Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
.CONVAl ESCENT WARD OF
HOMGOPAT H|C HOSPITAL
Closed as Such After Having Done
Admirable Work for Past
Three Weeks.

The emergency wing, Homeopathic
Hospital. closed yesterday after bcing
used three weeks as a convalescent waru
for the Country Club Emergency HOS
p;tal This emergency hospital, hike that
at the Country Club, was under the
sunervision of the local Board OF Health,
who called on the Red Cross for nurses
and aids. and on the State Council ol
Defence. the Red Cross Civilian Kehci
and the Womans Bureau OF the hed
Cross for equipment. Later Dr. ,. w
Richards of the Public Health Service
gave his personal attention to TINS CON
yalescent ward in attending the patients
daily.
When the convalescent ward WAS opeiled
the local doctors, nurses and the women
of the city were just as quick 70 respohu ~
offering their services as when the oouii"S
Club Emergency Hospital was 0peneo'
The local Board of Health felt able 10
cone with the medical end, but gladly
accepted the assistance of nurses ana lay
women heIpcrs The board was fortunate
IN securing through the Red Cross B,i-
real, of Hygiene Miss Olive II klrkby,
y \ as head nurse She WAS assisted IN
! tbe wards by Miss Margaret Garrett
r \ Miss I NJ Matthews, X y ana
! Miss Marion Mason. X. n, Miss l.. Nc
! Clintock and Mrs tanes. The services
/ Of Mrs f. C. Downing, Miss Nj Ienner
Miss NJ. Powck, dietlclans, were greatly
/ apnreciated IN the diet kitchen. Among
! tbnso who worked so diligently and faith
! fully for different departments were: NJ Ms>
Marion Beadenkopf, Mrs. Harry + Gra
ham Mrs John Il Bird, Miss Ethel Bon
ham Miss Flora Buckley, Miss Miriam
Webb Miss :. T.. Baird, Miss Ella Walker
Miss i " Johnson. Miss Mildred Denny
Miss lillian Armour, Miss Edith lfcod
,in Miss Francis Smith. Mrs. Nj a
Naucher Mrs f. Andrews. MISS Maggl
Horqan Miss peatricc SIslcr, Mrs y
Browning. Melinda Stevenson ana lou
dental students from the nlv'rsI'Y 9
pennsvlvania. The Cantccn Service sen
workers from their bureau each Day !
assist the dictitians and members OF th
" c. 7 L also helped IN TINS aepaF'
ment The Liberty Kitchen donate
broths and dehcacIcs and klnd irleno
among the members OF the hCard
managers Of the Homeopathic hospit'
sent ice cream and helped in many waN'
rhiIo the co-operation of the superr
: tendents Of the Delaware ana Hoho
, opathic hospitals was invaluable
one hundred and twenty-nlne patient
were sent there by the local Board
Z Health from the Country Club and irol
the children's ward at the People oetti
, mont In closing the war, . were di
S charged and those still in need Of medic;
D attention. Is, were sent TO the Counti
: CuhI one to the Delaware and one TO u
$ HounopatIlc Hospital Although Il
e ward was opened for convalescent p
. | fonts some serious cases were sent lat
t and all recovered except two pneumon
= cases.
o The emergency wing has been thorough
/, fnnipated bv the Board Of Health al
r wiH be opened as soon as possible, by +
s homeopathic Hospital. Il enables II
/ hospital to receive q considerably iare
: number of patients, and furnishes ne
t recommendations for the nurses, as a lar
= part of the fourth floor has been tltted
for their use