Great Hofpital, the direction of which is 
entrufted to the celebrated Frank. In 
1796 it received 11,860 patients., A pa- 
thological Mufeum is contained within 
its walls. 
Another inftitution is the hofpital for 
lying-in-women. In the -year above- 
mentioned it received 1904 women, of 
whom 111 died. A 
The Lunatic Hofpital ‘contained in 
1795,261 infane perfons, 156 of whom 
were males, and 105 females, The fol- 
lowing year 190 patients were received, 
and 122 went out. The principal remedy 
ufed in the houfe is abftinence and a ftrig&t 
regimen ; and no one is admitted without 
bringing with him an account of the pre- 
vious treatment to which the patient has 
been expoted. 
There is, befides, a military hofpital, 
feveral charities which are attended to by 
the different religious orders, and an hofpi- 
tal for Jews, which laft is diftinguifhed for 
neatnefs and excellent management. 
Vienna may, likewife pride itfelf on an 
inftitution peculiar in its kind, and of fin- 
gular utility, founded by Leopold. By 
this, the fuburbs of the town are divided 
into eight diftri€ts, each of whi¢h has its 
phyfician, its furgeon, and its midwife, all 
paid by government, whofe office it is to 
wifit the poor at their own houfes. Thefe 
practitioners,in 179 5,had the careof 19,820 
patients, of whom 454 died, and 623 were 
fent to the hofpita].. | This inftitution has 
been found fo beneficial, that on the fuc-: 
ceeding year to its eftablifhment it was 
extended to the whole city. 
One more infitution we muft mention, 
which is fomewhat fimilar to the former ; 
it is for difeafed children under ten years 
eofage. In1795 it had the caré of 1935 
patients, of whom only 113:died. 
Among the various regulations for the 
public health, one deferves to be mention- 
ed, waich was ordained in 1796. It is, 
that no new-built houfe may be inhabited, 
before the phyfician of the diftri&t has ex- 
zmined whether the walis are fufficiently 
dry. This marks a degree. of vigilance 
and attention in the health-police; almoft 
carried to excefs. | 
‘The price of provifions in Vienna is al- 
moit inconceivably low. Hungary fur- 
nifhes meat, corn, and wine in abundance; 
' Audria fupplies plenty of wood by thena- 
vigation of the Danube; and there are 
about 150 large gardens for table-vegeta- 
bles areund the fuburbs of the town, which 
are cultivated with {kill and attention, and 
with the advantage. of plenty of water. 
By thefe means, all kinds of legumes are 
$14 A Sketch of Vienna and the Manners of its Inhabitants. [Nov. 1, 
always cheap and abundant, though the 
gardeners are in very eafy circumitances. 
Their labourers are chiefly inhabitants of 
the Styrian mountains, who come regu- 
larly every {pring to. Vienna for employ- 
ment. As the articles of the firft necef- 
fity, bread,, wine, meat, and vegetables 
are plentiful, the wages of workmen are 
low ; and as the country likewife turnifhes 
itfelf with the principal materials for the. 
,P p 
moft neceflary manufactures, there are few 
things, except foreign produétions, which 
require much expences The police pays 
particular attention to the fupply of provie 
fion, and often infpeéts the markets, and 
the weights and meafures of the dealers. 
In private fociety the number of polite 
circles is fo great, that the coffce-houfes 
are not much frequented. The taverns, 
however, are much more fo, and there is 
no town in which there is a greater pra- 
portion of taverns, and public-houfes, 
The coffee-houfes are very good, but the 
eating-houfes not fo comfortable. The 
greateft hofpitality reigns among the inha- 
bitants of Vienna,. for, independently of 
a number of houfes where an open table is 
kept, a ftrangér will find many houfes 
where he may come at all hours of the 
day, and take part in the converfation, and 
the refrefhments which are liberally handed 
about. — pie 
The ftreets of Vienna are remarkably 
quiet and orderly, fo that as early as ten 
o’clock at night every thing is filent. It 
isthe cuftom, indeed, for a lodger when he 
returns home later than that hour, to pay 
a fmallfee to the porter of the houfe, for 
every houfe has one. If in the evening after 
ten o’clock you walk in any part of the 
fuburbs, the ftillnefs of the ftreets is truly 
ftriking; fcarcely any-body but the watch 
~- 
is ftirring, and yet. the people of Vienna 
are not very early rifers, and in this re- 
fpeét the difference between this city and — 
Napies is highly remarkable. : 
There is a coffee-howfe in the fuburb of 
Leopoldftad, called the Creek Coffze-houfes 
which is worthy the ftranger’s notice. It 
is fituated between the Danube and the 
ftreet through which all the carriages pafs 
to the promenade of the Prater, and is al- 
moft entirely frequented by Greeks (who 
are very numerous at Vienna), fo that a 
perfon hearing their language and feeing 
their drefs, might imagine himfelf in the 
“midft of Greece. 
Tt muft be acknowledged to the praife 
of Government and private perfons, that 
much pains have been conftantly taken to — 
prevent common begging. The Orphan 
Houfe, in 1797, contained 1479 of thefe 
. unfortunate 
