Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of Dr. George B. Loring and Dr. T.O. Edwards, who were appointed to collect facts and information in relation to marine hospitals and the Marine Hospital Fund. January 20, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Commerce

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 31st Congress 2d Session SENATE Ex Doc No 14 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY COMMUNICATING In answer to a resolution of the Senate the report of Dr George B Bor…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 cable in the administration of the same have the honor respectfully to report In discharging the duty devolving upon them they have endeavored by personal inspection of those hospitals already in operation…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 3 14 uf seamen who entered the port of New Orleans then out of the jurisdic tion of the United States were provided for and convenient accommo dations medical assistance necessary attendance…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 4 14 terms of a contract entered into in the year 1804 between the Secretary of the Treasury and the City Council The act of August 29 1842 appropriates the following sums…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 5 114 fortuity in their arrangement been observed custom has decided in many places the modus operand and those lines which might have been drawn by definite regulations have been left to…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 6 14 place a portion of territory extremely large A reduction of the marine hospital limits has been proposed as a remedy to this evil and as a source of income for…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 7 14 wellarranged and it is with great pleasure we mention the attention philanthropy and economy of the surgeon matron and nurses The number of patients during the year ending December 31…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 8 14 chase of a dwellinghouse on the banks of the rive about two miles fro the city which was fitted up and was kept as a hospital for several years by…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 9 14 The local requirements which regulate the demand for hospitals are of all others the most important to be considered when commercial standing has brought a port into particular notice See…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 10 14 The knowledge of the effect of these things is not now confined to medi cal men and airy sleeping apartments are no longer considered a luxury but indispensable to life…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 11 14 pied while in the basement were promiscuously mingled patients of all classes and descriptions regardless of their diseases The building is surrounded by a high wall and the enclosed area…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 12 14 men of the army the plans for the buildings were furnished by Surgeon General Lawson and the contracts were arranged by the War Depart ment Lieut Col S H Long…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 13 14 the receipts were 2271 the expenditures 2129 10 In 1848 the number of men relieved was 298 at the St Louis hospital at an expense of 3 per week The…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 14 Paducah both in going to and returning from New Orleans and other ports on the Mississippi Napoleon and Natchez Included in the list of selections by the board of 183T…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 3 t lo Pittsburg Appropriations having been made for a hospital at Pittsburg by acts of March 3 1845 August 3 1848 March 3 1849 Dr Lawsons plan was adopted in…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 LakesCleveland and Chicago The increasing navigation of the lakes renders marine provisions for their ports and shores peculiarly important Their commercial interests already employ 914 vessels consisting of 95 steamboats 45…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 17 14 At Bvffalo where no hospital exists the number of seamen relieved was 1S3 The tonnage of vessels built in the port was 3892 The ton nage of American vessels entered…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 18 11 wants were found mingled in the wards with objects of charity who were not receiving the fruits of an involuntary investment but were subsist ing upon the alms giving of…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 of those new and unhealthy regions into which the vigorous commerce of the west is extending itself would result in an honorable and benefi cent provision Soon the call will be imperative…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 20 14 port of entry he must sail for Boston not for Bangor if he would enjoy them It is hardly necessary to state that the collectors themselves in observing this law…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 21 14 Hospital Fund The expectations attached to the act of July 16 1798 with regard to the amplitude of the fund have never been realized For some years after the passage…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 22 the regulations which have been adopted in controlling then and the plan which may be entered upon to reduce and concentrate them into one simple economical general system It may…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 23 14 The instance thus taken is by no means singular Were tins compara tive view taken of other years on a nice calculation the deficit would be the same On any…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 24 14 This is almost the only direct tax laid by government The power to lay it has always been granted on account of the highly charitable object had in view From…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 25 14 the present condition of the fund which does not reach 100000 per annum it is at least advisable that a proposition in which the results of calculations by men and…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 26 4 wards and provision for currents of air in warm weather the plan is very admirable It has however no other means of ventilation and as it now stands would preclude…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 27 14 III The regulations which have at various times been issued for the control of marine hospitals have reference chiefly to the admission and residence of patients the use of the…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 28 14 prived him of a home and his little investment has given him no retreat A total and radical removal of this idea of linking marine hospitals with almshouses and sailors…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 29 W linger on the way they who have hastened off have left a legacy which is found in the hospital whose benefits they never enjoyed The regard which government has seen…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 eo that not one man in ten receives any benefit whatever Irregularities exSt in he collection of the fund and positive ignorance is found in too many districts as to the manner…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 31 W possible to remove the control of the collections and disbursements nor the permits for admission from the hands of the collectors it seems proper that there should be in each…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 32 W spectable dwellings the supply of wholesome food and the removal ns far as possible of the irritations of want are great moral as well as physi cal agents for good…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 A Boston September 26 1849 The committee of the trustees of the Boston Marine Society to whom was referred a communication from Dr Geo B Loring on the subject of seamens…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 11 34 6 The probable cost of food alone for each patient has been about 1 20 per week 7 The amount of hospital money collected annually has been from si000 to…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 85 14 c Custom House Wilmington N C June 4 1849 Sir In answer to your favor of the 29th lilt propounding certain ques tions in relation to marine hospitals I have…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 86 D Collectors Office Charleston September 1 1849 Sir I received today your letter of the 26th August and give below the answers you ask for to your questions 1st The…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 37 14 sends him to the hospital with a direction to the surgeon to examine and admit him if not incurable and if his case require it Average expense of patients per…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 14 88 k v What are your fees for collection A commission of 3 per cent on the amount How is the money you collect disposed of Entered among the receipts in…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 39 14 1 Number of boatmen attached to vessels enrolled at this port No record is kept at this office nor is there any means of ascertaining the number 2 How many…

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Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 31-14 H r i4 Custom House Surveyors Office Port of Louisville May 6 1849 The response of N P Porter to the interrogatories propounded to him by Hon T O Edwards commissioner in…

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