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flu Hospital.Hon. T. M. Henry, secretary of the board of directors of the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir, has received word frona the superintendent of the institution that the new hospital building recently erected at a cost of $7,500, is now oceupied, and contains twenty patient9, whose physical ailments are such that they require hospital treatment. The building can accommodate twenty-six patients and is the most important improvement that has been made at Beauvoir since the historia home of Jefferson Davis was converted into a soldiers home.The hospital building is located near the western end of the grounds, a short distance from the matrons cottage, and is splendidly equipped throughout, the board of director* having arranged that it should hav# all modern conveniences. The patients are now under the care of Dr. H. M. Folkes, one of the foremost physicians on the gulf coast, and Mrs. M. C. Ansley, a trained nurse, has been installed as matron for this department, assisted by Miss Annie Anderson, who has also been trained for professional nursing.The general health of the inmates is exceptionally good, all of the patients except two being able to sit up a short while each day, which is remarkable in view of the fact that they range in age from 75 to 96 years. During the winter season there were forty cases of la grippe among the inmates, yet only two deaths occurred.
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Leakesville Greene County Herald
Leakesville, Mississippi, US
Fri, May 03, 1907
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