The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-18

The Board Of Directors Of this institu'
ton held their regular annual session at
Weston this week, and through The lion.W.
l.. II0arne, Of this city, one Of the mem.
bers, We have obtained tho following par.
ticulars;
One Of the first things the Board did
was to visit and inspect the various apart
mens Of the Hospital, which they found
in q very satisfactory condition. The
surroundings and comforts Of the PaIienls
were all that could be desired, and many
oIthe patients expressed themselves ac'
cordingly
Tho superIntendcnts annual report
shows that there were in the Hospital, at
the beginning Of tho fiscal year, four
hundred and fifteen patients-two
hundred and twenty.six males and one
hundred and Cighty.nine iemales-Nnd
that there were added to this number
during the year Observation-Disclosures
males md twenty.four females, making
the whole number under treatment in the
period lOur hundred and seventy. OF
these Observation-Disclosures males and
twenty iGnalcs-were discharged, leaving
remainder Of three hundred and ninety.
one Whit patients-two hundred and ten
males and one hundred and eighiy.onc
emales-Rnd twenty colorCd-eight males
and twelve females.
Since the opening OF the Hospital there
have been admitted into its wards 900 pa
tients, Of whom there have been dis.
charged $40 recovered, co much improved,
% unlmprovcd, and 1886 died. The per-
centage Of reCoveries on the whole num-
Der is 25,l7, and for the past year 1864.
The greatest number under treatment
any one day within the fiscal year was
4iGi the least 1907, and the daily average
40 97l0O.
The cost Of maintenance is unprccedent-
lylow, and may be accounted for in part
by the unusual cheapness Of brCNdstuTs,
meats, produce, &C., as well as other
articles oincccssity. The per capita per
week was only s. OS., which covers all
expenses for salaries, wages, clothing,
food, fuel, sc.
On Wednesday, the contract for furnish
ing the institution with good flour for the
next six months was awarded to Col
WOOdIord, OF Weston, at So % per barrel
which is 81 % per barrel moro than was
paid the preceding six months.
A ventilation fan, for which the last
Legislature made Rn appropriation, has
ben purchased aud placed in position
AID will soon be in operation, thereby Sc.
curing to the wards a purer and con
sequently more healthful atmosphere
This is something that the officers Of the
institution have felt greatly the need o
br several years, as it is next to impossible
to preserve anything approaching goot
hygtenic state in such M immense
Structure without such aid.
! The work on the north threG.story sec
ton has progressed very satisfactorily
which will enable the contractors to pu
it under roof, in compliance with III,
specifications, in December. The work OF
the two.story and last section has no
been pushed with quite MS much vigor
yet a great deal has been done, and III,
contractors hope to be on time for th'
roofers.
The contracts for these buildings wer'
awarded at very propitiOus time for thu
interests Of the Stale, as it is altogelhe
probable that they could not be let asaiI
at the same figures, labor and materis
having very materially advanced duriu1
the lust two or three months.