Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-18
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
HOSPITAL s REPORT
Only Six Deaths Have Occur
red Out Of Two Hundred and
Ten Cases Treated.

bers Of City Council, to show what
excellent work is being accomplished
at the contagious disease unit of the
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital at
Chestnut and Broome streets. the
members Of the board OF directors OF
the institution have forwarded to the
Councilmen a report compiled by the|
/, medical board showing Just what has
been done since the inception OF this
branch OF the hospital. There have
becn 210 cases of contagious diseases
treated there and of this number only
six patients have died.
The report is as follows:
The contagious unit of the p. & S.
Hospital was conceived in spirit of
service, the same spirit that actuates
ahe medical missionary who, for
saking his own comforts and career.
goes forth to heal the sick natives.
Without contagious hospital, Will
n.ington was exposed to the grave
danger OF epidemics, while the men,
women and children stricken with con-
tagious. diseases were deprived OF the
succor Of hospital care and treatment
The Z. & S. Hospital a struggling in
q
the burden of meeting this long fel.
want.
On January {, 1921 the first patient
was admitted to the contagious unit.
From that date to October /, 1922.
2l0 patients were treated, OF whom
only six died. a remarkable record.
Indeed. considering the gravity of the
diseases treated.
The 20 cases were distributed, as
follows: Scarlet Fever, 1853; Diph-
iberia, 16; ,-Venereal Diseases, Is;
Whooping Cough. s; Erysipelas, 8
Meningitis. 3; Alastoiditis, 3; Chicken
Pox. 9; tuberculosis, q. Measles, 3;
impetigo, 9; Anthrax, /; Total, 210.
While the hospital has staff OF
four physicians who treated the poor
PATIENTS free of charge, any physician
may treat his patient in the hospital.
The following physicians have sent
their patients to this institution: Drs.
Robin, Zion. Stadter, Vallett. Nichols,
Pawlikowski,, Handy, Washburn,
Davitch, Vaughn, Buckmaster. Null
lin, Allen. Chipman, Jones. Boehm,
Gross. Holman, Mayerberg. Keyser,
Leoni. Foulke. Bell. Palmer. Show,
McColley, Negendank, White. Forrest.
-Adair, McEntee, Howell, Lott, Barsky
Spruance, Spear. Draper, Strikol
Milliken, Springer, Willis, Veasey
Jenkin. Hughes. Belts, 45 doctors rep
resenting both schools of medicine. In
addition, the Delaware Hospital the
Il. & S. Hospital. the Babies Hospital
and Sunny Brook Cottage have sent
in patients who developed a con-
tagious disease while treated at those
institutions
The Delaware State tuberculosis
Commission, the Children's Bureau and
the Child Welfare Commission hav,
/. sent in patients who came under theil
! supervision and presented grav,
, family problems
To indicate justthe kind OF patient.
who were benefited by the contagious
hospital, we quote the following from
cur records OF admission, givins
initials OF patients only: c. G.. thre,
years old, whooping cough, mothe
Ill, father out of work: B. Y, thre'
years old, scarlet fever. contracted dis
ease while one visit here, parents liv,
IN New York. c. r.. %, diphtheria
homeless; +. p, Z, diphtheria. fathe
out of work, E. l., 6, whooping cougl
and commissions, father out of work
E. p, 80, scarlet fever, widow with tw,
children to support; f. w, 5, venerea
disease, foster parents, poor; D. D., 1C
scarlet fever, mother widow, poor;
G., 10, scarlet fever, mother works il
factory, poor; ID. c., s, scarlet fever
father out of work: S p 10 months
venereal disease, mother deserte
baby. father out of work; E. M, l.
scarlet fever. father dead, mothe
epileptic, poor; f. H, 10, mother il
father out of work; NJ. G.. s, veneres
disease. mother dead, father out Q
work f. 3. and H. B., mother die
while caring for children, father ou
of work.
Among the patients was a steno
grapher who boarded at the Y. w.
~, another who roomed in a house o
Washington street, a school teacher,
student, all strangers in this city. L
several instances placarding of tn
houses would have resulted in absolut
ruin of the small storekeepers
whose households a contagious dis
ease had occurred The question ma
be asked, what happened before III
contagious hospital was in existence
The same that happens in any CON
n:unity that fails to provide necessar
hospital facilities, namely, sufferinl
misery, death, and in the case of cor
fagious diseases, concealment of III
disease so as to avoid quarantine.