The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-12

| previously uOu6 lu1hCo pilO NaOAo hoihbOA
s, 466. Tine whole attendance was l2,Oo5,
which added to the previous records
! makes the whole attendance 73,69l. Ihe
ayearge attendance was ~ per day, an
| increase of per cent. over average Ior
last wear, The total attendance for the eye
and ear was 9, 934, making an average OF
80, an increase of 6 per cent. over the aV-
erage for last year. The ADJUNCT CLINICS
| for the treatment of other diseases nave
been continued throughout the year and
the attendance of patients shows that
they are appreciated by the poor who are
unable to pay for treatment Inc regis
ter for the year ending Nov. lSt. 1890,
shows that 2, 17S hours were spent IN the
| clinical work of the Out-patlent depart
ment, all increase of two-fifths per cent.
over that for last year. The private
rooms have been occupied by. 1877 patients,
and the wards by $50. making in all 497
| in patients. OF the ward patients 243 paid
| for board at the rate of one dollar per
day, AZ paid part of their board, and 70
were entirely free. The number of days
of free board was 8, TAG, an increase OF 59. 0
per cent. over that for the previous year.
which was double that provided for by
the friends of the institution Notwith-
standing this large increase III the
amount of free board, the service has been
confined to those who were blind or were
threatened with blindness or deafness.
The great amount of relief given can Do
estimated from the fact that III were
assisted materially in the preservation a, or
restoration of sight or hearing. Inc
comfort, happiness and usefulness mus
given to SO many persons can never De
exnressed in words nor conveyed to the
friends who have SO generously assisted
in accomplishing these results, but their
deem Significance must ever remain Silent
with the acts of those who have thus been
benefited it is only by daily association
with those who have been bind OF
threatened that one can estimate their
gratitude for the preservation or rtstora-
tion of this special sense, and if those
who have provided the free beds for the
Infirmary could have this privilege we
feel sure that it would afford them an ex-
perience worthy of their charitable object.
The two-story addition on the southerly
side has been completed and occupied
during the year. The kitchen in it has
been furnished with a Smith and An
agency of the Portland Stove Foundry
Company; an Adam Reid's oven, capa-
BILE Of baking half barrel of -four at a
time; and other modern Improvements,
making it very complete and useful
addition to the institution. The Quinn
Refrigerator Company installed one of
their refrigerators and it has been found
very useful for cold storage. The dining
rooms and other rooms for storage and
supplies have been found a much needed
addition to the 1nfrmary. In order to
furnish the operating roum and also to
have meteorological laboratory with the
means at our disposal only part of the
furnishings have been bought. For the
rest materials have been purchased and
the equipments made either by DR..
Clough or under his supervision. Thus
l.
superior equipments for both places.
The operating room when completely
furnished will be one of the best in the
country The meteorological laboratory
will be supplied with all modern i'm
provements and ready for work this
month. 1t will be valuable addition
to the scientific work of the institu-
ton.
With these additions and improvements
the work of the Inflrmary will go on
more efficiently and it will be
able to care for a larger number of per-
sons aud therefore do larger amount
of good work A course of seventy-five
lectures conduced by the physicians con-
nected with the out-patient department.
of the Inf1rmary will be continued this
year on Monday and Friday of each week
from to o'clock p. m. All nurses
connected with the Directory for Nurses
are invited to attend.
DIR. Il. D. Sullivan, an assistant in
the out-patient department. for six years,
and Miss Noyes, head nurse for two years
terminated their connection with the In
Urinary at the close of the year by resig-
nation. Patients and employees have been
remembered by acts OF kindness from
many sources for which, with few excep-
tions, they have shown due gratitude,
and we wish to express our sincere
thanks those who during the year
have contributed of their time ana money
to the success of the Maine Eye and Ear
Infrmary.
Respectfully submitted,
E. E. HOLT, NJ. D.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Mr.. George F. French. treasurer, pre-
sented this report:
DIR.
To cash on hand at the begin
ming OF the year, S !, sos. 95
To loan of Union Mutual Life
Insurance company, secured
by mortgage on properly and
note to Portland Savings
bank, 5000. 90
To sundry donations, voluntary
annual fees, money or stock
certificates, ETC.. 1854. "A
70 income from boarding and
nursing all patients received
into the lnfrInary. II, 1877 SO
TO appropriation received from
the state, 5000. 90
S32, $50. II
CIR.
By expenditures for property
and improvements made upon
it, per receipts and sundry
contributions. S lisa. 90
BY expenditures for furnishings,
per receipts and sundry con-
tributions, 5,724, 80
By general expenses per receipts
and contributions, II. 64S. SO
By paid interest, 1885, 1895. 90
By paid employees of the In
Urinary, 1895, 4, 500. 45
By expense of maintaining free
beds, 1895, 3.745. 70