St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-31
CITY HOSPITAL WORK.
lily Physician Ancker Gives a He.
view of the Year.

Ancker Gives a Ro~
view of the Year.
City Physician Ancker's annual rsnort or
1ne "orK accomplished at the city hosnitaI Nv. !.
d supniit'ed to the mayor yesterday. The sph~
stance OF the report is as follows.
NUMBER OF patients remaining in +ba ~.
pI!al jan 1, 1895, 49, number Of natian3s nos~ aS
hin.i I.ieo during the year, 1146: numbsr -
bnn .ns stubborn not included "a: total num-
vear VI pasients paa under treatment during the
49,, Su@i, i,SzS; number of patients DISCHARGED
uurIpg the year, 1,O59; number of deaths is5.
NJ er o1 patients remaining in the hospital
Of tbe o. is5 1872. 5Ss death rate per cent, 1OI
mere died within forty-eight hours OF their
aanisslon to the hospital, 38; of the total
nninDer 1ni treated there were discharged well.
.Vli tneFe were discharged improved 27S,
there were discharged unimproyed 20. disS
ioo; 33o; remaining under treatment, Dec 81, 1885
129; total, 1923. @0'''
Gross amount expended for the MAINTAIN
anoe OF all departments Of the hospital dur.
ing the year, $50, 1880; deducting cost Of
permanent improvements, fixtures and re-
PAIRS, $S, o36 "A; cash receipts, $552 "a; total.
%, oSS bS; net cost OF maintenance S28, ,651 "a
Estimated cost per patient per week, based
on gross expenditure, $780, estimated cost
per patient and omploye per week. based on
patient per week, based on net expendi-
ture. 1882; the daily cost Of food before prep
aration fer all tables, general and special
diets, 13 Clio cents.
Number of diseases treated in the depart.
ment OF general medicine. 1858; number OF
diseases treated in the surgical department.
1858; number Of injuries treated In the sur
gical department. 1852; number of diseases
and injuries treated in the eye and ear de-
partment, 1870; number Of diseases treated In
the department Of diseases of women, 34S;
number Of cases of pregnancy cared for. 70.
number of eases unclassiied, including
births, 10S Total. 3743.
Number Of surgical operations performed,
614; number of visits to the hospital by the
staff, 2,s77; maximum number Of patients
in the hospital at any one time, 14S: min
imum number of patients in the hospital at
any one time, 10; daily average number OF
patients, 105; daily average number OF pa
hents and employees 1853; average number
Of days per patient, 2s; total number Of
Summary of work done by the city and
county physician and his assistants during
the year ending Dec. 81, 1898: Total num-
out-patients at their homes to the inmates
of the Ramsey county almshouse, to the
inmates of the Ramsey county Jail, to the
patients at the smallpox hospital, and to
persons needing the services Of a physician
or surgeon at the various police stations
1O.s5O; total number visits for treatment by
clans Office and the hospital, Ii, 600.
Early in November the new ward build
Ing, SO long in process. Of construction,
was finished and occupied by the patients
when we moved from the old building. Il
was transformation from crowded, Hl-
ventilated and generally ill-adapted quar-
ing having every convenience and facility
for the care Of the sick and injured. The
change did not come too soon. for even with
our increased accommodations vacant beds
in the hospital are not often in excess Of
the demand.
Referring to the movement brought to bear
upon the hospital commission to induce that
body to establish at the hospital a department.
for the temporary detention Of persons suffer.
ing with diseases Of the mind, DR.. Ancker
says:
While 1t is true that we do care for con-
siderable number of patients so afflicted,
many of whom we finally have to transfer to
one of our state hospitals for the insane, It
Is also our experience that q small propor-
ton Of them recover their mental balance
under our treatment and so are saved the
stigma which, In the popular mind attaches
to the reputation Of having been an inmate
of an esylum. In addition to those we care
for at the hospital very many persons are
incarcerated In the county jail pending an ex-
animation in the probate court practice that
must. in many cases. be demoralizing to the
patient. That we should be obliged under
any circumstances, however, to care for the
insane, and often mantacal patients in our
general wards, Is an injustice to other patients
whose environments should be Of the most
tranquil character and in the absence Of
any special equipment for the care Of the in-
sane cannot be beneficial to them. One Of
the buildings recently abandoned might be
fitted UP for a detention ward. but this Of
course, would entail upon the hospital addi,
tional expense for extra nurses, attendants
and equipment