Identifier: virginislandsof00zabr (find matches)
Title: The Virgin islands of the United States of America; historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, and resources
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Zabriskie, Luther Kimbell, 1879-1921
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Publisher: New York Putnam
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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triction. Thiswater, as well as all the water in public use, is boiledbefore drinking. Most of the water from municipalwells, however, is used for laundry purposes. In St. Thomas there are two Communal Physicians,one for the western and one for the eastern district,and an official formerly styled as a Kings Physicianwho acts also as Quarantine Physician and Physicianto the Communal Hospital. St. Thomas has one hospital, *The CommunalHospital, which can accommodate eighty-five patientsin fourteen common wards. Connected with thehospital there is a department with one private roomand two common wards, each of which can accommodatesix patients. Besides, there is a lunatic asylum. There is a Communal Physician in St. John but nohospital. In the island of St. Croix there are two CommimalPhysicians, one inChristiansted and one in Frederiksted,and formerly there was the so-called Kings Physician. There are two Communal Hospitals, Peters FarmHospital in Christiansted and Frederiksted Hospital
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(U > & ° ■3 t w I Sanitation and Public Works 145 in Frederiksted. Peters Farm Hospital has ac-commodations for thirty-two men in five common wards,thirty-five women in five wards, and twelve childrenin one ward. Connected with the Communal Hospitalis a department with three private rooms, and threeprivate wards which can accommodate twenty-twopatients. Frederiksted Hospital has likewise de-partments for men, women, and children, which canaccommodate, respectively, forty-four patients in threewards, twenty-nine patients in four wards, and sixpatients in one ward, and a department with one privateroom and two common wards for the accommodationof nine patients. The Lunatic Asylum, situated at Richmond justoutside of Christiansted, has twenty-six private roomsand four common wards, each of which can accommodateeight patients. A Leper Asylum, also in Richmond,contains twenty-four common wards and can accommo-date seventy-two patients, besides a hospital depart-ment with two comm

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