Female Hospital of St. Louis records, 1876-1886. 1876-1886

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Female Hospital of St. Louis records, 1876-1886. 1876-1886

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The Female Hospital of St. Louis records include a patient register (volume 20 x 15.5 inches) containing names of patients admitted to the hospital, 1876-1886, and a booklet, "Rules and regulations for the government of the Female Hospital submitted by the health commissioner to the board of health, John D. Stevenson, health commissioner," 1884. The patient register has a running title: Patients treated in the Female Hospital of St. Louis. The patient register contains the following information on patients: name; number of days; age years; white: male/female; colored: male/female; nativity; social condition (marital status); occupation; how long in city; date of admission; assigned to: ward/bed; diagnosis; cured, rel'd, not rel'd; discharged, died or transfer; date of discharge, death or transfer; residence; birth: white: male/female; birth: colored: male/female; stillborn; by whom attended; remarks. The rules and regulation are rules for the hospital staff, superintendent, officers and employees of the Female Hospital.

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine.

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Saint Louis (Mo.). Female Hospital

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The Female Hospital of St. Louis, 1875-1905, was "a female hospital exclusively, for the treatment of all the indigent and poor female sick of the city, from whatever disease or accident they may suffer." The original buildings for the Female Hospital were constructed in 1873 at the intersection of Arsenal and Sublette as the Social Evil Hospital for the regulation of prostitution. In 1875, the building was made into a general hospital for female patients in the city, except emergency and night ...

Saint Louis (Mo.). Health Commissioner.

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Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Health

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