The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY HOME AND HOSPITALS The Allegheny County Home and Hospitals as establish- ed at Woodville, was created by an Act of the Assembly at the session of 1852 for the reception and accommodation of the poor of Allegheny county, exclusive of the City of Pitts- burgh. The institution is located at Woodville, Pa., in Collier township, ten miles west of Pittsburgh, on the Wash- ington branch of the Pan Handle Railroad. There are three departments to the institution, viz.:— the “Home,” in which the aged and infirm are given care and hospital treatment; the hospital for mental diseases, and Hill Crest Sanatorium, where all patients suffering from tuberculosis are treated. The original buildings for the Home department were erected in 1853. In 1910, these buildings were razed and re- placed with a modern building and equipment. This depart- ment is caring for 750 patients, 150 of these requiring hospital care. The department for Mental Diseases was erected in 1900. Prior to this time, Allegheny County maintained mental patients in the several State institutions. This is the largest department of the institution, having at the present time a population of over 1500 patients. In this department, there is a hospital unit of 100 bed capacity, complete in every detail in the way of laboratory, operating room, X-ray, violet ray, and hydrotherapy equipment. However, patients in all departments have access to the service of this hospital unit. Prior to 1916, a camp was maintained for the treatment of tubercular patients, but in 1916, Hill Crest Sanatorium was erected. This building is located at an elevation of 1100 feet and provides for the accommodation of 350 patients. The farm in connection with the institution, comprises 1200 acres, .on which is maintained a herd of 150 registered Holstein cattle, 500 Duroc-Jersey hogs, 6500 White Leghorn chickens and 18 head of horses. During the year 1927, the products of the farm amounted to $60,000. The Out Door Relief Department of the Institution functions through the offices of the Directors of the Poor, located in Room 5386, Court House, Pittsburgh. This De-

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