The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-07
ST. JOSEPH'S
HOSPITAL.
Report of Work Done
During Past Year.
755 PATIENTS TREATED.
Receipts of the Institution Amounted
10 $36,6S374
755 PATIENTS TREATED.
PLAN TO INCREASE THE FUND.

The six tn annual report OF tho st. Jo-
ssph's Hospital corporation, just issued.
contains some very interesting informn-
tion and demonstrates how the charita-
BILE work has been carried on during the
year 1897. Additions TO the hospital
buildings have been made during the past
year, extra accommodations having been
nece ssary, and these improvements and
additions have entailed an expenditure OF
more than $4,000 The institution at
present is carrying debt Of $50, 600, W hich
Of course, calls for a heavy annual outlay
i'm interest alone, and this makes the hos
pital sOrely I'm need OF suitable endow-
ments. particularly as patients are cared
for without pay.
III the debt could be cleared off or ma
terially lessened each year the hospital
authorities might devote their energies to
the fuller equipment and development Of
the institution. Meanwhile, it Is pro-
posed to solicit, from such as are able
and willing To aid. annual subscriptions TO
shares of the value OF $25 in n fund TO
meet present needs. These subscriptions
will ce payable on or before July ID of
each year; the subscriber for one share or
many binding himself for the current
year only.
During the year the hospital suffered
the loss, by death, OF one OF the valued
members of it's staff, A. II. Nickerson. M.
d., who held the positions of assistant
ophthalniic surgeon and patbologist.
Another posi- made vacant by death was
that of consulting surgeon held since the
foundation OF the hospital by Charles
O'Leary. M. d., for many years one Of
tbe best know surgeons in.tbe city.
The reports show that the number OF
patients treated in the hospital during
the year was 755, average daily number
o., and of this number 2o per cent were
incurable cases. The number of surgical
cases in the hospital January ], 1897, was
20; admitted during the year. males, 90;
females, 81; cured. 81; improved. 53;
unimproved, 3; not treated, 5; left with
out permission. 10; died, s; total, 1b2;
In hospital December 81, 1897 20. The
record OF surgical operations was: Males
53; females, As; cured. 4s; improved, 43;
upimproved, /, died, L. The largest
number OF operations performed was for
phimesls. and the next for appendicitis.
Lhe medical record SHOWS that there
were many cnses of chronic valvular
cardiac dissas 5. acute bronchitis, pull
monnry tuberculosis and other kindred
diseases. The total number Of patients
treated In house cGsss of the eye, ear
and throat department from January /,
1897, TO January l. 1898. was 81. The
total number of outdoor patients for
diseases OF the eye was Ash; for surgical
cases. 365; diseases of women, 1856; medi
cal outdoor patients, new and old, 1923;
children's out-patient department, S57.
y summary OF the years work IL as
follows: Private patients, full pav. 4S:
ward patients, full pay, 4S; ward patients,
part pay, l0l; ward patients trcatea
gratis 585; total, 775 patients treated
mum ber Of days, 80, $50.
The financial statement Of the corpora
tion shows that the receipts from enter
tainmsnts, donations. collections and
other sources during the year amounted
to 1886 6s37 while the expenditures were
$50. col U3, leaving balance on hand of
$64S..7l.