The National geographic magazine . o5 aa o W OJ <1 < £ 6 io2 The National Geographic Magazine .. No. 5. A Section of the Colon Park, Habana, when the United States Officers Assumed Control of the City When the United States troops en-tered Habana the building shown inpicture No. 2, though intended for ahospital, was notorious as probably themost vile building hygienically in theworld. Between 60 and 70 per cent ofthe patients carried there died withinits walls. Even the American doctorsshunned the place, and soldiers passingliterally held their breath. The firstthing the American officer
The National geographic magazine . o5 aa o W OJ <1 < £ 6 io2 The National Geographic Magazine .. No. 5. A Section of the Colon Park, Habana, when the United States Officers Assumed Control of the City When the United States troops en-tered Habana the building shown inpicture No. 2, though intended for ahospital, was notorious as probably themost vile building hygienically in theworld. Between 60 and 70 per cent ofthe patients carried there died withinits walls. Even the American doctorsshunned the place, and soldiers passingliterally held their breath. The firstthing the American officers did was tocleanse it from top to bottom ; then theyput several thick coats of whitewash onits walls, and made the building, whichis as large as two city blocks, as spickand span as a Yankee kitchen. Thehospital is now used as a school-housefor 700 children. The top floor has beenremodeled into school-rooms, and fur-nished throughout with the latest Amer-ican improvements. A gymnasium, with a complete equipment, was added, andthe basement turned into a there is not a healthier spo
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