Year: 1861

NlnnnXemenG OF the county AAOsPAthAs


The Grand Jury, at their late session,
found some fault with the management of
the County Hospital, which we should have
noticed at the time had they made any spe-
cidc charges. Here is what they said /:


"They find tie County Hospital in reasonably
good condition, and patients apparently wei cared
for but would state, that two members OF the Jury
visited the Hospital on Tuesday morning and found
it in a very different condition. On that occasion
the building filthy, the floor uncleanly, the beds
in many instances unproyided with Nheets, and the
patients manifestly neglected. Whether the change
was owing to an anticipated visit Of the Grand Jury
was prompted by regard for the sanitary condi
tion OF the institution, they are unable to deter
mine"


When this report was published, we ask
ed some Of the Jurors who the two men,
bers were that gave them the informa-
tion of the building being filthy, ETC., but
they refused to give us their names. Mr..
T. Mcclure, however, has lately published
a card in the San Juan Press, stating that
be was one of the two Jurors, aud the mat
ter having now become subject of news
paper comment, we shall notice as concisely
as possible, that portion of the report quot
ed above.


The Grand Jury met on the morning of
the 1lth inst; according to Mr.. McGuire's
card, be and the other Juror visited the
Hospital on the morning Of the 18th, and
found i! 10 a very unclean condition the
Jury Committee visited it on the 10Th, and
found it in reasonably good condition.
These dates sufficiently refute the unjust
surmise of the Grand Jury, that the Hospi-
tai had been renovated in anticipation of a
visit from them. They were as likely to
visit the Hospital on the FIRST or second day
Of their session as on the last day and if
the building had been cleaned up especially
for the Jury to examine, it would have been
done on the Grst day of the session, or before
they met. Besides this, we have been in
formed by number Of the patients. who
are entirely reliable, that the Hospital
building was in no better condition on the
18th than it was on the 18th, or has been
at all times during the past winter.


The only foundation which the two Ju-
rors had for stating that the building was
'flthy" and floor "uncleanly," was this /:
They were there in the morning while the
patients were getting up and the beds were
being made aud the fuzz from the blankets
was scattered over the floor. This Of course,
was swept out as soon as the beds were ar
ranged.


We have been at the Hospital more than
any one person not directly connected with
it, and we are satisfied ii is always kept
in good condition. The beds are provided
with sheets, which are changed about once
week, or oftener If necessary. Having
known and conversed with nearly every
patient that has been in the Hospital during
the past year and half, we are satisfied
that nine-tenths of them will speak well of
their treatment. A few complain, and they
would complain no matter how we'll they
were cared for. Of those now in the Hos
pital, two or three complain of being neg
leeted, while eighteen or twenty, so far as
we can learn, are satisfied with their treat
ment.


The Hospital is open at all times to visit
ors, aud persons who feel an interest or Gu
riosty in the matter can go at any time,
and see for themselves how the institution
is conducted.