Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-05
Training School for Nurses.

The annual meeting of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses was held yester day afternoon at the chapel of the State hos pital, Mrs. President Porter presiding Mrs. Porter's annual statement is as follows:
 ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
 The annual reports of the secretary and | treasurer of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses, which follow, will give such de- 1 tails as will enable its friends to judge of it's prosperity and success the past year, and it is necessary for me to allude only to the build ing for it's use, which we propose to erect on the hospital grounds. Those who were present at our last annual 1 meeting will recollect that the need of a 1 home or dormitory for the nurses was men, 1 toned and urged, but none unconnected with either hospital or training school can realize how it's absolute necessity for both in- ] stitutlons has increased each month during the year. The hospital has become so crowd l ed with patients as to greatly need the space occupied by the school, and they in turn are so cramped for room that three or four nurses obliged to occupy the same apart 1 ments, and thus are never able to secure complete rest. Being confined to the hospital day and night, with no relief from the de- | pressing and wearing effect of the constant l sight and sound of suffering, our nurses can- l not have the strength and cheerfulness re- l quired for their arduous work and 8 house l to which they repair for sleep and a change of scene has become an imperative necessity.
 Some generous friends of the school, ap- l pre- ciating these needs, offered handsome sum of money to head 8 subscription for such dormitory, and the appeal which fol lowed has been responded to with such cordi- ality and iberality that during the few weeks l Tphiah beya a1orca5 cinca fba ,hSori have been asked two-thirds of the sum re- quired for the completion of the building, l and thousand dollars for furnishing it, have been raised.
 The remaining third will not come so 1 readily. and as it is important that arrange ] ments for the erection of the dormitory 1 should be made before the early spring, we earnestly solicit from the friends of the hospital and training school who have not 1 already subscribed, and others who may like
 to do so, larger smaller sums, until the
 whole is secured.
 These can be given to the president or any
 member of the executive committee
 THE sECRETARY's REPORT.
 The report of the secretary Miss Emily
 Betts, gives in opening review of the his
 tory of this valuable institution and the
 prosperity which has attended it. Much
 self-sacrifcing, humanitarian and philanthro-
 pic work has been given to it. The results
 attained are very gratifying and present 8
 new chapter in the history of laudable
 benevolent effort in the State. The institu-
 tion was begun October 6, 1873. There
 were then four pupils and head nurse. The
 report says: "The appeal to our fellow
 citizens to enable us to carry out
 our plan of teaching women to
 work intelligently in sick room
 had met with a ready responses; and
 we think we have ere this proved the claim we then made that such 8 school was 8 neces-
 sity, and that its merits would soon be &C.,
 knov ledged by physicians and the public y The hospital authorities allowed at first
 board and washing for six pupils this num- Der has gradually been increased until we
 have now seventeen pupils, a head nurse and an assistant head nurse. These are not how
 ever. sufficient to meet the contingencies that I arise-when the pavilions are flled-when E some patients require special and constant care, or when many night nurses are on duty. Wsare then obliged to have assistants, and this 1 is one reason why we are not self-suppcrtine.
 Another reason is we do not receive from ! every nurse the five months of outside ser- i, l vice which we require to repay us for the
 expenses of her education. Some are phy-
 sieally incapable of doing the work,
 and many leave for this cause af- ' ter they have been with several , months. We keep our standard
 high, but we do not expect perfection. *
 We claim that with the training they have had they are more competent than self 1 taught nurses. Since our last report , diplomas have been awarded to 8 pupils who had finished the entire course of IS months. Five others have completed year of study and remain with us five months to take care
 of outside patients. It is these only, not our IT pupil nurses, whom we can send in answer
 to applications. During the year 15O appli- v cations for nurses have been made at the t hospital; VIC have supplied 52 of them from ! the school the others we referred to our 1 older graduates, but much to our regret the t supply was not equal to the demand"
 Favorable mention is made of the head j. nurse, Miss Barrett, and the assistant hea6 f nurse, Miss Field and thanks to Drs White f and Carmalt for instruction afforded ths
 nurses at the autopsies; and reference ii
 made in terms of appreciation to Mir. Stark 8 weather. The hospital its healthful location usefulness and management receive goo(
 words of commendation.
 Statistics for the year given follows Tota number of patients e4s, or 116 than the yea previous which s7o were surgical PTS medtca There were 76 surgical operations the nurse
 being present at between 40 and 50 of the more
 ious ones. There were fourteen children born. The outside cottages for the isolation of patient g have been occupied nearly the entire year. about being nursed there during the time, and fou IS nurses at one time being detailed for this servic severity have been for in the private rooms l. the hospital which rooms have been filled for tn is greater part of the year. n The number of cases and their severity has in " creased during the year, and whereas two nigh ,f nurses were considered sufficient allowance by tn o authorities at the of '81 it has bee necessary to occupy constantly from four to eight d ty during the day and making heavy demand upo
 the school Properly to care for over 600 of the CT classes in sickness and suffering is work requir ino ha ha D9r If of all concerned in it. :, 1 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. D. The course of instruction for 1881 has been: r ten months, held by the superintendent of nursin a, from handbooks on
 Medical surgical nursing and elementary anat i- l olny and physiology and monthly nursing. Practical instruction at the bedside in which tn a. l house staff have kindly assisted
 by Six valuable lectures with blackboard diagrams y, on midwifery, by Dr. Henry F1eischner. a. Three lectures on typhoid fever, by Dr. Hawkes.. IF Five informal demonstrations in physiology b. ns gentlemen of the attending staff.
 kidneys, illustrated by the organs of sheep, by MI ge Smith. of ! Quarterly examinations have been held in tn a. presence of members of the school committee, an re examinations for diplomas have usual. been kind s. 1 ly conducted by Dr. W. l.. Bradley. SC Instruction in the diet kitchen regularly through out the year by the lady superintendent and her re sstant
 ts The sub-treasurer, Mrs. Prof. George E. Day, fl presenting the report of the general treasurer tn
 late Samuel Hemingway, submitted short prefao es expressing the grateful acknowledgements of the to stitution Mr. Hemingways services covering tn last years The treasurer's report shows g. pendture of s. 1.75 for the year balance to on account, $842.47
 of COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION. to The following committee of administration wa tn chosen:
 nd President,
 re Mrs. President Porter. ad Vice Presidents, e- Mrs. T. D. Woolsey, New Haven; Mrs. Samuel Col e. 0. Sanford, New Milford; Mrs. George M Bartholt new, Hartford: Mrs. E. J. Kingsbury, Waterbury. v- Treasurer,
 nd MT. Israel K. Ward. nd Secretary,
 Miss Emily Belts. ch Auditors
 h. MT. Wilbur r. Day, MT. Arthur D. Osborne. ns COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, 1,s @ | Israel K. Ward, Henry Farnam, u0 u0 Jeremiah A. Bishop, Wilbur F. Day, ,1d Ex-Gov. James E. English.
 oh EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE re- Mrs. Noah Porter, chairman, Mrs Daniel Eaton,
 ] Mrs. Wm Fitch, Miss Susan Bradley, Ter Mrs. Ariel Parish, Mrs. Mckee, of- Mrs. H. B. Allen, Miss Emily Betts
 Mrs. Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon, M. D,
 Mrs. s. E. Daggett, M c. White, M. D., ,27 Mrs s. E. Chapman, Geo. B. Farnam, M. D., IA Mrs. F. Wayland, L. J. Sanford M. D.,
 1 Mrs. F. M. Reed, Wm L. Bradley M. D.,
 Mrs George E. Day
 ed Lady supt off, School, Miss Gertrude Barrett.
 Asst. S Miss Mary A. Field.
 Fair Haven.
 Mir. George w. Dadmun of 63 South Frol rd street. had two toe bones broken yesterda Ha- afternoon by blow from the crank of h so,f of upright hoisting engine on Belle dock.
 Rev. Burdett Hart, pastor of the Fir