NUMBER OF PATIENTS, TYPES OF HOSPITALS, ETC. Mr. HINES. Approximately 17,000. If the committee is agreeable, I will put in the record a statement showing the total number of patients, the types of hospitals, types of diseases, etc., in all the hospitals throughout the United States. (The statement referred to is as follows:) Hospital facilities by districts utilized for United States Veterans' Bureau patients as of January 24, 1924-Location, estimated beds availa- 1 Neuropsychiatric Patients in contract hospitals are generally psychotic (definitely insane). Hospital running above capacity. For Lepers only. One general patient at U. S. Marine Hospital No. 2, Boston, Mass., not included in the above report. Hospital facilities by districts utilized for United States Veterans' Bureau patients as of January 24, 1924-Location, estimated beds available, beds occupied and unoccupied, and treatment afforded in Government hospitals administered by the United States Veterans' Bureau, United States Public Health Service, Army, Navy, Soldiers' Homes, and Interior Department; also the beds occupied by United States Veterans' Bureau beneficiaries in contract hospitals-Continued. |