The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-27
CHRIST HOSPITAL.
Annual Report for Year
Ending December 81,
Shows Rapid
Advance.
THE COST OF RUNNING
Less Than Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars Including
interest on Mortgage.

Ihe tWenty-Sixth annual report for
Christ Hospital has just been issued. 1t
is in pamphlet form and contains ninety
TWO pages of solid reading matter and
statistics, probably both the thickest and
most condensed report the hospital has
ever issued
The cost of running the hos pital for the
past year has been $21, $685. of which
S2,09612 was interest on the mortgage
debt The hospital now occupies twenty
six city lots including all it's outbuildings,
uhe accumulation of the ten years it has
peen IN active service on Pahsade ave-
nue.. The new hospital has been COM
pleted at cost of $103, 100 for lands and
buildings. In the ten years on Palisade
avenue 81, ,453 patients have been cared for
at cost Of about $125,O0O.
The Rev. George S. Bennitt. president.
In his annual report for the year ending
december 81, 1899, says
Charging the outlay for current ex
penses to those patients occupying beds
the cost per day for each patient has been
96 cents. We are enabled to do This on.
account of the very liberal donations of
supplies, including groceries and articles
of needlework
Ihe receipts have been, through the
especial efforts of the treasurer, sufficient
to meet the current expenses and interest
Tor the year, with a balance of over $500
on hand. This is record which gives us
the greatest pleasure and to have OBJ
tained this result is remarkable, when We
remember that the early part of the year
was occupied in building the new wings
and furnishing, while in the latter part
the cost of operating increased our cur
rent expenses nearly $500 month
THE building of the new wings began
with the breaking of ground by the
president, September 13, 1898, assisted by
others connected with the institution. On
June 13, 1899, the Bishop of the diocese,
assisted by the President, the Chaplain
and the Bishops chaplain, opened the new
wings with religious services, the Bishop
blessing its memorial halls and rooms,
and the President declaring it open for
the reception of patients. The total cost
of it's construction has been about $4,000,
of which only $4,000 was obtained by
mortgage, and we have already $1,000 to-
wards this obligation.
THE Council has received by legacy
from the estate of Margaret Cowen, late
of Jersey City, $1,000, applied to the con-
struction of new wings, and by will of
Louis M. Vogel, late of West Hoboken,
S. 600 for the endowment of bed is pro-
vided for.
The Abercrombe Guild is especially en-
gagged in the endowment of beds and in
many other ways for the best interests
of the institution. 1t has added over
81, 100 to it's endowment funds; has in hand
over $1,000 towards a new Daisy
Ward, and nearly $500 towards the bonded
debt, 1t has paid in towards the current
expenses, mostly from its interest on en-
dowments, over $500. 1t publishes
monthly a paper called The Daisy to
which the Guild is largely indebted for
such splendid results. The Guild desires
to entend it's thanks to Hon. John w.
Heck for most valuable services rendered
it.
ST. Mary's Guild has for it's work the
raising of money towards the interest on
the mortgaged debt of the hospital. They
have now about 515 Mite Boxes in various
stores. offices and families, collected from
quarterly. The last year the four quar-
ters' collections amounted to $970.S9,
which, together with balance from the
total of $1,19961. The Guild hopes to
be able to Increase it's work, until it is
able to provide for the entire interest on
the increased mortgaged debt, rendered
necessary by the building of the new
wings.
Christ Hospital Guild of Hoboken, has
been recently added to the number of
workers for the institution, and the
Council appreciate their earnest efforts
in behalf of this work. They have
membership of SO. and have raised over
three hundred dollars during the year.
1.-THE Training School for Nurses con-
tinues to become more and more efficient
The enlarged institution demanded addi-
tional nurses and the number of pupils
had to be increased. This was made
possible by the purchase by Mr. j. Hull
Browning of four city lots, with dwelling
house thereon, and his gift of the same
to Christ Hospital The school has
graduated five nurses during the year.
There are now thirty-five graduates, and
there are twnety- three pupils and two
proba|tioners. The apothecary reports
prescriptions to have been 13, 147.''
L0UIS'S CHANGE OF MIND.