Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
NEW WING TO HELP
IN CH|LD'S HOSPITAL
100000 Addition Ready,
Providing IS More Beds
and Other Facilities.


aides has been brought to bear In plan
ming and eQuipping the new addition.
and has resulted in a Encouragement
OF the entire institution to give the
maximum of care and attention to
regular patients and the greater num-
Der who receive treatment at the 10
clinics provided here.
Near approach Of National Hospital
day. May -, has focused attention
upon the hospital facilities Of Wash
1ngton and the Nation. with particular
emphasis upon the struggles OF insti-
buttons such as Children's Hospital to
give adequate service, handicapped as
they are by lack Of funds and depend
ent almost entirely upon the philan-
thropy OF those in sympathy with their
humanitarian work.
In the case of Children's Hospital, il
long ago became apparent that addi-
tional facilities for the treatment Of
youthful unfortunates were a neces-
sity. Funds necessary for building and
equipment were not available. And
right here those public-spirited per-
sons guiding the deStinies of the insti-
tuition decided upon probably the most
novel financing project ever under
taken. They borrowed funds to make
the 5000, 900 addition a reality. depend.
Ing for liquidation of the debt solely
upon a firm belief in the sympathy
and generosity of Washington and
Washingtonians.
Will Hold Open House.
Make Children's Hospital a per-
manent memorial to those who have
suffered and have sympathy with suf-
1erfng' was the thought dominating
these men and women. They have
given OF their time, thought, energy
and support to the last degree and
nave seen reared the structure of their
dreams. They are now ready to &C.
cept the endowments which will per.
petuate the names Of those who wish
to render incalculable aid to humanity;
to help those who can become the
healthy, successful men and women of
tomorrow only through the aid they
can secure at Children's Hospital.
With this in mind, National Hos
pital day in Washington this year
holds a peculiar significance, and in
Keeping with the aim of the National
Hospital Association in setting aside
the day officials of Children's Hos
pital are making ready to throw open
their institution for the inspection
of the interested to demonstrate the
value of the work being done there
for the citizens of another generation.
Children's Hospital last year
treated 1855 patients. Since most Of
treatment are in such serious condi-
ton as to preclude home treatment
the record of 2,635 patients dis
charged gives some idea Of the eff
cheney of the hospital stan and the
thoroughness with which each case
is studied and cared for.
Even this does not give an ade-
quate idea of the far-reaching serv-
ice of the hospital, for in this same
vic ifS do 70 xhn
hospital dispensary and $3.50 visits
to the Cushman Memorial Child We'll
fare Clinic. In all, more than 10000
children were given start in the
world without which a large percent
age would have had no chance in the
battle of life.
Is New Beds Provided.
Despite this enormous number Of
unfortunates given aid, every day 1t
became more apparent that greater
numbers were in need of the treat
ment lack of space and facilities
precluded giving. To meet this de-
mand the new addition was built.
The addition contains space for IS
beds. has four new operating rooms
each fully equipped with the most
modern aids to surgery, quarters for
internes, diet kitchens and other de-
pdIlIIle1lS space LOT treatment OF OUT
patients is provided on the first floor,
with pathological laboratories, X-ray
department, milk formula laboratories,
orthopedic clinics, medical, ear. nose.
throat and eye clinics, waiting rooms,
Office and record room. In addition
there Is an up-to-the- minute dental
clinic, which, by the way, Is probably
the most literally patronized Of any Of
the Is clinics housed here. A physio-
nv nj n, ho 49, nG0 afa mt
physiotherapist, promises to fill a long.
felt want in the treatment Of crippled
children.
In each Of these departments the
visitor is at once struck with the visi-
BILE signs Of careful planning and ef-
f1cient administration. Even in the
milk-formula laboratory the great re-
frigerator bespeaks the attention to
detail which the hospital staf gives
Nothing but milk is kept in this big
ice chest. which covers almost one en-
tire side OF the room. 1t is divided into
partitions, and in each is kept a diff
ferent formula of milk. The sterilizing
plant in this department is on a par
with that in each Of the other clinics.
Upon applying for treatment at the
clinics each child first must undergo
a thorough physical examination. Be.
sides those maladies or inf1rmities
which are apparent, this examination
frequently brings out other deficiencies
or ailments which have their effect
upon the primary illness Of the patient.
Each symptom is carefully tabulated.
and the patient is then sent, with the
medical findings, to the proper clinics
Tor treatment. In many cases the child
must receive treatment in several
clinics
Many Benefit Indirectly.
There is no differentiation as to class
creed or color in the work the hospital
Is doing, and 1t has been estimated
that at least twice the number of chill
dren examined and treated receive in.
direct benefits from the hospital in the
way of education in sanitation and
hygiene taken into the homes by those
who have been patients. For the treat
ment given at the hospital does not
begin and end there. 1t is the aim of
the institution to spread the doctrine
OF prevention in every way possible.
especially through instruction of its
charges and their parents and rela-
tNes.
Started in 1871. the Children's Hos.
pital first had quarters at the north
east corner of Thirteenth and F.
streets. Outgrowing these quarters,
the hospital was moved to E street
near Tenth, where it remained until
1878, when the present location was
cquired-Twelfth to Thirteenth, v to
w streets. This site then was con.
sidered as the very outskirts of the
city.
While the new site was ideal in
many ways and gave promise-since
fulflled-of greatly increasing in
value, 1t had It's drawbacks. At first
the dispensary was retained in it's old
quarters, and the young physicians
who labored there until late at night