H ouse and Garden 
so improved that much of the fear 
of this hospital among the poor, 
with whom it had a bad name, has 
been removed. Their willingness 
to resort to it has increased, while 
there has been no increase in its 
capacity. Some relief is had by 
sending patients to Blackwell’s 
Island, but the number that can be 
so disposed of is limited. Ford- 
ham and Harlem are to be in¬ 
creased, but they will be sufficient 
for their own parts of the city only, 
and w'ill do little or nothing to re¬ 
lieve Bellevue. The private hos¬ 
pitals are crowded, some of them 
cannot continue to meet the pres¬ 
ent demands on them, and the in¬ 
crease of recent additions, such as 
Mount Sinai, is already anticipated. 
Bellevue, therefore, though already 
inadequate, has to face not only 
the increase due to the changing 
attitude on the part of the poor but 
also the increase naturally accom¬ 
panying the increase of population. 
The new hospital is to occupy 
the site of the present one at 
Twenty-eighth Street and East 
River, with the addition of the 
block to the north, a total area of 
710 by 715 feet. It will consist, 
exclusive of lower buildings, which 
may, but which probably will not, 
be placed in the two great courts, of 
seven buildings connected by open 
galleries The principal axis runs 
northwest to southeast, with the 
principal exposure to the south¬ 
east, over the East River. 
The majority of the wards are 
placed toward that exposure. The 
buildings at the south and east 
corners contain respectively the 
principal groups of medical and 
surgical wards, in seven storeys, 
arranged in pairs on each side of 
courts open to the southeast. 
Across the end of the courts are 
open galleries, three storeys in 
height; at the opposite end are the 
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