The sun., 1901-03-19
CONDITION
OF HOSPITAL
Delaware Must Raise $4,000 to
be Free From Debt.
FUNDS EXPECTED THIS YEAR
Treasurer's Report Gratifying Near
ly $11, 900 Will be Received Dur
ing the Present Year-More
Help is Needed.

The Board of Managers Of the Della
ware Hospital held their annual meeting
ut the institution, Fourteenth and Wash
I ington streets, yesterday afternoon.
President Tilghman Johnston in his an
nual report for the year ending Deccnl-
Der 31st last, said in part:
I'VE are still enabled to commence
our report with feeling Of encourage
ment i'll our years work; the sum Of
$500 has been added to the endowment
fund, and $500 to the building fund;
both sums being legacies, one from
Mrs. Judd's and the other from Mrs.
Charles Warmers estate. During the
coming year we will received $4,000 from
the estate of Mrs. Sarah Esther Cum
Minis, to endow '"rhe Williams Bed"
in memory of her parents, James and
Ruth Anna Williams. BY the will of DR..
W. w. Leslie of Philadelphia the hos
pital will receive $1,000, to endow two
beds, in memory of Sarah s. Leslie and
i)r. w. W. Leslie. The will OF Mrs.
| Elizabeth Wormald directs that her
residuary estate shall be divided euu-
lily between the Homeopathic and Del
lware Hospitals; these various bequests
VIII pIoDaDis De uNullable' uurlnS inc
year.
."rhe treasurer's report is partic,l-
aily gratifying, showing the continued
interest in our work, and the successful
| management of our superintendent,
Hiss Wilson; our bank account shows Il
balance of $4,6i1.53, as against $2,S61. 80
| asst year"
| There was an increase of $319.S0 in in
onle receipts. Other receipts were
| 1885, from subscriptions to building
'und; $429.45 from tenth anniversary
entertainment; $254 from Easter dance;
l,60O, from rlnmage sale.
The income receipts We're $11 .093.O5.
md maintenance expenses, $9,O66.32:
she cost per patient per day was 80
'ents. Large donations of supplies
'erved to keep down the expenses.
In 1900 the hospital treated 513
.atients. an increase Of 81 over 1899,
md gave 9,775 days service; the num-
er Of dispensary patients was 1895.
For the Il years of its existence, the
lospital has had 1927 admissions; days
treated, I,645; cost of maintenance,
| is,2s3s7s. dispensary patients. 1o,75s.
i In speaking or the new building with
IS modern facilities. President john
ton said: "Having received subscriptions
md funds amounting to over $4,000, the
rustees felt it their duty to make con-
racts and commence tile work OH the
plans adopted; the contract price for
he building was $26,500 and it is being
rected by William ]. Brown; the con-
rract for the plumbing was made with
|. N. Eaton and was for s2,442, and the
ontract for heating was made with Ill.
\. Miller and was for $2535. In addi-
ion, the following contracts were made.
Elevator, $2,250: boiler plant, 500: cleo
tric wiring and call bells, $3.50: additional
plumbing, 500; extra stairway and
finishing basement rooms, $500: it is cS-
mated that the total cost of the build
ng furnished and ready for use will be
$4,000; it will, therefore, be necessary to
raise $4,000 during the next three
months, in order that we can open the
new building free from debt.
"The building fund account stands rs
'ollows: Received from subscriptions of
. lrstees, $4,000; from subscriptions of
rcnds, s6.336; from Temple of Fame
entertainment, $2,537; from estate of
! irs Charles Warner, $500; from estate
# Mrs. II. ii. Carter. s615; from Easter
lance, $254: from tenth anniversary en-.
ertainment, $429; from rummage sale,
1850; total to date, $21.621.
1T will be noticed that only $6,33f
ias been received from subscriptions
outside of the board of trustees: fee
sure that an earnest presentation of the
, ause OF the public individually viii
bring a ready response: it must bt
Understood that subscriptions in any
j, mount will be gladly received fol
: many small amounts will make large
otal."
o The report concluded with an nc
! 'nowledgment of the services of tn,
: 'taffs and the superintendent and he
assistants.
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