The times., 1898-09-25
THEENERGENCY HOSPITAL
Annual Report of the Opera.
tions of the Institution.
FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT
The President of the Board of Di-
Popularity of the InstitutiOn-Dr.
Swan Nj. Burnett Gives Statistics
of Cases Treated-Other Reports.

through W. j. Boardnan, the president
tion to Herbert w. Lewis, the District
/ superintendent of charities. The docu-
(. ment is a voluminous one. containing
about forty pages, and gives in detail the
| workings of the hospital during the fiscal
| year ending June SO last.
In submitting the report President
Boardman says. in part:
Probably in no one OF the preceding
years of this institution has the purpose
| of it's organization been more satisfac-
torily accomplished than during the last
year. The perfect harmony and co-opera-
ton in, as well as the eminent skill and
faithful labers of the staff have greatly
enhanced its popularity. Ii is only to be
regretted that its cramped facilities inca
pacitate it for meeting all the demands
made upon it, resulting from this growth
of popular favor.
I'm this connection the trustees take
much pleasure in reporting that TO the
! same generous source from which came
! last year the complete X-ray apparatus,
! the hospital is now indebted for a con-
veyance to it of the valuable property on
the corner of Fifteenth and E Streets. OPP
| pcsite the main building, with sum of
money to make the necessary addition to
| the building.
Besides the increased room thus af-
forded for hospital work, into this addi-
| tion to the building will be moved the
nurses, for whom rooms are now required
/ in the main building.
There has also been constructed on
| these newly acquired premises stable
/ for the horse and ambulance, thereby not
/ only relieving the hospital from the eX-
| pense of hiring such accommodations, but
| also accomplishing what has long been
required, to-wit, that of bringing the am
/ bulance nearer to the hospital
THE trustees here also desire to ex-
! press their high appreciation and graft
! tude for the efficient services of the
Ladies Auxiliary Board and thanks to the
many charitable citizens of Washington
who have during the past and in many
preceding years contributed to this char
ity To avoid much repetition, reference
only is here made to the recommended
| tions and suggestions embodied in the
/ two last annual reports.
ITO meet the current expenses of the
| hospital and to make necessary repairs
| the board of trustees respectfully pray
| for an appropriation of $1,000 for the
! ensuing year
! President Boardman also transmitted
! with his report copies of the annual re-
/ ports of Dr. Swan NJ Burnett, the presi-
| dent of the attending staff, and Hon.
1 John B. Wright, the treasurer of the hos
| pital, and Miss Eva Simonton, the super
! intendent, giving an idea OF the work
/ performed and the relief rendered during
/ the year.
The report of Dr. Burnett is in part as
| follows:
During the year 1922 new patients were
] entered in the dispensaries, with an aggre-
| gate of 2S,759 visits. In the emergency
department there Were 4,205 patients and
! 6474 visits. The total number of patients
/ in both departments was II, 70I with 35, 333
visits. There were 2,12O operations, of
j which 1,7U were performed in the emer-
/ gency department. There were S5S pa
/ tients admitted in the wards of the hos
pital of whom forty-one died. There were
/ 579 ambulance calls and &C. 1856 prescrip-
! tions compounded. There was a slight
falling off of new patients in the dispen-
! sary department last year, due to the
/ rigid enforcement of the rule requiring
! a certificate from applicants showing an
| inability to pay for medical attendance
and medicine. This rule has been found
TO act benefcially, largely through its
moral effect, in keeping number of un-
! deserving from partaking of that which
is intended only for the worthy poor, but
it has also had the effect of deprivng
some of the deserving poor of the benefit
! designed for them, through their igno-
rance of or inability TO conform with the
rules or through shame of so publicly
proclaiming themselves as paupers. The
exercise of good sense WILL in time. en-
able us to eliminate the latter and the
advantages of the system will be more
fully realized. The Associated Charities
has heartily supported us in our en-
deavOrs TO check the abuse of medical
charity. At great expense of labor and
time 1,635 applicants were examined
''The need of more room for the work
of the dispensary and emergency depart
ments, brought to your attention in the
last report, is in fair way of being met
now by the appropriation of s., 900 for
improvements by the last Congress and
a generous gift by Mrs Phebe A. Hearst
of the building on the northeast corner OF
Fifteenth and e Streets, which is now
being fitted up at her expense as nurses
home, with accommodations for NUM-
Der of employees, freeing the present hos
pital from all occupants except the sick
the resident physicians and the supeIin-
tendent. On this same lot is being erected
at Mrs. Hearst's expense new building
for the accommodation of the ambulance
Work on these structures is in progress
and it is hoped that they will be ready fol
use by Thanksgiving Pians have beer
prepared for the construction of two ad-
ditional service rooms for the dispensarS
and an enlargement of the drug room or
/ the north side of the dispensary waiting
room. Work will begin as soon as the ap
j preparation for improvements is availab e
The Ladies Auxiliary will undertake
a thorough refitting of the operating
room. When these improvements have
been completed and the emergency room
| enlarged and remodeled in accordanc,
with plans now under advisement, we be
lieve that there will be no institution il
the country. better equipped. At the be
ginning of the year Drs. Turner Bahr
and Juenemann were serving as resi-
| dents. These have been succeeded in {
/ regular order by DIR. James D. Fife, now
resident: DR.. NJ. w Glover senior assist
ant, and DR.. F. H. Morhart All thes.
gentlemen deserve our thanks for thei
good work.
The report of Miss Simonton, the su
perintendent of the hospital, reads in par
as follows:
"One of the hindrances to a more sue
cessful administration of the hospita
work from which we have suffered in tn,
past is now soon to be overcome by th'
removal of the nurses and some of tn,
employees from the hospital building t,
the con1modious and attractive nurses
home now being prepared through th'
generosity of Mrs. Hearst
Some months ago the attending staff
after thorough discussion of the matter
decided to join forces with the Washing
| ton ASyun HosDitaI llnder charter of th,