The Pittsburgh City Homes and Hospitals at Mayview 
has been approved by the American College of Surgeons 
and the Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Licensure. 
The wards are large, light, airy, well ventilated, nicely 
painted, and the equipment of the various departments is on 
a par with that of any other general hospital. The old “Poor 
House” is rapidly passing, for complete surveys of such 
institutions show that the inmate is usually there because of 
some physical disease or because of an inferior mental devel- 
opment. Therefore, the medical treatment has been insti- 
:uted with the idea of restoring such as can be returned to 
some useful occupation. 
The tubercular department functions as a tuberculosis 
sanitarium, with all the equipment and appurtenances 
necessary to it, comprising as it does 100 beds, which are 
filled constantly. Necessary additions must be made to this 
department in the near future. 
As an adjunct to the above mentioned departments, the 
Pittsburgh City Homes and Hospitals carries on many other 
activities, namely, its own electric plant, its own power plant, 
its own cold storage and refrigeration plant, its own coal 
mine, its own fire department, its own dairy and piggery. 
‘arge vegetable gardens and farm. 
PITTSBURGH HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL 
The Pittsburgh Homoeopathic Hospital, located at Cen- 
ter and Aiken avenues in the heart of the East End residence 
district, and in one of the most accessible spots in the city, is 
among the oldest of Pittsburgh’s hospitals. It has had a con- 
tinuous active existence since 1866, hence is antedated by but 
two of the many institutions which now serve the sick of our 
city and district. 
Originally situated on Second avenue near Smithfield, the 
hospital was moved to the East End many years ago, and for 
the past two decades has occupied a large area south of Cen- 
ter avenue and west of Aiken. This strategic location, and 
the reputation of a staff which has been consistently far above 
average, has resulted in a constant tax upon the facilities of 
the Homoeopathic, so that its capacity has had to be increas-