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Seventh Biennial Report of the
Board of State Commissioners of
Public Charities of the
State of Illinois
Presented to the Governor, November 1882


         
         [p. 243-244]
         
         COOK. -
         
         The County Hospital. - The Cook county hospital, on West
       Harrison street, corner of Wood, in the city of Chicago, is
       an elaborately planned structure, only partly completed, which
       is designed ultimately to accommodate one thousand patients.
       The present capacity is a little over three hundred. The county
       is now putting up the administration building, in the centre,
       in front, which is ninety by one hundred and fifty-eight feet;
       and at a distance of about ninety feet on each side two wards,
       each sixty by ninety feet, connected by corridors with the
       main structure. The capacity of the institution has been some-
       what increased by alterations made in the basement, and by
       finishing the attic story. In consequence of the builders 
       being at work, the grounds were somewhat torn up, but they
       are adorned with shrubbery and flowers, and neatly kept. The
       interior of the hospital is a marvel of neatness in every
       respect. The wards are airy, the beds good, the nurses atten-
       tive, and everything in perfect order. A training school for
       nurses is attached to the institution.
         The follwing is an abstract of the annual report made to
       the county board, September 1, 1882:
       
         Daily average number of patients, 352.
         Average number of days' treatment per patient, 30.
         Death-rate, eleven per cent, on the whole number.
         Daily per capita cost of maintenance, 77 cents.
         Daily per capita cost of food alone, 24 cents.
         (The average cost, as stated, is based on the number of
          patients, not including the employees).
         Actual ordinary expenses, one year, $89,260 07.
         
         Medical Department.
         Present, September 1, 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
         Admitted during year. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ..2,319
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            Total number treated . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,439
         Discharged recovered . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
         "          improved. . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
         "          unimproved. . . . . . . . . . . . 127
         "          disorderly. . . . . . . . . . . .   1
         Transferred to surgical department . . . . .  47
         "           to gynacological department. . .  22
         "           to obstetrical department. . . .   1
         "           to county farm . . . . . . . . .  46
         "           to county insane asylum. . . . .   5
         Died. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 304
         Remaining, August 31, 1881. . . . .. . . . . 144
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                                                              2,139
         County-house cases kept and treated. . . . . . . . .   300
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             Treated during the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,439
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         White males, native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100
         White males, foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500
         White females, native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   500
         White females, foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   800
         Colored male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    75
         Colored females. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    35
         
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