The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-27
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Annual Meeting of the Society Held
Yesterday-DirectorsE lected-Reports
Read and Adopted.

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ven Hospital society was held in Clifford
| chapel yesterday afternoon. Preceding
| this meeting the board of directors of
| the hospital met in special session. They
heard and approved the reports of the
prudential committee, the board of lady
visitors and the medical board. These
reports were all referred to the society.
Some time ago the board of directors
| offered to erect suitable buildings on
| their grounds for the care of patients
| afflicted with contagious diseases. This
offer was made to the board Of alder
men. The following is the reply to the
| same as read yesterday:
| Hon. S. e. Merwin, President of the
General Hospital Society of Connec-
ticut:
Dear sir: BY direction of the Honor
able Board of Aldermen beg to inform
| you and the management of the Gener-
al Hospital society that their proposal
for the erection of building and care
| of cases Of diphtheria and scarlet fever
is respectfully declined and to express
to yourself and managers of the hospi-
tai their appreciation of the prompt
and courteous response to the invitation
of the committee of the court of COM
| mon council and earnest desire to- so
far as possible, in accomplishing the
end desired. Very respectfully,
Signed: Richard F. Lyon,
City Clerk.
The meeting of the society was I'M
usually well attended, nearly all of the
local members being present Directors
for three years were elected as follows:
Dr. Francis Bacon. Hon. Simeon f.
Baldwin, DR.. c. A. Lindsey. W. L.
Bradley, Joseph Porter, j. D. Dewell,
w. E. Downs, Rev. Charles Ray Palm
er, H. E. Smith and DR.. W. W. Hawkes..
The latter is to succeed DR.. Dibble, de-
ceased These directors will meet in
the office of L. H. Bristol in the Ex-
change building this evening for organ
ization. There was q minor change in
the bylaws of the society. The report
of the prudential committee as read by
Rev. Charles Ray Palmer is in part as
follows:
"The large increase in the number of
patients treated is referable to the SOL
der patients sent by the United States
government. There were ITO in all. The
receipts for the year were $49.15655, and
expenses SOL ,S26SS. Sunday contribu-
lions amounted to s22OS.3O. The large
deficit fS greater In
than in reality, because there are Ger
tain offsets to be made to 1t which in
clude the special donations of $5,005.45,
made to the treasurer by patriotic and
humane friends of the institution In
response to our appeals and bills re-
ceivable on the soldiers account due
from the United States government
amounting to s2,292. Assuming that
these bills will be paid and deducting
this amount as above indicated from
the deficit we have, it is shown that the
true deficit is s5,372S5. This, compared
with the deficit Of year ago, will show
that the decrease is $3,929.SS distinct
Improvement in the financial condition.
The improvement is due in part to the
increase in current receipts.
"Of the whole number of patients,
1,2S3 in the hospital during the year,
1878 were males and 405 females or
AZ births, 81 were males and 26 females
The whole number of patients admitted
was Ito, OF these 705 were discharged
cured, 265 improved, 81 unmproved, 10
not treated and 146 died, and 12t were
still in the hospital on December 81,
1898. The patients were from ninety
different towns and villages in this
state, and from thirty nine other states
or countries. From the town of New
Haven there We're $50 patients treated
The necessity of speedily erecting the
building which will furnish better ia
cilities for the kitchen work and for
better table accommodations for the
nurses is again emphasized. 1t is rec
commended that this building and the
new maternity ward be commenced at
the earliest possible day"
The report of the treasurer was read
by Charles e. Curtis. The board of
lady visitors reported as follows:
To the Board of Directors of the Gen.
eral Hospital:
Gentlemen: This board has had its
monthly meetings and reports and by
details of it's members has made visits |
to the hospital once week during most |
of the year. We have nothing but |
commentator for the work accomplish |
ed in every department. A grand ex- |
ample of the reserve power of the hos
pital for great good was seen in the ex- |
perience during the war in caring for |
the sick soldiers transferred from |
Camps Wickoff and Mantle Almost |
without warning the government called |
upon the hospital to care for 1875 men |
from the former camp, and the ready |
and effective response proved the |
strength Of the institution. as did the |
generous contributions declare the pat
riotism of our citizens. 1t was constant |
pleasure to witness the happiness and |
uniform gratitude of the soldier sick fol |
their treatment and experience here |
They could not seem to say enough in |
praise of everything and everybody |
This illustrates the fact that there are
time when there needs a stranger to |
enter our institution to teach us by |
he knows so well the eX- /
cellence and value of our own.
Signed l.. F. Cowles, chairman.
J. w. Hawkes., secretary.
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