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Homes for Adults only. CLASS V.,
Hermann W. Weber, M.D., House Physician; J. W. Meyer, Supt.
Mariners' Family Asylum, Port of New York (org. 1852, incorp. 1854), Stapleton, Staten Island. For the use and benefit of the destitute, sick or infirm mothers, wives, sisters, daughters or widows of seamen of the Port of New York who are 60 years of age or over. Admission fee, $100, and applicants are admitted on probation for six months. Capacity, 50. Present number of inmates, 40. This is said to be the only institution of the kind in the U. S. Visiting day, Thursday. Supported by private contributions. Last year's receipts, $4,892; expenditures, $5,277; permanent fund. $500. Mrs. H. B. Jackson, Hon. Pres .; Mrs. Frances MacDonald, Pres., Clifton, S. I .; Mrs. Captain S. Whitman, Cor. Sec'y, Port Richmond, S. I .; Mrs. G. W. Johnson, Treas., 679 Greene Ave., Brooklyn; Miss Marriott, Matron. Apply to the Committee on Ap- plications, through the Matron, by mail or personally, the last Thursday of every month.
Masonic Home and School, Utica, N. Y., office, Ma- sonic Temple (see Class V., Div. 1).
Methodist Episcopal Church Home in the City of New York (incorp. 1851), Amsterdam (Tenth) Ave. and 92d St. A home for aged and infirm members of the Methodist Episcopal churches of New York City whose circumstances require such aid, with clothing, employment, medical and other necessary care and religious privileges. Applicants must have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 10 years, and of a city church for 5 years, and of sound mind. No admission fee is required. All articles brought into the Home become its property. Ap- plicants having money or property must secure the same to the institution. Apply through the managers of the con- gregation to which candidate belongs, three months before entrance. Supported by subscriptions and bequests. 102 inmates last year. Mrs. Lemuel Bangs, Pres .; Mrs. Geo. H. Morrison, Cor. Sec'y, 224 West 38th St .; Mrs. M. S. Rogers, Treas., 46 West 51st St.
Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, Grand Boule- vard and West 138th St. (see Class VI., Div. 10).
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DIV. 2.
Homes for Adults only.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, office, 4 City Hall (see Class I., Div. 3).
New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. (see Class I., Div. 2).
Peabody Home and Reform Association (incorp. 1874). Supported by voluntary contributions and small endow- ment. Last year's receipts, $4,581; expenditures, $4,787; endowment, $4,500. Rev. W. S. Rainsford, D.D., Pres .; A. H. Cutler, Sec'y, 20 West 43d St .; J. Corlies Lawrence, Treas. (Room 14), 158 Broadway. Apply through Mrs. J. Corlies Lawrence, Secretary of Ladies' Association, 46 West 49th St. Maintains the
PEABODY HOME FOR AGED AND INDIGENT WOMEN, 2064 Boston Road, cor. Clover St .; for residents of New York City or Brooklyn. Free and unsectarian. Accom- modates 26. Receives no colored persons and no one under 65 years of age.
Presbyterian Home for Aged Women in the City of New York (incorp. 1866), 49 East 73d St. Applicants must be residents of New York City, 65 years of age, and must have satisfactory proof of having been acceptable members of a Presbyterian or Reformed Dutch church in this city for 3 years, and must make a payment of $13 monthly in advance for board. Colored persons not received. Ac- commodates 49. Last year's receipts, $16,329; expenditures, $16,556. Miss S. D. Parish, 1st Directress, 2 East 16th St .; Miss Maria S. Wright, Sec'y, 52 West 11th St .; Miss Rachel L. Kennedy, Treas., 41 Fifth Ave. Apply to the Com- mittee on Admissions at the Home.
St. Joseph's Home for the Aged (org. 1868, incorp. 1870). 209 West 15th St. For respectable indigent, aged and destitute women over 60 years of age. Accommodates 350, of whom about 250 are free inmates, and the rest pay according to ability. Under charge of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Apply to the Mother-Superior at any time.
St. Luke's Home for Indigent Christian Females (org. 1852, incorp. 1854), 89th St. and Madison Ave. For communicants of any of the Prot. Epis. churches of
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Homes for Adults only. CLASS V.,
New York City contributing to the Home. Applicants must be over 50 years of age. Entrance fee, $300, and the beneficiary must make over all her property to the Home. No consumptive or incurable person received. Accom- modation for 65. Present number of inmates, 65. Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., Pres .; Harold F. Hadden, Sec'y, 109 Worth St .; John H. Caswell, Treas., 87 Front St. Apply to the Matron, who will direct applicant to the representative of the parish to which the latter belongs.
St. Philip's Parish Home of St. Philip's Church (col- ored), 127 West 30th St. (which see under Prot. Epis. Churches).
Samaritan Home for the Aged of the City of New York (incorp. 1867), 414 West 22d St. A permanent home for aged, friendless and indigent persons of good character, of both sexes, over 65 years of age, and of all Protestant denominations. Admission fee, $250. Sup- ported by donations, admission fees and legacies. 45 in- mates last year. Receipts, $15,171 (including legacies); expenditures, $7,801; permanent fund, $40,287. Visitors admitted daily from 9 to 5 P.M. Mrs. James Hurry, Pres., 1507 Broadway; Mrs. F. P. Kinnicutt, Sec'y, 42 West 37th St .; Mrs. R. Irwin, Fin. Sec'y, 12 West 36th St .; Howland Davis, Treas., 5 Nassau St .; Mrs. Jane Sykes, Matron. Apply to Committee on Admissions at the Home in writ- ing.
Society of St. Johnland, King's Park, Suffolk Co., L. I. (see Class V., Div. 1).
State Almshouse, Flatbush, L. I. (see Class I., Div. 2).
Swiss Home of the Swiss Benevolent Society of New York, 108 Second Ave. (see Class IV., Div. 1).
Trinity Chapel Home, 221 West 24th St. (which see, Trinity Chapel, under Prot. Epis, Churches).
Trustees of the Home for the Aged of the Church of the Holy Communion (org. 1869, incorp. 1872), 330 Sixth Ave. For the poor, aged and infirm female parishion- ers of the Church of the Holy Communion (Prot. Epis.). and, as far as practicable, for other worthy old women if
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Homes for Adults only.
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paid for by friends. Capacity, 24. Supported by volun- tary contributions, board of inmates and interest on per- manent fund. Last year's receipts, $3,755 ; expenditures, $3,756. In charge of Sisters of the Holy Communion. Sister Katharine, Directress ; Mrs. E. H. Richards, Pres .; Chas. W. Ogden, Treas., 31 West 20th St.
Van Pelt Home for the Homeless (org. 1874, incorp. 1888), Maple Ave., Metuchen, N. J. Provides a home for worthy aged and indigent men and women and aged couples who have no relatives to support them and whose poverty is the result of misfortune and not of idleness or vice. Receives those from New York City who cannot be admitted in other houses because of conditions as to resi- dence, church membership etc. Prescribed age, 65 years. $250 admission fee. Accommodates 30 inmates, who assist in the duties of the Home when able. Supported by en- trance fees and voluntary contributions. Receipts and ex- penditures, about $1,480. Bela M. Farnham, Pres. ; Miss Ruth Thomas, Sec'y ; C. H. Andreas, M.D., Treas. Apply to Mrs. M. S. Van Pelt, Supt., at the Home, or to the Committee on Admission by letter.
Veteran Firemen's Association, 131 West 14th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
Wartburg Home for Aged and Infirm (org. 1878), East New York, L. I. A society of members of the Lutheran Church which receives and cares for Germans of the class mentioned in the title (Lutherans being preferred) 65 years of age or over. Accommodates 74. Last year's receipts, $9,752 ; expenditures, $7,492. Apply to the Rev. E. Bohm, 341 East 18th St.
Webb's Academy and Home for Ship-Builders, Sedgwick Ave., Fordham (see Class III., Div. 4).
Zion Aged Relief Association of the City of New York (org. 1869, incorp. 1878). Office, 211 West 10th St. To provide a home for the worthy, aged, indigent and in- firm colored persons of New York City, of both sexes, ir- respective of religious belief. Also furnishes burial to de- ceased worthy poor. Supported by Brooklyn city fund, donations and board of inmates etc. Benj. Judd, Pres .;
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Private Pensions.
CLASS V.,
J. B. Tyler, Sec'y; Thos. K. Jackson, Treas. Apply at the office as above. Maintains the
ZION HOME FOR COLORED PEOPLE (1874), Dean St., be- tween Albany and Troy Aves., Brooklyn. Edward V. Clark, Supt., to whom apply, or to the Committee on Ap- plications.
DIVISION 3 .- Improved Tenements and Homes.
Society for Improving Workingmen's Homes of the City of New York (1881). To establish lodging-houses, tenements and restaurants for workingmen and their fam- ilies. Has suspended work for the present. H. H. Cam- mann, Pres.
Society of St. Johnland, King's Park, Suffolk Co., L. I. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Tenement-House Building Company (incorp. 1885). Provides the poor with good, comfortable homes at a low rent : has buildings at 338 to 344 Cherry St., in which is situated the CHERRY ST. KINDERGARTEN. Last year's re- ceipts, $11,862 ; expenditures, $3,957. Oswald Otten- dorfer, Pres .; Abram C. Bernheim, Rec. Sec'y, 8 West Third St .; E. R. A. Seligman, Cor. Sec'y, Columbia Col- lege, to whom apply ; Jacob Scholle, Treas., 33 Broad St.
DIVISION 4 .- Private Pensions.
An Association for the Relief of Respectable, Aged Indigent Females, 104th St. and Amsterdam Ave. (see Class V., Div. 2).
Artists' Fund Society of the City of New York, Treas., 51 West 10th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund of the City of New York, 174 Canal St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen etc., 18 East 16th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
Hebrew Relief Society, 7 West 19th St. (see Class II., Div. 2).
New York House and School of Industry, 120 West 16th St. (see Class II., Div. 1).
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DIv. 5. Providing Homes in Country Families.
Veteran Firemen's Association, 131 West 14th St. (see Class XI., Div. 1).
DIVISION 5. - Providing Homes in Country Families.
American Female Guardian Society etc., 29 East 29th St. (see Class II., Div. 2).
Children's Aid Society, 24 St. Mark's Place (see Class II., Div. 6).
Colored Orphan Asylum and Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, West 148th St. and Boule- vard (see Class V., Div. 1).
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society of New York (Orphan Asylum), 151st St. and Eleventh Ave. (see Class VIII., Div. 3).
Leake and Watts Orphan House, Ludlow Station, Westchester Co., H. R. R. (see Class V., Div. 1).
New York Foundling Hospital, 175 East 68th St. (see Class V., Div. 1).
New York Juvenile Asylum, 176th St. and Amster- dam Ave. (see Class VIII., Div. 3).
Nursery and Child's Hospital, Lexington Ave., cor. 57th St. (see Class VI., Div. 5).
Orphanage of the Church of the Holy Trinity of the City of New York, 400 East 50th St. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Orphan Asylum Society in the City of New York, Riverside Ave. and West 73d St. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Shepherd's Fold, 92d St. and Eighth Ave. (see Class V., Div. 1).
Society for the Relief of Destitute Children of Seamen, West New Brighton, S. I. (see Class V., Div. 1).
CLASS VI.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RELIEF.
The Charity Organization Society (see page 1) seeks to obtain, from the proper sources, suitable and adequate relief of the kinds named in the following divisions, or to direct thereto.
DIVISION I .- General Hospitals.
Bellevue Hospital of DEPT. OF PUB. CHAR. AND COR., foot of East 26th St. (see Class I., Div. 1).
Berachah Home, 250 West 44th St. Under the auspices of the Gospel Tabernacle (see Miscellaneous Churches). A House of Rest and Healing. Supported by voluntary con- tributions. Rev. A. B. Simpson, Supt .; Miss S. A. Lin- denberger, Deaconess in charge.
Beth Israel Hospital Association (incorp. 1890), 196 East Broadway. Maintains a HOSPITAL and a DISPENSARY for the sick poor in the down-town East Side districts, and supplies medical attendance to the same in their own homes. The benefits are for all poor, irrespective of race or sect. 21 beds, all free. Visiting days, Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday from 1 to 3 P.M. Supported by annual dues of Hebrews and by voluntary contributions. Last year's re- ceipts, $7,121; expenditures, $7,138. Jacob Serling, Pres .; Abram Katz, Fin. Sec'y; M. Alexander, Treas., 97 East Broadway; A. E. Isaacs, M.D., Sec'y of Medical Board, 168 Henry St. The
DISPENSARY, 196 East Broadway, free to sick poor, is open daily, except Sunday, from 12 to 5 P.M. 7,500 pa- tients treated last year and 1,270 visits made at the homes of patients.
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DIV. 1. General Hospitals.
Charity Hospital of DEPT. OF PUB. CHAR. AND COR., Black well's Island (see Class I., Div. 1).
Chinese Hospital Association (incorp. 1891), tempo- rarily at 45 Hicks St., Brooklyn, N. Y. For the reception, care and maintenance of, and the giving of medical and surgical advice and treatment exclusively to, Chinese afflicted with maladies or physical injuries or weaknesses, deformities or infirmities, excepting contagious diseases. 7 beds, all of which are free. Treatment free to those unable to pay, while a nominal sum is charged to others. New York City patients are received. Supported entirely by voluntary contributions. Rev. Edward Braislin, D.D., Pres .; N. B. Sizer, M.D., Sec'y, 336 Green St., Brooklyn; C. E. Bruce, M.D., Treas., 456 Lexington Ave., N. Y .; J. C. Thoms, M.D., Supt., to whom apply.
Christopher Columbus Italian Hospital (incorp. 1891), temporarily located at 320 East 109th St. For the free medical and surgical relief of Italians of both sexes, but Americans are also admitted. Receives all cases except contagious ones. Capacity, 20 beds, 4 of which are reserved for incurables. Supported by voluntary contributions. In charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Apply to the Physi- cian in charge or to the Mother-Superior.
Colored Home and Hospital, 65th St. and First Ave. (see Class V., Div. 2).
Five Points Hospital of Five Points House of In- dustry, 155 Worth St. (see Class II., Div. 7).
Fordham Reception Hospital of DEPT. OF PUB. CHAR. AND COR., 2456 Valentine Ave. (see Class I., Div. 1).
German Hospital and Dispensary of the City of New York (incorp. 1861), Fourth Ave. and 77th St. For the free medical care and treatment of the sick poor, of every nationality, color or creed. Capacity of Hospital, 165 beds, of which upwards of 125 are free. Private patients charged from $15 to $35 per week. No out-door patients treated at the Hospital. Visitors received Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 P.M. Supported by voluntary contributions, patients' pay etc. 2,325 patients cared for last year. Re- ceipts, $86,178; expenditures, about $61,940; permanent
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General Hospitals.
CLASS VI.,
fund, $171,500. Theo. Kilian, Pres .; Julius Zeller, Sec'y; J. Movius, Treas .; Jul. Kotzenberg, Supt., to whom apply for admission from 10 to 12 M. Maintains the following:
AMBULANCE ; for patients only who cannot be otherwise moved.
DISPENSARY (1884), 137 Second Ave .; for free treat- ment of out-door patients; number cared for last year, 27,706, and 40,969 prescriptions dispensed. 10 cents charged to those able to pay. Receipts, $4,128 ; expenditures, $5,482.
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES at the Hospital. Miss A. Gunzenhauser, Superior.
German Poliklinik of the City of New York, 78 Seventh St. (see Class VI., Div. 3).
Gouverneur Hospital of DEPT. OF PUB. CHAR. AND CoR., Gouverneur Slip, 42 Front St. (see Class I., Div. 1).
Hahnemann Hospital of the City of New York (in- corp. 1872), east side Park Ave., bet. 67th and 68th Sts. For Homeopathic medical and surgical treatment of all classes of patients and non-contagious diseases, especially the better class of poor, who can pay partial or entire board. Charge in the wards from $2 to $7 per week. Pri- vate rooms for pay patients from $15 to $40 per week. Ca- patty. 100 beds. All applications for free and partly free bals must be made to the Executive Committee through the Resident Physician. Also has funds for aiding sales- wwwwww, disabled policemen and firemen. Supported by Youwary contributions and pay of patients. Hiram Cal- ww& Twea : W. J. Swan, Sec'y, 13 West 38th St .; Birdseye SkwwAn, Treas., 806 Broadway ; C. T. Caldwell, M.D., boww Physician, to whom apply from 9 to 5 P.M. Includes
Tyk Horas OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN DIAKONISSEN Heal toqwerty at 38th St. and Ninth Ave., which is now Sex with the Hahnemann Hospital ; to effect the //www " Maternity and Child's Hospital," with a with net for nurses, upon the principles of the Dia-
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General Hospitals.
DIV. 1.
OF PUB. CHAR. AND COR., 525 East 120th St. (see Class I., Div. 1).
Homeopathic Hospital of DEPT. OF PUB. CHAR. AND COR., Ward's Island (see Class I., Div. 1).
Italian Home (ISTITUTO ITALIANO), 179 Second Ave. (see Class IV., Div. 1).
Lebanon Hospital Association (incorp. 1891) has pur- chased the building formerly occupied by the Ursuline Con- vent at Westchester Ave .. bet. Cauldwell and Trinity Aves., in the 23d Ward, which it purposes to use, after extensive alterations, for a HOSPITAL and CONVALESCENT HOME for the worthy poor who need fresh air, rest and medical care, and it will open early in the year 1892. Unsectarian. For further information apply to Jonas Weil, Pres., 327 East 51st St .; or to Michael Peabody, Vice-Pres., 182 Broadway ; David Block, Sec'y ; S. Jarmulowsky, Treas.
Life-Saving Institute and Free Dispensary, 95th St. and Second Ave. (see Class VI., Div. 3).
Lutheran Hospital Association of the City of N. Y. and Vicinity, East New York, L. I. (see Class VI., Div. 2).
Manhattan Dispensary (and Hospital), incorp. 1862 as the MANHATTAN DISPENSARY, Amsterdam Ave. and 131st St. (Opened as a HOSPITAL in 1884, but not yet incorporated as such.) Gives free medical and surgical ,treatment to the worthy sick poor of New York City and vicinity. Those able to pay are charged $1 per day in the wards, and from $15 to $35 per week for private rooms. Incurable and contagious diseases not admitted. Capacity, 40 beds. 569 patients cared for during the past year. Sup- ported by charitable contributions and patients' board. Last year's receipts, $12,101 ; expenditures, $15,223 ; per- manent fund, $16.156 ; endowment, $2,500. Visiting days, Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 2 to 4 P.M. J. Hood Wright, Pres .; Edward D. Jones, Sec'y; T. C. Buck, Treas .; John F. O'Reilly, Supt., to whom apply at the Hospital from 11 to 7 P.M. Emergency cases received at any hour. Its
DISPENSARY for out-door patients is free to the poor only, 6,825 cared for last year, Also its
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General Hospitals.
CLASS VI.,
AMBULANCE SERVICE, for the district from West 86th St. to Yonkers and Williamsbridge, and from Lenox (6th) Ave. to North River, including 26th, 30th, 32d and 35th Police Precincts.
Mt. Sinai Hospital (incorp. 1852, amended 1857 and 1866), Lexington Ave. and 66th St. A general hospital for patients of all creeds and classes. Board for those able to pay, $7 per week. Cases of accident admitted gratuitously at any hour. Capacity, 200 beds. Treated 2,862 cases last year. Visiting days, Saturdays and Sundays 2 to 4 P.M., Wednesdays 2 to 3 P.M .; to the children's ward, Sat- urdays only from 2 to 4 P.M. Supported by members' fees, pay of patients, voluntary contributions and interest on funds. Last year's receipts, $143.916; expenditures, $179,413, including $80,186 on the New Dispensary Build- ing; permanent fund, $164,490. Hyman Blum, Pres .; Henry Goldman, Hon. Sec'y; Joseph L. Scherer, Ass't Sec'y, 218 East 79th St .; Samuel M. Schafer, Treas .; Theo- dore Hadel, Supt. Patients admitted daily at the Hospital from 12 to 2 P.M .; Sundays, from 10 A.M. to 12 M .; or apply at Dr. D. H. Davison's office, 171 East 78th St., from 8 to 9:30 A.M. and 6 to 7 P.M. Maintains the follow- ing:
DISPENSARY, 151 East 67th St., opposite the Hospital. For free treatment of the poor. Has EYE, EAR AND THROAT DEPARTMENTS Open daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 1 to 4 P.M. 43,560 consultations and 42,409 prescriptions dispensed last year.
OUT- DOOR RELIEF AND DISTRICT CORPS OF PHYSI- CIANS; for cases outside the Hospital, which furnishes nurses at homes of sick and poor. 337 patients cared for last year, and 1,445 prescriptions dispensed.
MT. SINAI TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, in the Dis- pensary Building, 67th St.
New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hos- pital, Eastern Boulevard and 64th St. (see Class VI., Div, 11).
New York Polyclinic Hospital, 214 East 34th St. (see Class VI., Div. 11).
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New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospi- tal, 226 East 20th St. (see Class VI., Div. 11).
Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York (org. and incorp. 1868), Madison Ave. and 70th St. Gives medi- cal and surgical aid and nursing to sick or disabled persons of every creed, nationality and . color. Capacity in new buildings, 382 beds for medical and surgical cases ; and in case of emergency, for temporary use, 450 beds. A number of beds have been endowed by persons, who have the right to nominate patients to occupy them. Other patients are charged $7 per week, if able to pay, but no patient is re- fused on account of inability to pay. About 90 per cent of the patients annually are free. No contagious or incurable diseases admitted. Visiting days, Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 to 4 P.M. Supported by contributions, board of patients and interest on investments. Number of patients last year, 2,863. Receipts, $49,151; expenditures, $53,531. John S. Kennedy, Pres .; Geo. E. Dodge, Sec'y; R. L. Belknap, Treas .; Rev. Thomas G. Wall, Chaplain; C. Irving Fisher, M.D., Supt .; George B. Barton, Ass't Supt. Emergency cases admitted at any hour; others on applica- tion to the Supt. from 9 to 5 P.M., or to any Visiting Physi- cian or Manager. Maintains a
DISPENSARY, N. E. corner 70th St. and Madison Ave .; for out-door patients. 6,892 treated last year. George B. Barton, Supt .; Halsey L. Wood, M.D., Physician.
AMBULANCE SERVICE ; covering district east side of Cen- tral Park between 59th and 110th Sts. 1,125 calls responded to last year.
Roosevelt Hospital (The) (incorp. 1864, opened 1871), 58th and 59th Sts. and Ninth and Tenth Aves. For the reception and relief of sick and diseased persons. All the beds are free to those who have very limited or no means. A reasonable rate is charged for such as can pay. Conta- gious diseases and chronic cases not admitted. Capacity, 176 beds. Is built chiefly on the pavilion plan. Treated (in 1890) 2,815 cases in wards and 3,601 in accident room. Visiting days, Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 3 P.M. Supported chiefly by endowments. Last year's expenditures, $111,110; original endowments, $1,340,000. 5
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General Hospitals.
CLASS VÍ.,
John M. Knox, Pres .; W. Irving Clark, Sec'y; Richard Trimble, Treas., 160 Broadway; James R. Lathrop, Supt., to whom apply at Hospital in person from 9 to 5 P.M., or, if out of town, by letter accompanied by physician's certi- ficate. Patients suffering from severe accident or serious illness admitted at any hour of the day or night. Tele- phone number 490, 38th St. Maintains the following :
OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT OR DISPENSARY; to which 87,430 visits were made in 1890.
AMBULANCE SERVICE; 1,513 calls responded to in 1890.
St. Elizabeth's Hospital (incorp. 1870), 225 West 31st St. For medical and surgical aid to the sick and dis- abled, without distinction as to sex, religion, nation or color. Contagious, insane and violent cases not admitted. Capa- city, 90 beds. Board, $8 and $10 per week in wards, and from $12 to $30 per week in private rooms. Physicians can send their patients there and have full care of them. Under charge of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisium. Supported by board of patients and voluntary contributions. Jos. F. Gray, M.D., House Phy- sician; H. Marion Sims, M.D., Medical Director, 267 Madi- son Ave., to whom apply, or to Mother M. Celso, Superior, at the Hospital.
St. Francis' Hospital, 603 Fifth St. (see SISTERS OF THE POOR OF ST. FRANCIS, in this Division).
St. Luke's Hospital (incorp. 1850), 54th St., cor. Fifth Ave. Affords medical and surgical aid and nursing to the sick or disabled suffering from acute, curable and non-con- tagious diseases, without distinction of race or creed, and provides them with the religious ministrations of the Prot. Epis. Church. Chronic and incurable patients received at discretion, but not permanently provided for. Has a ward for consumptive cases. Contagious, epileptic, opium, al- coholic, venereal and incurable or offensive cancer cases excluded. Board in general wards, $7 per week for adults, $4 per week for children between 2 and 12 years. Free to those certified as unable to pay and as worthy objects of charity. Private wards for pay patients, $15 per week; private rooms for pay patients, from $20 to $60 per week; board in all cases payable in advance. Friends of patients
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