The times., 1899-12-03

! The annual report Of the board Of tTus-
! tees Of the Central Dispensary and Emer-
gency Hospital has been submitted to the
District Commissioners, together with the
/ report OF DR.. Swan NJ Burnett, the presi-
dent of the attending stan Of the hospital
! The report of the board, after aIluding
( to the donation OF the property at the cor
! ler of Fifteenth and d Streets by Mrs
| Phoebe A Hearst, continues; If the board
were asked to designate in what particular
/ respect the past year could be distinguished
| from previous years it would without doubt
point to the valuable Improvements made
in the main hospital building by the ladies'
auxiliary board.
ITO keep pace, however, with the dis
! coveries of medical science, and in order
| that those who are brought to the hospital
may receive the benefit of such discoveries,
as well as to keep the two buildings in a
| proper state of repair. sum in addition
to that heretofore appropriated simply for
its support is required. Hence the board
| of trustees earnestly prays for the ensuing
year an appropriation Of $1,000"
The report of The cnief OF the attending
| staff is as follows:
| In transmitting TO you an account OF the
| work done under the supervision of the at
| tending STAFF for the year ending June 30.
/ 1899, l would irsJ call attention to the
| great improvements that have been accom-
/ plished since our last report. The sum OF
| money given by Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst was
| sufficient to purchase the lot at the cor
| ner of Fifteenth and d Streets. The
| members of the attending stan, at the
meeting of the board in December, 1898
| turned over the deeds and titles 10 the
/ property free of all eucumbranCes. Our
/ work in the dispensary department has
! been facilitated by the addition of more
/ COmmodiOus quarters The improvement
! authorized by the appropriation of s.. goo
/ by the last Congress has been made. The
| assistance of the Ladies Auxiliary has
| aided us in our work. The Joining together
| Of the nursing department of the hospital
| with ttat of the Washington Asylum Hos
/ pital in the formation OF a training school,
under the charter of the Washington Train
/ ing School for Nurses, has fulfilled its
promise of value to both Institutions. The
| system of requiring a certificate OF WORTH
| ness from every applicant for relief has
! been followed out most strictly this year.
| The Associated Charities has alone exam
I ined more than 1.500 cases.
The work is still enormous. The.e have
been Z OS9 new patients in the dispensary,
and Il 661 revisits. The total number of
new patients in the emergency department
has been 47O3, with ! ,954 reyisits. In the
clinic and in the emergency department
2. 2.524 operations have been performed.
There have been IN ambulance calls 6S5
patients admitted TO the wards 80, $40 pre-
scriptions compounded, "a deaths, and 30
autopses.
In May. 1899, Miss Eva Slmonton, our
superintendent, resigned. Mrs. Irene Lenig
is now acting in her place. At the last re-
port, DR.. Fife was the resident physician,
with Drs. Glover and MOrehart as assist
ants These gentlemen have satisfactorily
performed their duties and have been
given diplomas to that effect. The resi-
dert, Dr. Adams and his assistants, Drs.
Whitson and Williams, are performing their
duties in an acceptable manner.
u wish to also call attention 10 the
amount OF valuable work done in Lionel
laboratory during the year. In the X-ray
department, especially, much work of uu-
usual importance has been accomplished.
Our equipment is thorough and its use is
extended. under certain conditions, 10 the
profession and public in general
Or. C B. Harrison, a member of the al
tending staff. died during the past year"
The report of the treasurer shows bal
ance remaining al the end Of the fiscal year
The total receipts were 21340.21, ex-
panditures, $50, 1850 balance in bank
S5S331