Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-27
ITS ANNUAL REPORT
Statement of Operations of the Emer-
gency Hospital.
APPROPRIATION OF $4,000 ASKED FOR
Reports Of the Staff President and
the Treasurer.
LADIES' AUXILIARY BOARD

LADIES' AUXILIARY BOARD
| The report of the operations of the Cen
| trail Dispensary and Emergency Hospital
| during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1899,
| was made public by the District Commits
| sioners today. In his report Mr.. VIM. j.
| Eoardman. the president of the institution,
| explains that, excepting as appears from
| the reports of the attending staff in detail
! of the work performed, each years history
| of the dispensary and hospital is substan-
| TALLY but repetition of that of the pre-
| cedng year.
so greatly, however" continues Mr..
| Boardman, did the donation last year of
| the property at the corner of 18th and E
streets by Mrs. Phoebe A Hearst add to
| the efficiency of the hospital. as well as to
mark that year one of the most encour-
| aging and satisfactory in its history, the
board (of directors) cannot refrain from
! again calling attention to that donation.
nor from again expressing its thanks TO the
generous donor. If the board were asked
| to designate in what particular respect the
| past year could be distinguished from pre-
| vious years it would, without doubt. point
| to the valuable improvements made in the
| hospital building by the ladies' auxiliary
| board
Mr.. Boardman referred in his report to the
| gratifying manifestation of the interest," OF
| the public in the institution, as Indicated
/ by the number which visited the build
| ings the day they were thrown open FOR
| public inspection, and he extends. on be-
| half of the board of trustees, cordial IN
vitation to the members Of both houses OF
| Congress and to all citizens interested i'll
| the work of the Institution to visit it ana
note how well equipped 1t is for the pur-
poses for which 1t was created. Eut 10
keep pace with the discoveries OF medlca,
| science said Mr.. Boardman, and in order
| that those who are brought to the hospital
may receive the benefit OF SUCH dlscoE-
cries. as well to keep the two buildings
in a proper state of repair sum IN auCl-
ton to that heretofore appropriated simply
for its support Is required. and the BOARD
requests an appropriation of $1,000 for the
coming fiscal year.
Ladies' Auxiliary Board.
Miss Margaret E. Gale. secretary Of the
ladies' auxiliary board. in her report gives
a history and the extent of the repairs and
improvements made during the past year,
promising further assistance in this line.
'rhe object of this board. it is stated, is to
raise money to assist the institution, it's
members being classed as active and as
ron-active. contributing members. The
active members are those VINO raise or give
from $40 to SD annually for the uses of the
Ing those who raise or give 81 annually to
the board. The report of the treasurer of
the board. Sophie Siebert, shows that the
members collected or contributed the sum
Of St;465o during the year.
The report of the treasurer of the 1nSt1-
tuition. Mr.. John B. Wight places the as
sets. including real estate valued at $4,000,
al $50. JS}.31. and the liabilities, notes pay
able at $50 600. making the net assets S42-
JS33l The receipts, including an appropri-
alton Of $1,000, amounted to S2l,}4o2l, ana
the expenditures, not including unpaid plllS
amounting to $40, were 500 1850, leaving
balance in bank of S5S33l. Mr.. Wight
states that an arrangement has been made
by which the loan on the hospital, bearing
G per cent interest, has been reduced to Az
per cent. The amount received from pay
Inmates of the institution was Sl,3l1oI.
and from all other private sources y i3lSo
DR.. Swan NJ. Burnett, president OF the at
tending staff, in his report first calls atten-
ton to the great improvements which have
been made since the last report, and refers
gratefully to the gift OF Mrs. Hearst. The
benefits resulting have been great. says DR..
Burnett. adding greatly to the efficiency of
the institution and enabling the renting to
paw patients of the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the nurses
Training school for Nurses.
DR.. Burnett also refers to the fact that
more than year ago the nursing depart
ment Of the hospital Joined with that Of the
Washington Asylum Hospital in the forma-
ton of training school, under the char
ter of the Washington Training School for
Nurses. This, he states. has fulfilled Its
promise of value to both Institutions, and
the success of the undertaking Is now as
sured.
During the year the system of requiring
a certificate of WorthineSS from every APP
plicant for relief was followed out most
strictly. The Associated Charities. DR..
| Burnett says. alone examined and reported
upon more than 100 Of such cases. and to
1 T,i,ynt inn ha adj MI n
the community. as well as those Of the in
stitution. are due for its efforts to diminish
the evil effects of "hospitalism.' The prac-
tice of imposition. says DR.. Burnett. upon
the charity of the institution has been
duced to a minimum, and direct result
of it the number Of cases reported this
year is somewhat less than that of last
year.
The total number of new cases treated in
the dispensary during the year was 1853;
the number of revisits 21,661, grand total
of IS, $50. The total number of new pa
TENTS In the hospital was 4 ,7o3; revisits,
1854, a grand total of 6,657. and a grand
total for both institutions of 50, 4O7 The
number of operations in the clinics was
sol; in the hospital, 1863, total in both of
2,524- Number OF autopsies. 30: OF patients
admitted to the wards, 6S5; of deaths, IA;
of prescriptions compounded IS, $50, and of
ambulance calls, TT.
DR.. Burnett highly compliments the hos
pital staff, and calls attention to the
amount of valuable work done in the Lionel
laboratory. In the X-ray department, espe-
cially. much that Is Of unusual Importance
was accomplished. The equipment of the
institution. he states. is thorough. and its
uses have been extended, under certain
conditions. to the profession and public in
general
THE LAKEWOOD SEASON.