Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-28
The Hospital.

took place yesterday afternoon in the chapel
of the hospital. The extreme cold made the
attendance smaller than usual, but there
were present Hon. Francis Wayland, presid-
ing Prof Simeon E. Baldwin, Rev. E. E.
Atwater, DR.. Francis Bacon, DIR. Carnalt,
Henry w. Farnan, DIR. T. 81. Bishop, M.
Frank Tyler, Leonard j. Hotchkiss and 9TH
ers. Directors for the year were elected as
follows: Francis Bacon, s. e. Baldwin,
Henry G. Lewis, G. A. Lindsey, E. E. At
water, W. L. Bradley, Wallace B. Fem, Viii
liam Franklin.
Henry D. White was chosen agent to sue,
and DR.. E. Fl. Bishop agent to quit claim
The chairman was happy to announce to
the meeting that the hospital had received
another substantial and gratifying token Of
the estimation in which it stands among our
citizens, especially those who are fully ac-
quainted with its usefulness and the generous
| and benevolent work freely given it by many
of our first citizens and ladies. The institu-
ton had received gift of 1000 from Hen
ry Bronson, M. D., establishing another free
bed. Despite its being staid and dignified
body of gentlemen present there was slight
manifestation of desire to express satisfaction
at the announcement by the usual tokens in
political OF other assemblies. Hon. Simeon
E. Baldwin offered the following resolution,
which was adopted as an expression of the
satisfaction and appreciation felt:
Whereas. To the four free beds already established
in the hospital by thoughtful hberaty Of Henry
1 Farnann, William Fitch, James E. English and Mrs
i Ellen NJ clifford, nth has now been added by Dr.
Resolved That the thanks the society be rendered
to DR. Bronson for his generous and timely gift ana
that the free bed thus established be known AZ the
| Bronson Free Bed"
| The various reports we're presented and ac-
cepted. The prudential committees report
/ was as follows:
| To the Board of Directors. The year 1880
at the hospital has been very active one.
II opened with 81 patients under treatment,
/ and closed with 90 present on the 31st of De-
cember, 1880. The whole number of those
who have been treated is 521. There have
been 44O admitted during the year, 17S dis
l charged and Sc have died. There have been
II births. The average attendance has been
s14 as against an average of 67t in 1879, and
60 for 1873. These figures show the increase
of the work for the last six months also we
have had an unusually large proportion of an
acute character.
The entire cost of maintaining the hospital
service, exclusive of some extraordinary re-
pairs, has been $27,999.19 OF this sum
$25, POI. SO has been supplied by earnings
the balance has been made up by the contri
buttons of Hospital Sunday, by private dona-
tions and by the society. Conspicuous
among the donations have been the liberal
gifts of 81 900 each by Hon. Henry Farnam
and Mr.. Eli Whitney, jr.
| We have spent the sum of 81, 406.71 il
much needed radical improvements in the
water and steam plumbing of the wards. The
money for this work has been supplied by the
legacy of Miss Hannah d. Buck, who
in return for years of care and support from
the society left to it all her estate, amount
ing to about 81, 700 in savings bank deposits.
AS this sum had been more than earned by
the hospital during the life of Ethe giver, il
was not regarded as an addition to the per
manent fund, but an income to be used for
current necessities Part of this expenditure
has secured an entire rebuilding of the water
system in the new part of the hospital build
ing, an improvement in the sewerage and 9
much needed increase in the supply of hot
water for the north ward. Some attempt
has been made also to remedy defective ven
tilation in the east and west wards.
| The average cost of the entire for eacI
patient has been Sc. 55 per week. The daily
cost for food per inmate has been 264 cents
i The deficiency in the earnings of the hos
pital has been So, 40 against So, 47O.83 il
1879. The year was begun with an indebt
edness of something over 81, 600, of which
| 81, 900 still remains unpaid and is in the form
of the society note on which interest hai
been paid. We are happy to say that no new
Indebtedness has been incurred in the las
twelve months but that we have paid all tn
| accounts of the last quarter and have remain
ing a balance on the years business O
1853. Is cash. 1t is hoped that the iberalit,
| of the friends of the hospital will enable u
| to retire this indebtedness in the course O
| the current year. If the work of the hospita
is as great as it has been there will be prob
ably a difference between the regular
receipts and expenditures of $3, 900. Thi
with the So, 900 Indebtedness makes the sun
to be supplied, in order that we may clos
the year out of debt, $1,000.
Regarding the year that has just closed a
an evidence of what the hospital needs whe1
it is doing about all the work for which i
has capacity, we find it an urgent renainde
of the propriety of establishing suficien
guarantee fund to meet possible defciencie
and expenses for the year and that it ough
also to make the establishment of such
fund easier, for had it been pledged, witt
the same iberality shown by the citizens o
New Haven in their donations there woult
have been no call upon the subscribers to tn
| fund.
l yea
we must refer to the reports of the variou
departments which are appended to this re
port there are certain features that deman.
| attention The increase of work of the las
quarter caused the Connecticut Training
School for Nurses to ask for permission t.
increase their force of pupil nurses. Thi
| permission has been granted to the extent O
the present accommodations of the hospita
building The school has now nineteen, in
GLIDING the head nurse, which is all for which
we have room. This will give force ampl
for all probable demands and WILL we hope
prevent the recurrence of such period o
overwork as that from which the nurses hav'
suffered during the last quarter. The thank
; of the society are due to those ladies' of tn
city who, when there was a pressure O
work and some of the nurses were Ill from
over exertion, themselves entered the ward
and assumed the nurses duties. In re
gard to the work of the nurses dur
ing the entire year we can only repea
the commentator which our predecessor
have invariably given them for their faithful
ness, unselfshness and efficient qualities
which have been abundantly displayed unde
the experienced management of Miss Barrett
the present head nurse. Both the schoo
and hospital suffered loss on the resigna
ton of Miss Bundy, whose skill, tact and ad
ministrative capacity were felt in every de
partment of our work.
In connection with the training school w
would like to bring to your attention the ad
vantage which would follow from the build
ing of separate house for the nurses, up
on the hospital grounds. We believe this j
included in the plans of the manager of TIL
| school, and we are of the opinion that i
would prove benefit to the hospital as wei
as to the nurses. We would suggest, there
fore, such action may be necessary b,
the Hospital society to allow for the building
of such house for the training school at al
early day.
In the present condition of the hospita
building great defect is encountered in thu
failure of our arrangements for ventilation.
In the cold season, when the windows mus
be closed, it is very difficult in fact impossi
BILE, to keep the wards east and west supplied
with both warm and fresh air. The pruden
tiaI committee, after a struggle with tn.
problem for the past two months, have NJ
solution to offer. We can only insist upo1
the presence of the evil and ask the Director
to refer it to an expert.
| The report further makes reference to tbs
efficient services of Mr.. Geo. Blunt, thu
apothe AIRY, Miss Mclean and Mr.. Stark
weather, the superintendent, and pays feel