular cOlornade .
briveways are opened into the building !
from two streets.
Hotel Dieu Largest Hospital
Fl PaSO's largest and oldest General J
hospital IS Hotel Dieu. operated under
the direction OF the Sisters OF Charity
Of the order Of St Vincent de Paul
II Is a four story structure. built on
the center Of large plot at the corner
Of Stanton and Arizona several years
ago. when that location was considered
on the edge OF the city. Hotel Dieu has
accommodations for Zoe patients and a
force Of . nurses Is employed. The
operating rooms are used by many OF
the surgeons Of the city The institu-
ton Is self supporting and has no en-
B dowment- Much charity work is done
ny the sisters A training school for
nurses is maintained
-NndIOrluEnN OF the luDtFtuA3F-
The climate OF FL Paso and vicinity
is declared by the medical profession
! to be the finest in the United States
for the cure of pulmonary and throat
/ diseases, and no community in the
country is better equipped to take care
! of patients suffering from such dis
eases
Devoted 10 the treatment of tubercu-
losis. the HOman sanatorium is situat-
. ed at the corner of Grandview avenue
and Hutton street in the Golden Hill
addition 1t was built years ago by
: the BaldWins. of New Orleans a Z = cost
OF approximately 100000. It is three
stories high. and contains 20 rooms.
The Hendricks sanatorium, in the
Government Hill addition. completed
IN 1915 IS another 100000 invest
mcnt. IT rs well situated and Is prob
I ably the most modern Of the institu-
ticns Of its class
Numerous Private Hospitals.
Among the private hospitals IS the
. Providence. at the corner of Epson and
santa Fe streets. S. Marks hospital,
/ Dol East Nevada, an obstetricaI insti-
tuition and the \ T Still OsteOpathic
iufirmary. at POI West Missouri street.
County Hospital Completed.
The new county hospital erected AT
"a cost of 100000, is located on the
lower county road, a short distance
east of Washington park II is a three
story building. containing wards with
"a capacity of 90 patients, nurses quar-
tiers and heating plant On the third
floor are the operating and sterilizing
rooms and rooms for drugs and sur
seOns' accessories
Private SunatOriums Numerous
Other private institutions devoted To
the treatment Of lung and throat
troubles are the FL Paso Sanatorium
at 110s-lI North Cotton avenue. and
the Couvalescent Home for the Tu-
bercular. on Park avenue. near Sa-
vaunah street. There are numerous
other smaller convalescent homes
City Hospital Planned.
\ city hospital where patients dis
covered by the health officers can be
taken care of. is an ambition Of Dr. N.
G kluttZ. The city government has
made no appropriation for such an in
stitution- but the matter has been Sc
riouslv considered in connection with
the cleanup Of the Mexican quarter.
At present the city health office cccu-
pies cramped quarters in the CITY hall
while the PHYSICIANS are obliged 70 use
. their own offices IL l. estima ted that
( "a city hospital can bee erected for about
sJr,ul9.
May Get Moose Sanatorium.
Local members of the LOYAL Order
of Moose are confident that their rep
+ veseutations at the summer meeting
OF the order II MoOseheaTt, H.. w;ll Sc
.ur- Tor IT Paso the new S1.yc0. 600
, -uuaturlum that order intends to build
soon To care for ITS tIbercfilar mem
hsrs- A strong dele-.uiot was Seu-