The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-29

structure which was conveniently To- cated adjacent to the boiler house. The apparatus has been in use for some weeks, and is found to well supply a want which has for long time been urgently felt. A new washing machine was purchased for use in the laundry at cost of $325, to replace one which was worn out.
 We had hoped at this time to be able to chronicle the erection of new kitchen and nurses dining room which are most urgently needed, ands steps were taken early in the year to that end; but on account of lack of funds, we are still compelled to use quarters which are much too small and poorly
 adapted for their purpose. This need
 is by far the most pressing one to which we would call your attention, At the quarterly meeting held in Oc-
 tober it was voted that $l,5OO be set
 aside from the surplus of the Clifford eXecutor fund for the year ending July 1S, 1896, as a fund for the erection of the proposed kitchen and nurses din
 ing room. The demand for private rooms is greater than, with present ac"
 commodation, we can supply This
 part of our service cannot, however
 be improved until the erection of new
 administration building.
 At the annual meeting of the direc-
 tors MT. Thomas Hooker retired from
 the prudential committee, and Rev.
 Charles Ray Palmer was elected in his
 place. The following vote was unani-
 mously passed by the board:
 Voted, That the directors of the Gen.
 eral Hospital society of Connecticut de- sire to place on record their apprecia- tion of the very valuable and long con-
 tinued service rendered the hospital by
 MT Thomas Hooker during fourteen
 years as a member of the prudential committee.
 At the quarterly meeting held in April the following vote was passed by
 the board:
 Voted, That the board of directors desires to put upon record its appre- citation of the service rendered to the General Hospital society of Connecti- cut through a period of many years by the late Dr. David l.. Daggett, whose death occurred February 23, From 1S49 until his death he was member of the medical staff and until 1864 was actively engaged as attending physi- clan and surgeon. His term of service as a director began in 1856, and from May, 1S63 to 1874, he was member of the prudential committee, of which he was chairman from 1863 to 1867. Dur ing all these years his interest in the institution never Tagged and he con- tinued to render valuable service to | the end.
 At the adjourned quarterly meeting held in June the resignation of Mir Eli | Whitney as member of the prudential committee was accepted, and the earn est thanks of the directors were ten dered MT Whitney for his long, faith ful and valuable services upon the committed MT. Charles E. Graves was | elected in his place.
 | At the special meeting of the board | of directors held December the fol- l lowing resolutions were passed: ! Whereas, The president of the so- ciety has been informally asked by
 members of the city government if the society would entertain a proposi- tion from the city looking to the estab ! lishment of an isolation hospital on the grounds of the society.
 | Voted. That the directors of the so- ciety would consider favorably such proposition, provided the isolation hos pital were under the control and man. agement of this society.
 Voted, That committee of confer ence be appointed by the president, to consist of five of which he should be
 one, and with power to fill any vacancy
 which may occur.
 | In accordance with the above vote, l the president appointed Dr. w. H. Car
 malt and the presidential committee. | No further steps in reference to an lisolation hospital have been taken since
 the above meeting, and nothing further
 can be accomplished, either by this so- ciety or by the board of health, until l further action is taken by the board of 1 common council of the city. | The need of new maternity ward is
 pressing but the fund for that purpose is still small, amounting to about ST. | 900. Our maternity service is a great boon to the needy, and only the lack
 of proper accommodations prevents it's being a much more conspicuous feat
 ure of the work of the hospital. Only those who, from personal experience,
 are thoroughly conversant with such matters can appreciate the great diff ference to the mother and child be- tween a confinement conducted in a crowded and badly arranged tenement, with the usual incompetent care-taker, and one occurring in a wellarranged
 maternity ward, with attendants prop erly trained for their responsible du-
 ties Were the conditions better un derstood we feel sure that the hospital would not be obliged to wait much longer for the needed funds.
 The number of births which have oc- cured in the hospital in each of the last eight years is as follows:
 1889, 13; 1890 F; 1884, 22; 1892, 15; 1893,
 "A; 1894, 3S; 1895, 40; 1896, 91.
 A full list of the many donations
 made to the hospital during the past
 year may be found elsewhere. To the donors we would express our grateful acknowledgements.
 We would also express our apprecia- tion of the kind attentions shown to ] the patients by many friends, includ- ing the clergymen and musicians who have conducted religions exercises, the boards of visitors and the Yale Glee and Banjo club, which gave concert early in the year at the invitation of