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10 The Mtmbs,s eIihe QneeaI Hospital Se5r,y:
Gcntemen-l have the honor to submit to you my
report Of the bienniel period Of the Queens Hospital
now ending, and sasiically to prove YOU that the
hospital has continued in lis usefulness and fills to-day
place public institution unsurpassed in this comu.
nifty IN importance.
The business Of the hospital has been carried on in
the regular prescribed by the charter and de.
fined by the bylaws. During the years lust clos.
ing the board Of held eigh, regular and two
special meetings The assistant physician, Dr. r. H..
Hutchinson resigned his position account Of depar.
turc from the Islands, and DR.. Geo nousseau was
physician to the Queens Hospital, is now absent in
Europe ON leave and will his duties in the fall.
meanwhile Dr. B1odie is temporarily acting assis.
signed and hIr. Eckar assistant purveyor has been
appointed in his place.
Admissions Of patients into the hospital have been
during the past two years 96s consisting Of aus Hawaii.
aud $50 foreigners, the latter including ~ Chinese
In the preceding biennial period Gs7osO 500 Hawaans
and 3D4 foreigners, in all 500 admitted patients;
and again in S777g 7o4 Hawaans and $50 foreigners,
in all oiI became inmates OF the hospital This shows
large increase in the number Of foreign patients but
it must he remembered that they all paying for their
maintenance and medical treatment, while Hawaans
| are treated free Of charge.
The number Of outdoor patients has been 1913 during
the last two years while in Is795 1t $500, but the
latter included J.oi3 vaccination patients
In the last two Yeas IS deaths have occurred which
gives percentage Of TO per cent In is7a.st the
percentage was ~ per cent, and in 1870 IoH per
cent
The total expenditures for the Queens Hospital dur.
ing the biennial period just closing have been s7ss3 a.
against winch SIo2oo ~ have been received from for
eign patients. During the preceding two years (is79
81 S43,62j u had been expended tnew brick wing,
etc, So,5oo) against receipts from foreign patients OF
Srro4a a. and in 1912 the expenditures sl4,.
oS7 50, and the sum received from foreign patients
! s7,sI7 80.
The above figures show that the increased receipts
from foreign patients have been fully in proportion
the increased general expenditures for the Queens
Hospital.
The increasing foreign population of these islands
and their requirements OF hospital treatment have in
some measure changed the feature OF the Queen
Hospital, and is Of the delicate and difficult
duties OF the board Of trustees make due allowance
for this state OF things and a, the time main
tam the Queens Hospital principally institution
for the benefit Of Hawaiians as contemplated by its
august founders and confirmed by the charter. The
object has been conscienousy carried out, and Ha.
waianS above all others have had the solctude of the
board Of trustees, and the wa,ehful care and kind
| treatment of the physicians and employees Of the
Queens Hospital.
AT the time, the foreigner also finds the com
forts and medical treatment the hospital which his
may call for and for which reasonable charge is
made and in this dire con the Queens Hospital fills
an important place in community 10 provide
similar accommodations for foreign women becomes
more anil urgent necessity, and the board Of
trustees have taken this matter under consideration.
There Is every prospect therefore, that this contem
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II is satisfaction me to have been able on this
occasion to submit report you, gentlemen proving
the continued efficiency OF the Queens Hospital, and
its extended usefulness proportonate to the increased
requirements Of our community. close my remarks
with the wish that il may always fulfill its
mission and be national monument, founded by the
kamehamehas for the good Of their people, and con-
,inued for future generations in the spirit Of its
founders. Respectfully submitted,
F. A. ScHAErER, Secretary.
King Kalakaua, through Minister of the
Interior Bush, reappointed the Hon. e. X.
Bishop Vice-President Of the Queens Hospital
Society for the two ensuing years, and ap-
proved the appointment OF the following gen
tlemen as trustees for the ensuing four years :
His En-. ]. NJ. Kapena, Messrs. T. r. Adams,
| !. I. Warehouse, Jr, +. A. Schaeler, NJ. p.
Robinson.
The election of five trustees of the society
for the same period Of four years resulted in
the choice OF Hon. w. l.. Green, Hon. w. c.
Parke, Hon. III. A. Widemann, Hon. s. N.
Castle, Mr.. ]. II. Patty.
The trustees made the following elections
Mr.. J. II. Patty, treasurer Mr.. f. A.
Schaeier, secretary Mr.. T.. Z. Adams,
auditor.
Executive COMMUNICATION. c. X. Bishop,
Mr.. a. J. Cartwright, Hon. A. S. Cleghorn,
Mr.. J. II. Patty, Mr.. f. A. Schaefer.
The trustees then discussed plan prepared
for the erection OF a building for the reception
OF foreign women. So far as the society is
able this plan will be carried out. II calls for
the erection OF a two story l. shaped building,
TO cost about $1,000 1t will probably be
partially built, in such manner rs to admit OF
| its subsequent completion