The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-09-26
IN NED OF HIP.
The Aultman Hospital is Short
of Funds.
REPORTS FOR TWO MONTHS
A Gentleman Connected with the In
stutition Tells of What is BeingDone
At the Hospital and Asks the Citi-
zens to Contribute.


stutition Tells of What Is BeingDone
At the Hospital and Asks the Citi.
zens to Contribute.
To the News Democrat:
The following report of the superinten-
dent of Aultman hospital to the board of
trustees for the months of July and Au-
gust, will cleary show what great char
| ity we lave In our midst, as well as what
a benefiicent and successful work is being
done at the Aultman hospital;
REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1895.
To the Board of Trustees of Aultnlan hos
pital, present the following report:
Number Of patients in hospital July /,
II; patients admitted, IA; patients dis
charged, 13; patients in hospital August
l, II; births, l; deaths, l !; patients treat.
ed during July, 32 patients of charity,
II; patients who pay, 10; number of days
treatment, 1853; number of days treat
ment of charity patients, 235; number of
days treatment of pay patients, 233.
REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1895.
To the Board of Trustees Of Aultman
Hospital, l present the following re.
port:
Number of patients in hospital August
l, II; patients admitted, 23; patients dis
charged, 90; births, 1 deaths, / I; patients
treated during August, 40 patients of
charity, 81; patients paying, 13; number
of days treatment, 5ss; number of days
treatment of charity patients, 395; num-
Der of days treatment Of paying patients,
1873; number of patients in hospital Sep
tember l, 10.
THINKS 1T UNJUST.
In view of the unjust criticisms upon
the hospital which the writer has heard
from tir.e to time, he desires to call the
attention of the public through the News.
Democrat, to several important matters
shown by the report.
First-During the month of July the
number of charity patients at the hospital
was more than half the whole numb Der of
patients treated in the month, and In the
month Of August the number Of charity
patients treated was nearly three fourths
the whole number of patients treated at
the hospital during that month.
desire to call attention to this fact for
the reason that many persons seem to be
under the impression that the Aultman
hospital is not charity hospital and that
it does no charity work because 1t also re-
ceives pay patients.
Second-The above reports show that
the percentage of deaths to the whole
number of patients treated during the
month Of July was about 8 per cent, and
that during the month Of August the per-
centage of deaths to the number of pa.
tients treated was only little over 2 per
cent This Is remarkably low death
record for any hospital. In many hospi-
tails the death rate is as high as 1e per
cent. This low death rate at the Ault-
man hospital speaks very 'eloquently of
the efficiency Of the hospital, the great
care taken of the patients at that institu-
tion, and Of the capacity and skill of the
medical staff. The writer calls atten.
tion to the low death rate at the Aultman
hospital for the reason that he has some
times heard it said that every person who
entered the Aultman hospital, died there
The opposite of this statement is nearer
the fact, and 1t will be found on compar-
ing the death rate at Aultman hospital
with that Of other hospitals In the coun.
try that it now has and always has had
one of
THE LOWEST DEATH RATES
of any hospital in the United States. II
there is any hospital in the United States
which can show better work or lower
death rate for the months of July and
August, 1895, than the Aultman hospi-
tai, the writer does not know where It can
be found
In addition to taking care OF a large
number Of patients better than they could
be taken care Of anywhere else In the city,
the Aultman hospital, as many people in
Canton have reason to gratefully remem.
Der, furnishes capable trained nurses for
private families at terms much lower
han the services Of out of town nurses can
be secured.
The Aultman hospital is not money
making institution. Even its pay patients
are not taken Mt profit, as the charges
for pay patients have been made very
low, and in very few If any cases do
these charges more than reimburse the
hospital for It's expenses in taking care of
the pay patients
The object in founding the Aultman
hospital was that 1t should be a charity
hospital think, however that every
fair minded person will agree with me
that all persons receiving treatment there
who can afford to pay for it
SHOULD PAY FOR THE COST
Of the treatment. In large majority OF
the cases Of pay patients at the Aultman
hospital, the weekly charge for boarding,
nursing and care is less than the weekly
charge for a trained nurse.
A charity hospital such as the Aultman
hospital is cannot be run for nothing and
the hospital has been compelled from
time TO time to call upon the charitable
citizens OF Canton for support. Hereto
fore these calls have always been met
oheerfully and willingly by the charitable
people Of the city and we hope that they
always win be. Every person In the COM
munity who has had good health and a
moderate degree Of prosperitY ahnnld be