Official Records, Series II, Vol VI, page 1050

MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S OFFICE,
Richmond, November 20, 1863.

Surg. J. WILKINS, in Charge of General Hospital No. 21:

SIR: I fear that you have not proper accommodation for the sick and wounded under your charge. Please report the number of cubic feet now allowed each patient. I wish you to visit, with Captain Turner, the Texas Hospital, from which the sick and wounded have been removed, and report whether it can be well guarded and is otherwise eligible as a prison hospital.

Very respectfully,

WM. A. CARRINGTON,
Medical Director.

 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL NO. 21,
Richmond, Va., November 21, 1863.

Surg. WILLIAM A. CARRINGTON,
Medical Director, Richmond, Va..

SIR: In reply to your communication of the 20th instant, I have the honor to submit the following report:

Hospital No. 21 contains 17,600 cubic feet. At this date there are 430 patients under treatment in said hospital, being about 410 cubic feet to the man. Hospital No. 22 contains 11,400 cubic feet; 272 patients are now under treatment, there being about 408 cubic feet to the man. The Second Alabama Hospital contains the same number of cubic feet that Hospital No. 22 contains. Allowing 800 cubic feet to the man the three hospitals will accommodate about 500 patients. This morning's report shows 977 in hospital. Captain Turner has visited the Texas Hospital and pronounces the building ineligible for a prison hospital because of the difficulty in guarding it. Please have turned over to me as soon as practicable either Hospital No. 20 or 23.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. WILKINS,
Surgeon in Charge.

 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL NO. 21,
Richmond, Va., December 16, 1863.

Surg. WILLIAM A. CARRINGTON,
Medical Director, Richmond, Va.:

SIR: General Hospital No. 23 (Liggon's factory) is now under control of Captain Warner, assistant quartermaster. Captain Selph informs me that the upper story of building corner Twenty-first and Carey streets is empty, and that the baggage now stored in No. 23 could be put in there. Please issue the necessary orders to have No. 23 cleaned out, so that I can get possession of the building as soon as possible, as I am much pressed for room. The admissions to hospital this month have averaged about fifty per day.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. WILKINS,
Surgeon in Charge

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