The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-13

WORK
DONE.
What Was Accomplished al
R.l. Hospital OuTingths Year
Shown in Annual Reports

Of the Rhode Island hospital was held
al noon today in the chapel Of that in-
suution. with very lsrse attendance Of
rcmbers and friends.
The president. Royal G. TAFT was in the
chair and called the meeting TO order
after which J. e. Pegrsm, ESQ. the sec
rotary. presented his report OF the pro-
| rssdings Of the last annual meeting.
Following came y lengthy and compre-
hensive report OF the board OF trustees
by Arnold Green. Esq The first portion
90 this report embodied the report of the
superintendent of the hospital. Dr. John
NJ Peters giving the following stStis-
Number OF patients in the hospital
September 30. 1900: Males. los female,
| 81; total. 2oS.
Number remaining In the hospital Sep
| iember 9o 1891: Males. 10; females 20
tdsl Pa.
| Number OF patients admitted from oc-
! tober l. isD0 Ia september ~. 1901, was;
| Males 20i5 females. lt22; total 3i6'.
| The monthly average number OF pa
tients for the year was ma les 1859, fe-
! males lOiss. total 3ls.72. Largest number
! in one day 241 smallest number In one
day 1871. Free patients admitted during the
1 year 250S. Paying atients admitted during
| the year 707 Part paying patients admit
| ted during the year. - Number or
| deaths occurring twenty -four hours after
admission l23. Whole number deaths for
| the year 3,6 Deaths proportionate In
| whole number OF results 90 plus Number
| Of cases accidentally injured and admitted
| Ia the wards 42s. Number OF cases acct
| IDENTIFY injured and not admitted To the
| wards g2 Total number OF accidents
| treated l021 After giving the above sta
| tistics the report continued as follows:
The work grows from year 10 yesr and
| for several years this hospital has been
th. third largest in New England; the
| Boston city and Massachusetts General
| Hospitals alone exceeding IL in number OF
| patients treated.
| The operating room which was open
ed 23 years ago. IT. still In use and al
though every available foot OF space mas
been utilized and every mskeshift tred.
the accommodat tiOns are Inadequate and
obsolete
| The rooms now used too small and
| are SO constructed as To make IL impos-
sibie 10 keep them sursically clean.
| An urgent plea was made. first. for bet
| ter facilities in this much-crowded de-
partment.
The report OF the Training school for
Nurses showed the follows statistics
sent 49, ls1a-number In school xzs~ Sept
~ 1900 10 Sept -. isOl-Number admitted
a.: total lU1. graduated. %; probauoner'
rejected, 6: pupil nurses dropped Tor Nari
Gus reasons, s; pupil nurses remaining u
school. 10,
STAR. orIc.rs- Superintendent OF nurses
1; assistant superintendents. :; night su
peritendent, /; graduate in charge OF op
Grating room, J.
The report also noted the heavy de
mands made upon the training schoo
during the past year and urged the lmine
diate need OF enlargement.
IL was still further reported thAt
fuller course of anatomy had been sdde'
ana also a course of demonstration II
invalid cookery as well as elemenlarl
massage and training In the adminisra
ton of anesthetics.
In calling attention TO the Nsri ~
, changes made i'm the hospitsl during IN
. mast year. or from July 3 1901, the follow
. ing gentlemen were named as haNins nee
appointed externes for the year beginnin
| July ]: -
i Surgtcal--Thomas T.. Black, NJ ID,
4 " Hunt. NJ. D.. John b. Mckenns
- D. Clifford VI. Griffin, NJ. ID" Arthu
. HollinRsworth. NJ. d., Donald Churchill
NJ -.
e Medical-Charles r.. V. Kennon, NJ
q Henry r. Loveweli. NJ. D., Frank r.. Bu
% dick NJ D., Halsey DeWof, Nj. ID, W.
A liam N. Peters, NJ. D., Henry A COOK
ID NJ u.
?, The report or the pathological depar
ment was an important one from the "a
IN that IL was practically the report OF "
l- first year OF this new branch OF work ~
W aims and character OF this work were
is forth In fun by Dr. Fuller under VINO
rs charge the experiments have been co
- Quoted -
IA In dwelling upon the financial conditt
Vs Of the hospital Mr.. Greenes report show
D. the following, which was also noted III |
he report OF the treasurer:
al Receipts OF the hospital FOR the pa
year. tA.3S.24
-. Exnenses. sies52est. showing expens
.. to have exceeded the income by N2.
on This deficiency was mot by the ineo'
ne OF the hospital by contributions and OF
hv erwise.
n The treaSurers report also showed
IA entire contributions during tho year
ed have reached the sum OF l'2a.l'' NJ
.rt close Of The reports OF the meeting, I
n. William Goddard moved their adopt
80 aud registration which was done.
-. \ nominating COMMITTEES was appoin
M bv the chair as follows: Charles ~ I
M llu. william II Wood G. g. Harrinst
i'm Tho following names were brought
l,y the chairman ~ the nominating co
mtttee and the same were elected
Board of trustees-R Royal &. TAFT. pr
dent: Henry q Russell. Robert l. Ga
... NELL. Arnold Green. Johns ~ Consd
samuel r. Dorrsncs. Albert ID. Me
~ Horatio y Campbell. Isaac 6. Bates
'u. A Nightingale. charles 4. Cstln, J'
raj W. Danielson. treasurer. John &. Pesr'
secretary.
md These. with one exception, are the "a
vas as last year.
uts Flfty new nenners were fepoI'en
tho slso tho decease of the following He
I'M X Barker. Thos Durfee. Samuel Eos
%. stearns Hutchnss. Earl r Mason, ~
- thv Newell. James s. Fhsttsplsce, \
tsI Mary r. Potter. Walter A. Peck
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