The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-23
BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE QUEENS
HOSPITAL SOCIETY.

The biennial meeting of this institution
was held at the Chamber OF Commerce
room at IL O'Clock a. m. on Monday,
with Some twenty members present.
A. ]. Cartwright presided, and the
reports of the Secretary and Treasurer
were presented, read and approved.
They will be found below
Five trustees were voted for, to fill the |
places OF those expiring this year by |
limitation. The following were chosen:
A. J. Cartwright, Rev. A. Macintosh,
Thos. May, J. S. Walker and c. P.
Iaukea. Following is the secretary's
report:
HONOLULU, July 1, 1889.
To the Members of the Queens Hos
pital Society present;
GENTLEMEN: have the honor to pre-
sent to you my biennial report of the
period closing to- day, and to refer prin-
cipally to statistics herewith submitted
| which will show the amount of work
and proportionate good the Queens Hos
! ptal has done in this community during
| that time.
The principal staff of employees of the
| Hospital has remained unchanged. DIR.
Robt. McKibbin as Physician and DIR. j.
| Brodie as Assistant Physician have con-
tinued to superintend the medical de-
partment, and Mr.. Eckardt the pur-
veyor's department of the Hospital.
The regular business of the Queens
Hospital has been conducted strictly in
accordance with it's charter and bye
laws. During the biennial period now
closing the Board of Trustees have held
eight regular and one special meetings.
The number of the Hospital patients
admitted during the last two years were
GIG, consisting of 245 Hawaiian l55
males, 80 females) 81 Chinese, 80 Jap
anese, and 259 foreigners OF other nation
alities.
In the proceeding biennial reriod
lS95-87, 2SS Hawaiians and 443 Chinese,
l43 Japanese and 1853 foreigners of other
; nationalites, in all, 932, were inmates OF
the Hospital. This is SO large falling
off in the number of patients treated,
that this fact requires the earnest inquiry
into and solicitude OF your Society and
} its Board of Trustees. The 9oard has
not been obIivious OF this important mat
|
bers has been appointed for the purpose
of investigating the causes which are
accountable for the reduced number Of
patients of the Queens Hospital of late
and of reporting thereon, as we'll as Of
! submitting to the Board any measures
7 that might tend to bring about a change
+ for the better and insure an increased
E sphere of usefulness of the Queens Hos
pital in this community. This commit
tee will no doubt report very shortly anC
,, it is to be hoped that the investigation
made and the recommendations to be
t submitted to the Board of Trustees viii
not be without good results.
3 Dispensary patients treated free O.
charge during the last two years were
1,240. Total number of deaths 90, which
, would make percentage of IA on ct
inmates of the Hospital.
The Treasurer will report to you on the
7 receipts and expenditures of the Queen:
l Hospital during the biennial period nov
l closed, and make his comments on biz
5 figures, which will make any remarks
on my part under that head uncalled for
E During the last two years several o
, the life and charter members of you
= Society have died, and the number O
,, names ON its original list of members il
sadly decreasing from year to year.
Respectfully submitted,
f. A. SCHAEFER,
Secretary.
; A letter was read by the secretary
> in which it was stated that His Majesty
;, the King had appointed the Hon. G. r
,, Bishop Vice President of the corpora
l ton for the ensuing two years.
A meeting of the Board of Trustees
) was held when the following officers
: were elected:
3 Secretary, F. A. Schaefer
! Treasurer, J. IL. Patty.
7 Auditor, j. S. Walker.
Executive Committee-C. R. Bishop
A. S. Cleghorn, A. j. Cartwright, Johr
HI. Patty and f. A. Schaefer.
. The Report of the Treasurer will b.
3 published in to-morrow's issue.