Sankt Josef Children's Hospital

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The Sankt Josef Children's Hospital was a children's hospital in the 4th Viennese district of Wieden at Kolschitzkygasse 9-11.

history

founding

On September 1, 1840, the poor doctor Vincenz von Alexovits (Aleksowicz Wincenty, born November 9, 1812 in Wysowa-Zdrój in Galicia, died November 15, 1875 in Vienna) sought permission from the kk state government to open a children's hospital, on. To achieve this goal, he wanted to found an association. The Imperial and Royal Provincial Government initially requested an expert opinion from the Imperial and Royal Police Headquarters, which was basically positive. Only the cost calculation was questioned. In addition, the proposal was made to run the hospital as a special department of a hospital for adults. Furthermore, the management of the kk general hospital was questioned on this subject. According to a report dated December 20, 1840, the latter had no objection to the project either, and on this occasion pointed out the need to build a children's hospital from public funds, which - if possible - was connected to the foundling house.

The original draft of the statutes provided for, among other things, a connection with the Wiedner Hospital , which is also being planned . Vincenz Alexovits withdrew this point in June 1841. After the hospital project and its own pharmacy had been approved on October 13, 1841, the association was founded immediately and the first donations were received before the first appeal for donations. Stephan Edler von Rómer, factory owner, first provisional director and father-in-law of Vincenz Alexovits donated 2,400 guilders and the Empress mother also appeared as a bed donor with an amount of 2,400 guilders. On January 12, 1842, the association rented two houses retrospectively from January 1 of the year in what is now Kolschitzkygasse and equipped them with 12 beds as a children's hospital. The opening took place on March 19 of that year. However, the association got into a financial crisis. The club was saved from its critical financial situation through a quickly organized house collection and the help of Count Ludwig Breda, who was able to attract a large number of wealthy members within a few days.

The hospital until 1848

On April 8, 1842, the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital received approval to run its own pharmacy. But they were not allowed to sell or manufacture drugs. After the new children's hospital was established, the Empress mother made a second bed foundation, and the nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie made considerable donations. Archduchess Sophie (after her death the Sophienspital was named after her) could be won as protector, Heinrich Franz Graf von Bombelles took over the office of curator .

In order to realize the desire for their own house, the association entered into negotiations with the Vienna-Gloggnitzer Bahn to purchase a property. However, since the property in question was in fortification area near the line wall, a building permit issued by the emperor would have been necessary. However, the opportunity arose to acquire the two buildings previously used cheaply, which were also used on June 24, 1844. Between 1842 and 1844 there were also negotiations with the Doctor Biehler Foundation for the training of child carers . Their task was to set up an educational institution for child carers. Johann Nepomuk Biehler, the educator of Archduke Karl's sons, donated 18,000 guilders for this purpose. After several changes to the corresponding contract, the six-month training of two child carers each could begin in 1844.

Through a decree of the kk Cameral district administration for Vienna and the surrounding area of ​​November 11, 1846, the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital was informed that His Majesty the Kaiser had graciously approved the stamp exemption in internal traffic and on December 14, 1846 the kk granted Lower Austrian house rate Survey Commission approving tax exemption. The Sankt Josef Children's Hospital was not spared the political events of 1848. Archduchess Sophie initially withdrew from her role as protector of the children's hospital and soon afterwards Count Bombelles as curator.

Expansion of the children's hospital in the 19th century

Financial problems forced those responsible for the hospital to reduce the number of beds from 50 to 24. The management turned to the state government to unite the children's hospital with the Wiedner hospital. On September 12, 1849, a specially established commission also spoke out in favor of this solution. At a meeting on May 4, 1850, however, the Children's Hospital Association spoke out against the association and elected a new management that actually managed to ensure the continued existence of the hospital. In May 1857, Archduchess Maria Carolina, the wife of Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria , took over the protectorate of the children's hospital.

On August 27, 1857, the kk Niederösterreichische Lieutenancy issued a decree allowing children between four and twelve years of age - provided they did not suffer from peeling , syphilis or scabies - to be transferred from the Wiedner Hospital for reimbursement of food costs from October 10 of the same year . In 1858 the first Vienna-wide collection was carried out in favor of the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, which from now on was permitted annually. In 1888 it was held for the last time in all districts of the city.

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Erste Österreichische Spar-Casse decided on March 27, 1868, to donate 100,000 guilders for lasting charitable purposes. In a further resolution of January 29, 1869, the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital received 30,000 guilders from this sum to expand the hospital. The remaining 70,000 guilders were made available to the Leopoldstadt Children's Hospital. The building permit was granted on March 31, 1869, and the inauguration ceremony took place on March 19, 1870. Erste Österreichische Spar-Casse provided a further 6,000 guilders for the purchase of the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, which has now been expanded to 100 beds.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1888, Nathaniel dedicated 50,000 guilders to Baron Rothschild on May 15 for the construction and maintenance of an isolation ward for infectious diseases. He determined that the construction costs could not exceed 25,000 guilders. The remaining 25,000 guilders as well as accrued interest had to be invested in Nordbahn shares by the Rothschild banking house . However, since there was no construction site for the construction of the isolation station, a corresponding station was initially set up within the existing building. In addition, those responsible hoped to be able to acquire the required area with the 25,000 guilders and accrued interest.

Also in 1888 the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital received an annual share of 1,600 guilders from the proceeds of the imperial foundation house on Schottenring , which had been built after the fire in the Ringtheater , for the first time through the Highest Grace of His Majesty the Emperor . In addition, part of the proceeds of the 25th state lottery in the amount of 10,000 guilders was allocated to the hospital. On the basis of a municipal council resolution by the City of Vienna, the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, like the other children's hospitals in Vienna, received a telephone connection at the city's expense.

Destruction of the children's hospital

On December 11, 1941, Karl Dietl was appointed director of the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, which was destroyed in January 1945. The tasks of the destroyed hospital were then taken over by the Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital , where Karl Dietl was appointed head of the children's department on September 15, 1945.

statistics

In 1894, 827 children were treated as inpatients, 706 of them at the expense of the Vienna kk hospital fund, 24 at the expense of the communal orphanages and asylums, one at the expense of the Lower Austrian foundling facility, seven at the expense of their relatives and 79 at the expense of the association.

Between 1842 and 1894, around 33,000 children were admitted as inpatients, 9,931 children were vaccinated and 280,000 children were treated as outpatients.

Prominent doctors

  • Vincenz von Alexovits (doctor for the poor)
  • Adolf Jarisch (dermatologist)
  • Eduard Wiesinger (dentist)
  • Emil Pernitza
  • Franz Hrubesch (ear specialist)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Lorinser (surgeon)
  • Gustav Riehl (dermatologist)
  • Johann Seybert (surgeon)
  • Josef Heim (personal physician to Archduke Karl Salvator)
  • Ludwig Seeger (neurologist and electrotherapist)
  • Philipp Steinberger (Dentist)
  • Viktor Dlauny (surgeon)
  • Willibald Gunz

Bed foundations

At the time, a common method of raising money to run the hospital was by recruiting so-called bed donors.

According to the statutes of the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, a person who paid 2,500 guilders as a single premium or at least 500 guilders as a single premium or in installments of at least 50 guilders to establish a hospital bed was designated as the founder. Sick beds financed by donors were specially marked with a plaque with the name of the donor. In addition, the founders, like regular members of the association - they had either paid 50 guilders as a single premium or in installments - had the right to recommend poor sick children to hospital. If the recommended children corresponded to the association's statutes, this recommendation was binding.

At the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital, the following appeared as bed donors:

  • Empress Carolina Augusta (two beds in total, the first in 1842)
  • Hermann Freiherr von Todesko (a bed in 1844)
  • Countess Pauline Herdegg, née Choiseul d´Ailcourt (a bed in 1845)
  • Management of the Sankt Josef Children's Hospital (one bed in 1846 in memory of Count Bombelles and another in 1853 on the occasion of the rescue of Emperor Franz Joseph I on February 18, 1853)
  • Baron von Sina (a bed in 1856)
  • First Austrian Spar-Casse (one bed on April 29, 1864)
  • Leopold Edler von Lützenau (four beds in 1874)
  • Albert Freiherr von Rothschild (a bed in 1885, so-called "Charlotte bed")
  • Eduard Trippel (a bed in 1891 in memory of Joseph Selch)
  • Countess Ida Hunyady von Kétely, deputy chief patroness (a bed in 1894)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Balthasar Unterholzner: The Leopoldstädter Kinderspital in Vienna 1873 - 1898 , Verlag des Leopoldstädter Kinderspitalverein (1898)

literature

  • Vincenz Alexovits: About happiness in life. For the good of the sick, poor children in the suburb of Wieden. At the author's expense, Vienna 1840
  • Eugen Hofmokl: Wiener Heilanstalten: Representation of the structural systems and facilities , A. Hölder, 1910, Vienna
  • Franz Ullmann: Chronological description of the establishment and development of the St. Annen, St. Joseph, Leopoldstädter, Kronprinz Rudolf and Karolinen children's hospitals in Vienna as well as the relationship between these institutions and the Vienna kk hospital fund , Vienna, W. Braumüller, 1896
  • Karl Heinz Tragl: Chronicle of the Vienna Hospitals , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77595-9

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 13.9 ″  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 15.5 ″  E