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-
