Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-28
SHE Is NOT AFRAID.
Miss Tildesley Sure She Will be
Reelected Superintendent.
HER ANNUAL REPORT IS READY.
An Increase in the Number Of Patients
Cared for Last Year.
WORK OF THE ALLEGHENY HOSPITAL

The annual meeting of the Allegheny
General Hospital contributors will be held
this afternoon. Considerable speculation
has been going on for some time over the
effort to displace some of the directors and
the Superintendent, Miss Tildesley. For
two or three years there has been more or
less talk in regard to this question, and it
terminated BY recent action of the Visit
ing Committee in recommending the elec-
tion of male Superintendent. 1t is claimed
that the Board of Directors was so unani-
mously in favor of retaining Miss Tildesley
that it would be necessary to elect new
directors who would vote in accordance with
the recommendation of the staff.
Miss Tildesley's friends, however, are not
much alarmed over the effort to ousL her,
and are claiming that they have secured
votes enough to elect directors who will vote
for her. Miss Tildesley was asked yester-
day for statement, but she refused to talk
much about it. She said she thought there
was more talk about the affair than was
necessary. She has always been reelected
without formally making an application for
the position, and she will pursue her usual
course to-day. She will not be candidate
for reelection, and will allow the new board
stood that she intends to go to England for
few months in the spring. She seemed
perfectly Indifferent about the matter, and
was not very fearful of being defeated.
Probably the most important report to be
read at this afternoons meeting is that of
Miss TildesIey. 1t shows that 1,089 pa
tients had been treated in the last year.
This is an increase of 240 over the previous
year, and 485 more than were treated in
1887, with no increase in room. Naturally
enough the hospital has been crowded all
the time. They have been compelled to re
fuse LOG patients during the year.
The mortuary report makes an excellent
showing, and demonstrates beyond doubt
that the institution has been carefully maD-
aged. During the year there were but 81
deaths, as against 72 last year. When it is
considered that there were 40 typhoid fever
patients and 20 typhoid pneumonia cases
cared for the death rate is low. There were
II deaths resulted from typhoid fever.
The total number of pay patients was 347; /;
of charity, 742; total number of pay days,
1908; charity, II ,847; total number of hos
pital days, 25, 055. The average number of
paw patients remained in the hospital 20
days; the charity patients, "a. The daily
average of all patients cared for at one time
was SO. The total number treated since the
hospital was established. February 15 1886,
was 2,814. Miss Tildesley concludes her re-
ports as follows:
1t has become a stern necessity not to disre-
gard another year the urgent need of more
room in every department. 1t is with regret
that we own to refusing admittanee to 106
worthy cases, solely for want of room. The
Ladies' Society has done much good work, and
has won the unqualified respect of all. The
hospital is to be commended for having cared
for IL sick and injured brought from Johns
town on the various relief trains, and much
good work has been done outside in connection
with the diet kitchen for the poor and sick in
the city. The training school for nurses is now
entering upon It's fifth year. There are 2l
pupils in the school, Ten graduated this year.
Thev are now doing special work in private
families and are occupying positions as superior
nurses in other hospitals. The hospital STAFF
has given valuable assistance in the training of
nurses by lecturing weekly on various sub
jects.