Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-30
CARING FOR THE SICK

| l The Work Of the Past Year at the
 New Haven Hospital-Reperts Read and Directors Rlected-Omeers 10 be Elected Tonight. | The General Hospital Society of Connec- ticut held its annual meeting at the hospi- tal in this city yesterday afternoon. The principal business was the report of the prudential committee, through its chair man, Eli Whitney, jr., the report of Su- perintendent Starkweather, and the elec- ton of directors to serve for the ensuing three years. Extracts from MT. Whitney s report are as follows: The total number of patients treated during the year WAS S07, an increase of 1 over the year previous. The greatest losses have been in soldiers patients, which probably will be perma- nent. The New Haven town patients in 1888 occupied 1 ,S08 weeks; in 1889, l, ,169 6-7 weeks, and in 1890, 971 3-7, & decrease in two years of SS4 4-7 weeks. This decrease was principally due to the fact that the se- lectmen have established regular hospital at the new almshouse and now send to us only the most severe and difficult cases. The greatest gain was in free bed and char ity patients, and was due to the increased facilities provided by the Marett fund, which supported ninety five patients, coy ering 761 67 weeks, or an average of about eight weeks for each patient. Thirty-two from the fund was S7, ,307.17. Changed to the support of patients s5, 5,966.61. There is balance of S1 ,324. 40 to be added.
 The financial condition of the hospital is better than it has been for a number of years. There is 6 cash balance available for current expenses of g, ,426. .4s, besides the hospital sundry collections for this year which thus far amounts to S1 751. .7l The expenditures, including one item of account, were $42, ,911.64. The earnings including the state appropriation of S, ,0SO and deducting S350.50 from the Marett fund which was credited last year, makes s39, ,0S2A. Compared with the deficit of $5,8iS.96 in 1889, there was 6 gain of $2, 049, ,56; or, to put it in another way, we received q, ,943.a more and expended g, .2S more than in 1889. The cost per week of each patient was $7. S56, sn in crease of 36 cents.
 The Ellen NJ. Clifford fund of $50, 900 and 10000 mentioned in the last annual report, were paid to the treasurer early in the year. On July F Rev. Dr. E. E. Beardsley and s. E. Baldwin, trustees of Mrs. Gifford's estate, gave to the society securities of the par value of s135, 500 to
 
 the Ellen NJ. Clifford Home for Incurable.. Of this sum S25, ,000 can be used for the erection of a chapel on the hospital grounds. The building committee has caused plans and specifications to be pre- pared for both, the home for incurables and the chapel.
 According to the report of Superinten- dent Stsrkweather the number of patients December 31, 1889, was 103; 8 males, 30 females. Admitted during 1890, 774; 52s males, 246 females, making a total of SIT under treatment. Of this number 345 were discharged cured, 234 improved, sS unim- proved, III died, and 95 were under treat ment December 31, 1890. There were IS births. The whole number of weeks oc- cupied was 5,294 3-7, of which 2,075 2-7 were occupied by town patients. Four Haven. The largest number any one day was 122; smallest S1, and the daily averIge 1014.
 The election of directors to serve the full term, three years, resulted in the choice of the following gentlemen: Dr. D. L. Dag gett, Professor Salisbury, L. J. Sanford, s. H. Moseley, Thomas Hooker, H. w. Farnam, T. H. Bishop, H. F. English. Pierce N. Welch. Nathan Easterbrook was chosen a director for two years to fill the unexpired term of Dr. E. H. Bishop, deceased. A meeting of directors will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the hospital for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year.