The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14
ANNUAL INCOME
INCREASING
And Time viii Soon Come When
Deficits viii be Things of the
Past For Memorial Hospital
Officers to Deal With
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE TRUSTEES

Physicians For the Year
Notwithstanding Report
by President Thomas H. Gage
is Read
The trustees of Memorial Hospital
had their annual meeting yesterday at
ternoon at the Worcester County Insti-
tuition for Savings, aud the reports
show that the hospital continues to do
the good work for which it was estab-
lished in a praiseworthy manner The
| old board of trustees was reelected, as
follows: DR.. Thomas H. Gage, Hon
Stephen Salisbury, Hon. John D.Wash-
burn. Rev. DIR. Daniel Merriman, Dr.
Albert Wood, Charles A, Chase, Dr.
| Hosea NJ. Quinby, Philip w. Moen,
Waldo Lincoln, Thomas G. Kent, Rev
Orange c. Bailey and DR.. Leonard
Wheeler. The board elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, DR.. Thomas
H Gage; vice-president, Hon. John D.
Washburn; secretary, Rev. DR.. Daniel
Merriman treasurer, Charles A.
! Chase; committee on finances and &C
counts, Hon. Stephen Salisbury Waldo
Lincoln, Philip w. Moen, Charles A
Chase; auditors, DR.. Hosea M Quinby
and Waldo Lincoln; executive commit
tee, DIR. Thomas H. Gage, DR.. Albert
Wood, Charles A. Chase DR.. Hosea
NJ. Qunby and DR.. Leonard Wheeler;
committee on grounds, Thomas G.
Kent, Waldo Lincoln and Rev. Orange
c. Bailey.
The officers of the hospital and dis
pensary were elected as follows: Con
suitlng medical board, DIR. George r.
Francis, DR.. Emerson Warner and DR..
John G. Park; oculist and aurist, Dr.
David Narrower; physicians for hospi-
| tai, DR.. oliver H. Everett, DR.. George
o. Ward, DR. Ray w. Greene and Dr.
Frederick II. Baker; surgeons for hos
pital, Dr. Samuel b. Woodward, DR..
Homer Gage and DR.. Lemuel F. Wood
ward assistant oculist and aurist, DR..
| David B. Lowell
Visiting medical staff-Dspensary
department for general diseases, Or.
| George H Hill, DR.. John NJ W. Farm
ham, DR.. Lester c. Miller and DR..
! George E. Emery; gynecologists, DR..
Mary Darrell, DR.. Mary A. Charters
and DR.. Lucia A. Wheeler; laryngolo-
gist, DIR. Albert C. Getchell; dermatolo-
| gist, DR. Oliver H Everett: orthope-
/ ulSlHt III. l1ElIlutl f. NOOuWdTu anu
| Dr. Joseph l. Lindsay; pathologist, DIR.
| Frederick H. Baker; assistant oculist
and aurist DIR. Charles T Estabrook;
superintendent, Lucia L. Jaquth; engi-
neer. Charles Falt; superintendent of
nurses. DR.. Caroline A. Osborne mat
ron. Phila W. Weston.
The annual report of President
Thomas H. Gage to the board gives the
following information in the hospital
= tr,4..
patients, and there have been received
since 300. making the whole number
under treatment for the year 951 which,
as against $50 for the previous year.
shows an increase of 81 OF these 81
have been discharged as well, 243 re-
| lieved, Is not relieved, 36 not treated, 81
| by death, and 40 remain. OF those ad-
mitted during the year, 53S were adults
and 1852 children; 215 males and 6S5 fe-
males: 375 were classified under the
head Of general surgical 242 as gyneco-
logical, 210 as medical, 81 as ophthalmic
or aural. and 5 as not diagnosed; 525
were wholly free 1888 paid in part. and
| 1872 in full: 578 were residents of Wor-
| cester and 1922 Of other places.
1.-THE number Of weeks the hospital
was occupied, making the computation
upon the basis Of single patient, was
1867, as against 2597 in 1900, an increase
/ OF ~. Inc average AltllG spent III tlb
| house by each patient was 1888 days,
| being Isl days less than the year be-
| fore. The average number for each
day, 51.15 was greater than In 1900 by
134 The largest number on any one
day was GO and the smallest 49, The
service called for 596 surgical opera
tons.
I'm the dispensary, the aggregate
service of all departments as compared
] eli
diminution. The whole number Of Wis
its was 1909, against 12749 in 1900, a
falling off of $50. The number Of new
cases treated shows a small Increase
over 1900.
Income derived from the patients
in the hospital, medicine furnished to
,dispensary patients, services of nurses
in private families sundries and Oper
ating room fees, shows a considerable
increase According to the superin-
tendents statement, 1t has amounted
to S10,179.41 against $S754 03 in 1900, a
gain of s1425 38 This Is satisfactory
and of encouraging significance. TAX
en- with the gain of last three years, 1t
points almost certainly to the time in
the near future when income from
earnings and investments will an
nually equal expenditures. and deficits
become things Of the past.
THE cost of maintenance has been
s26, 446. o. which is S3S. 90 less than in
the previous year This is gratifying
when it is considered that the number
of patients cared for has been II per
cent larger than in 1900. The average
weekly cost per patient has been 80 81.
Under the head Of gifts. the report
says the superintendent statement
will give an account of everything re-
ceived. great and small, but the board
mentions particularly the following
contributions Miss Cora Crompton,
$500 for the matron's fund; Mrs. Henry
Clarke, 500 for the benefit Of the
Henry Clarke memorial fund; Mrs.
Merriman, $40 to be used wherever
needed. the Memorial Hospital Aid
Society $25 for the splint and crutch
fund; Mrs Judge Staples and the
First ITniversalist Samaritan Society,
each IS for general purposes; friend,
81 for Christmas. The legacies of Jonas
G. Clark Of $1,000 and of Mrs Hester
n. Wetherell of $4,000 have also been
received. But the distinguishing gift
Of the year has been that of $4,000 by
Mrs. George CrOmpton-Wood for the
erection and equipment Of a new
surgery The only condition she at
tached to the gift is that the surgery
shall be called forever THE Albert
Bowman Wood Surgery" Nothing
could have been more opportune or
welcome than this gift. The need of
better facilities for the work Of our
surgeons had long been apparent and
had been repeatedly brought to the
trustees attention by the superlntend-
ent and executive committee. The
board lost no time in making it avail
able. Plans for the building were pro-
cured with all possible dispatch the
site determined on. building commit