The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-20
He QUEENS
HOSP|T Al.
Results Of Annual
Election Of
Officers.
REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
Work Of Year RecapituIation and
Suggestions Made for Needed
improvements.

the Queens Hospital for the hearing of
and the election of officers and
trustees was held yesterday morning
at the Office of F. A. Schaefer & Co.
The reports of the superintendent, at
tending surgeon and physician were
read and five trustees were elected for
a term of four years as follows: Messrs.
A. Macintosh, A. B. Wood, E. F. Bish-
op, W. H. Baird and H. F. Wichman.
The officers elected were:
Treasurer-H Waterhouse
Auditor-M. P. Robinson.
Secretary-George w. Smith.
DIR. c.. B. Wood was elected surgeon
and DR.. C. B. Cooper physician to the
hospital for the ensuing year.
The Governor has appointed as the
trustees for the Government for a pc
riod of four years Messrs A. S. Cleg-
horn, II. w. Schmidt, E. w. Jordan,
VIM. G.. Irwin and T. Give Davies.
The report of Superintendent Eek
hardt presents some interesting statis-
tics which are given below:
Honolulu, June So 1901.
To the Trustees of the Queens Rospi-
tai:
Gentlemen-T have the honor to sub
init the following report for the bien-
NAL period ending June 80, 1901:
The number of patients on June 80,
1899, was 20; admitted during the
twenty-four months, 1,765, making a
total of 1885 patients treated, as
against 1875 during the previous bien-
NAL period.
Nationalities represented were as fol-
lows:
Hawaii 742 5O2 males, 240 females;
United States of America 246, 221
males, 25 females; Japan 1877, lat males,
40 females; Portugal 104, 50 males, %
females; Germany 95, 80 males. fe-
males; Norway 81, So males, females;
England Sc, SO males, females; Swe-
den 40, As males l female; Ireland 3S,
81 males, 1 female; China "a, 33 males,
female; Denmark g. 25 males, fe-
male: Italy A. Is males, l female; Can
ada IA, II males, females; France IA,
10 males, females; Porto Rico 10, Z
males, females; Austria IL, IL males,
1 female; Australia T. males. / fe-
male; Galfcia 5, 8 males, 2 females;
Spain s. males, females; Scotland 35
males; Finland 20 males; Holland 7
males; Russia Z males; Tahiti males;
Nova Scotia s males; New South
Wales males; West Indies males;
Chile males; Greece males; Maurf-
thus 8 males; Mexico 8 males; South
Africa males: Belgium, New Zealand
and Prince Edward Island, males
each; Poland, st. Helena and Turkey,
l male each.
The number of deaths, 1877, in total
of 1885 patients, gives a percentage OF
9.8
caI1Sac death wprp.
Abscess of liver 5; anaemia 2; appen-
dicitis 1; arsenical poisoning 1; asthma
/; beriberi 1; Bright's disease 2; burns
4; cancer of stomach 2; cancer of utter
US 1; cardiac asthenia 2; cerebral
hemorrhage 4; cirrhosis of liver 4; dys-
sentery 5; empyaemia 8; enteritis L;
fracture of skull 1; gangrene 5; gas
trio ulcers 2; gunshot wounds g.; heart
disease s; hamilton 1; internal hemorr-
hage 4; meningitis IA; methylated spir-
it poison l; neurosis 1; oedema glo-
tidis L; oedema pulmonalis 1; old age
2; opium poison L; ovarian cyst /;
peritonitis s; phthisis Q; pneumonia 80;
railroad injuries 8, rupture Of bladder
1; sarcoma /; septicaemia 2; stab
wound 1; strangulated hernia 2; sur
gicaI shock 3; syphilis L; tetanus 2;
traumatic injuries IL; tuberculosis s;
typhoid fever %; uremia g.
OF these were natives of Hawaii 81;
Japan 81; United States of America Is;
Germany II: Portugal Il; China 5;
Porto Rico 5; Austria g. England 8;
Denmark 3; Tahiti 8; Ireland 2; Nor
way 2; Nova Scotia 2, and / each, Chile
Galicia, Guam, Finland, Holland, Italy
Scotland, South Africa and Turkey.
Sixteen died within II hours, thir-
teen within "a hours, and nine within
as hours of admission.
The endowed beds have been occu-
pied as follows:
C. r. Bishop beds-No. / by fourteen
patients 694 days; No. 2. by eleven pa
tents, COL days; No. 8, by twelve pa
tents, SIS days; No. 4, by twelve pa
tents, 625 days.
A. A. Corniot bed-by ten patients
612 days.
r. r. Foster bed-by two patients
$50 days.
F. NJ. Irwin bed-By' ten patients, 6Sl
days.
Hackfeld bed-By fourteen patients
709 days.
There have been SO major and III
| minor operations, and 2S post-morteu
examinations. The former composed
| the following:
Amputations IA (fngers 2, foot 1
hand 6, leg 4, arm and leg u; appen-
dicitis s; cancer of breast L; cancer O.
! tOhS uS 0Lnpy dtiHId eIiAuCldLIOH u
| eyeball 6; fracture of skull 1; haemorr
| hoides 1; hernia II; hydrocele 2
| laparatomy 16 (cyst of ovary 4. LAGER
1 alton Of intestines 2, ovariotomy 5, pei
Vic tumor 1,@pyo- salphyny 2, tuberculal
peritonitis p; legation of external iliat
artery /; necrosis lower jaw 2; neph
rotomy /; opening knee joint /; perrin
cal fstula /; perineal section /; recta
fstula 1; resection elbow joint /: resec
!, ton of reetum /; resection of shoulder
/ joint l. supra-pubic cystotomy 2; tu
NOR of bladder /; trachelorrhapy 6
trephining skull 2; urethral structure /
varicose veins 2.
Since June IA, 1900 2e4 seameh have
been admitted under agreement will
the United States Marine Hospital Ser
vice, at an average of $500 a month
| These men were at first attended b.
the hospital physician and surgeon, bu
now they are under the care of reg
ular marine hospital surgeon.
| You will notice that $50 more patient!
/ have been treated during this perio.