The Shasta courier., 1858-02-06
HOSPITAL REPORT.

HOSPITAL REPORT.
The Honorable, the Board Of Supervisors o,
Shasta County:
aas the honor to lay before you his Report
spital matters fef the quarter ending the
$50 February, 1853, and also general sum@
mazy for the whole Jear
4qta attention Is called 70 the accompanying
PApts mnsked A and B. In you viii find q
liss r the names of all persons trae1ed during
the at quarter, the number of days each indi-
vleaal has been under treatment the sum of all
nj lays, the disease with which each individual
We afflicted at the time of his admission, and
th9disposition made of each case,
4nenumber of cases on hand at the COM
ne cement of the quarter was l3; admitted
sl1ce 26; which gives As the number treated
durl5g the quarter, 80; of these, 80 have been
dsas1krged cured or conyalescent, have died
and6 remain on hand under treatment. The
snnssoeell the days is $685.
..per marked B contains list of all accounts
Pc snted for allowance. They have been con-
VA d for objects necessary to the maintain
am Il the Hospital during the quarter. There
sreNso other out standing accounts to my know
ri They amount in the aggregate to $1,000
~ his is falling of in expenses from last
of 1892 80. Deduct $l22 33, which il
the 5unt expended during the quarter for ix-
tufe d Improvements Of permanent charac-
you have 81 y378 20, which is the cur
-, Nsee tor the quarter: The amount Of
Iluu1s corrected from inmates Of the Hospital
during the quarter, Is $751; which is deducted
from my salary.
Lox-o 40 oH>-sfe =
quasters, and as the bills show, with some sue
cess. | shall not cease in my efforts, and hope
to effe.t some further reduction during the eu-
suing quarter.
have treated duriBg the year, the following
number Of cases for quarter ending lst of May,
~ for quarter ending LIST of August sc ; for
quarter ending st OF November AZ and for the
quarter ending lst of February 80; making in
all l59. Of these IL have died, left volunta-
rily, 6 remain on hand, and the balance have
been discharged, cured or convalescent.
The gross amount of claims presented for al
lowance for Hospital purposes during the year,
is S5,995 3d. Deduct $263 o. the amount ex-
pended for Improvements and fixtures, not per-
ishable in their nature, and you have So, 1872 40,
which is the current expenses for the year.
These expenditures are divided as follows: for
medical attention and hired help, SASH so
for medicine, S976 %; for groceries, Sl,2S5 OF
for fresh meat S346 "a; for contingencies not
before enumerated, S632 l6; and for permanent
Improvements and fixtures, $3.50 o.
The Hospital debt for quarter ending lst of
February, 1857, was $2,531 63.
The present audited debt is 81, ,2O4 Is; of this
audited debt 800 was contracted by order of
the Board of Supervisors for fencing a large
tract of land, including the Hospital building.
In the course of time, have no doubt thi will
prove very advantageous to the County, as it
will secure from depreciation large lot of wood,
for the use of the Comfy. But swells the Hos
pital debt at present, and for which the present
management of the Hospital can be held in no
manner responsible. There has also been al
lowed from the Hospital Fund S67 "a for Audi
tors fees, and $l45 % for Assessors fees in as
sessing the County, in all for these purposes,
S2l2 81. There may be other allowances OF
this kind which has escaped my notice. These
allowances, as | am informed, are illegal, be-
cause the duties which these officers performed
and for which they were paid ont of the Hospital
Fund, were general duties and the law express
ly provides that for these services they shall be
paid out of the General Fund. This makes an
allowance by the Board of Supervisors of S9l2
ST. and which is added to the present Hospital
debt, for which the management or the MAIN
-cr<sf stsc- -canty Hosp1tafis inrno manner
responsible.
The sum of all the days is 1884.
The nett amount of revenue applied to the
liquidation of Hospital warrants during the year
from the best data in my reach, is Ss,734 a.
which does not include the amount paid for in
terest on warrants
The present value of Hospital property as es-
timated by the cost price Of the same, is $4,000
l have herein summed up in condensed
form, data and figures by which you can with.
out difficulty ascertain fully the condition of Hos.
pital matters. | have given you no one-sided
or vanished statement, but facts as they appear
of record, and upon these facts submit the mat
ter to you. During the time | have served as
County Physician, | have endeavored to dis
charge my whole duty without fear, affection OF
favor.
In disbursing the large fund placed under
my management for charitable purposes, I have
conscientiously endeavored to use it with al
eye single to the objects for which it was rails.
ed and the promotion of the greatest good tt
the greatest number. 1t is an office of great re.
sponsibility and should not be lightly sough
by any one. 1t is of but little profit and ht
that would seek it with a view of making mo.
ney out of it would be justly suspicioned.
believe | have done my duty, and that
have been sustained by the verdict of an intel
ligent public, and that every nook and corner
of this county has living evidences of the goot
that has been accomplished in that institution
80 believing desire re-appointment. Undel
the present state of the case / cannot withdraw
from the contest with credit to myself, and yol
cannot remove me without material injury t.
my standing in this community. 1t would be
verdir of condemnation that would tell agains
me to the full extent tn which tho nuhI;c rro,lf
place confidence in your judgment.
Believing that you will give the matter fai
consideration, and judge fairly and justly con
corning me, and that an officer who has fear
lessly and honestly discharged his whole dut,
to the public will ever be sustained,
am your obedient servant,
J. E. PELHAM, Nd,
County Physician.
Shasta, Feb. 1st, 1858. f6-It
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