(continued from page 23) staff that consisted of a director and a surgeon. An excerpt from the October 29, 1868 Surgeon General’s report estimates the salaries of employees at the hospital for the fiscal year 1869.
Washington, D.C.
1 apothecary, first class …..................................$750
1 apothecary, second class ..................................480
1 watchman for general police duties ....................420
3 nurses, $240 each .............................................720
2 cooks, $168 each ..............................................336
2 laborers, $144 each ...........................................288
1 messenger .........................................................144
3 washers, $144 each ...........................................432
1 watchman ..........................................................300
1 engineer .............................................................480
1 fireman ..............................................................360
Total ................................................................$4,710
In his article on the U.S. Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C. in the Report of the Surgeon General, 1893, H. M. Wells, Medical Director, USN, refers to a letter written to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery on June 17, 1892, regarding the existing annoyance of dust and noise of the streets surrounding the hospital. He recommended that the Bureau induce the Commissioners of the District of Columbia “… to pave E Street, Ninth Street, and Tenth Street.” Before this, despairing property owners along the avenue hired sprinkling carts to smooth down the dust.
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