The San Francisco call., 1896-01-10
Satisfactory Reports of tn
Officers of the Children's
Hospital.
THE MORTGAGE ALL PAID OFF.
The Annual Meeting Shows a Very
Hopeful Condition of
Affairs.

The board of lady managers of the
Children's Hospital held its annual n eet-
ing yesterday afternoon and the reports
of the officers showed that the institution
is extending the sphere OF it's activity and
that the affairs of the hospital are on
thoroughly satisfactory basis.
Mrs. e. II. Harrington, the president,
stated in her report that though the past
year had not been without its trials it had,
on the whole, been the most satisfactory
in the history of the hospital. The report
continued:
During the first six months of the year there
was decline in the number OF patients ad-
mltted, but the last half year has shown q con-
siderable increase, and there is reason TO be-
lieYe that the coming year will show q still
larger increase Those who have availed
themselves OF its advantages are unanimous in
their praise of the care and skillful treatment
they have received.
Our training school for nurses has become
magnificent institution in San Francisco At
an earlier period in its history it was regarded
as doubtful experiment by some members of
the medical profession, but at this time thanks
to the intelligent training of our nurses,
know OF no enlightened physician who does
not gladly avail himself of their services.
The report called attention to the need
of a nurses home and concluded by ex-
pressing a hopeful view of the coming
year.
The recording secretary, Mrs. L. L. Dun
bar, read an exhaustive review of the past
years events, part of which was as fol-
! lows:
Five hundred and fifty-two cases have been
cared for during the year OF these three hun
dred and twenty-five were children, one hun
dred and torty-eight OF whom were ABSOLUTELY
| free cases. OF the women, thirty-tWo were free
cases Upon our adult department we depend
In large measure for support for our chill
operating-room for adults forces itself upon
us, and active means must be taken in
regard to it without further delay.
The kindergarten, in its bright sunny cor
tai. 1t is worth q visit, this strange little
school of ''the lame, the halt and the blind, !"
chairs or led in by little companions, afflicted
themselves, but full of sympathy for those
they consider more unfortunate.
One memorial room and four memorial beds
the Doctors Daughters (the gift of Mrs. D. S.
Murphy, the Edith (W. F,Whittier), the Carlton
c. Carlton and the Zadig-have been estab-
/ lished. The memorial bed committee has so
systematized their work that the beds are in
admirable order
AT the dispensary q great amount OF good
has been done, but financially il has run be-
hind. The average number OF patients there
each month was 267. The class OF patients are
! the very poor OF our City, and the sum of 25
cents charged for drugs was more than many
OF them could afford; in these cases no charge
was made. All credit is due our dispensary
staff and-nurses, for they have gone cheerfully
whenever called.
The report expressed thanks to givers of
donations to the hospital and TO promoters
OF entertain ments, and it stated that,
thanks to the gilt of $500 from W. F.
/ Whittier, to be applied to t e payment of
| the mortgage on the hospital, efforts had
! been made to raise more money, and now
| $685. or nearly one-half the amount of the
! mortgage, had been raised.
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it was decided to pay off the balance of the
mortgage. This was done, and the hospi-
/ tai IS now free from any mortgage.
The medical report, submitted by the
resident physician, DR.. Fannie G.. Hutch
ins, showed that twenty-one cases had been
received from other institutions, and that
! twenty-four nationalitics had been repre-
sented by the years patients. The report
| OF the treasurer, MrS. f. H. Green, was as
| follows: Cash on hand on January l, 1895,
S2521 "a: receipts for the year, So, ,354 80 !;
total amount of cash handled, $54, ,S75 65 !;
| disbursements, $48,379 50; cash OH hand
January /, 1896 1897 95; in Crocker- W ool-
worth Bank, $6l14 30.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs W. B. Harrington; vi ice-pres-
idents, Mrs. William Hardy and Mrs. w. K. A.
Johnson; recording secretary, Mrs. L. L. Dun
bar; corresponding secretary Mrs F. A. Frank;
treasurer, Mrs. T. II. Green; board of trustees
| w. F. Whittier, H. L. Dodge, ]. f. Merrill John
Taylor and W. Dutton.
Managers-Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. Will
| liam Hardy, Mrs. L. l.. Dunbar, Mrs. w. r. A.
Johnson, Mrs. J. H; Dickinson, Mrs. E. Burke,
Mrs. E. c. Logan, Mrs. Charles f. Green Mrs
George F. Grant, Mrs, Henry Bothin,, Mrs.
Ignatz steinhart, Mrs. F, A. Frank, Mrs; James
w Kerr, Mrs. W. T, Fonda, Mrs Wendell
Easton Mrs. II. Dutard, Mrs P. B. Horton,
Mrs; G. B. Alexander, Mrs W. P. Shaw, Mrs. H.
NJ. Fiske, Mrs. +. H. Green. Mrs. /. n. w alter,
Mrs. Fannie Lent, Mrs J. Z. Hobson, Mrs. n.
D. Rideout, Mrs. Rolla Y. Watt, Mrs. J. f. Mer-
rill, Mrs. w. J. Dutton, Miss Mary T. Hoffman.
Visiting staff = Lucy NJ. F. Wanzer, MD;
Harry NJ. sherman, MD; Emma Sutro Mer-
ritt. NJ D.; William Z. Hopkins. MD; Charles
A. Won Hoffman, Md. Edna r. Field, MD;
Beverly MacMonagle, MD. William B.
Levitt. MD.
Assistant visiting stats. j. Hunkin, Md :;
Frances R. Sprague, MD; John C. Spencer,
MD; Mary E. Morrison, MD; Harry East
Miller, hid, chemist; Jennie NJ. Simpson,
dentist.
Dspensary clinicians-Emma Sutro Merritt.
Md; Rosamond l.. Cox, MD; Frances R.
Sprague. ND; Marcia Billings Cleveland,
MD: Mary W. Moody. NJ. D.; Emma Lafoun-
taine, NJ. D.. Mary P. Campbell, MD.