Evening journal., 1901-03-19
ANNUAL MEETING
Oh MANAGERS
Gratifying Report From
President Johnston of
Delaware Hospital

Managers OF the Delaware Hospital
held their annual meeting in the hos
pital building yesterday afternoon
and President Tilghman Johnston pre-.
scented his report for the year 1900.
The report was as follows.
I'VE are still enabled 10 commence
our report with a feeling Of encourage
mont in our years work the sum OIL
$500 has been added % the endowment
fund, and $500 TO the building fund
both sums bang lsgacic3. one from
Mrs. Judd's and the Other from Mrs
Charles Warmers "a tate. During thel
coming ycar VIZ VIII reeve 5000 frcml
this estate Of Mrs. Sarah Esther Cum
Minis, 10 endow The Williams Bed ill
memory of ar pai,nts, James and
Ruth Anna Williams, BY the will cfl
DR.. w. W. Leslie. OF Philadelphia, .1ho
hospital VIII receive Sil 900 20 ondow
two beds, in memory of Sarah S. LES
lie and DR.. w. w. Lesl-a. The Will
OF Mrs Elizabeth Wormald directs
that her residuary estate shall be d.
vided equally between th
HomeOrath and Delaware hos
pitals, these various holuasts will
probably be available during the year
The rcasurCrs report Is paiticu-
larly gratifying, showing the contin-
ucd interest In our work and the sue
Ctssful management Of our suporin-
rcndcnt Miss Wilson; cur bank ac-I
count shows q balance Of S4,61L53, asI
against S2,S3l 50 last year.
There was an Increase Of S3i9.S0 in
income receipts. Other rc.0pts were
Si3526. flOm subscriptions 30 buildingI
fund; S429.i5 from tenth anniversary
rntg tairmCnt; S25i from Easter
dance, $1,000 from rummag sale
THE income receipts were Sll ,093.05.
and maintenancc expenses S9,066.32; the
cost per patient per day was 93 cents.
Large donations Of supplies served to
keep down the expenses.
In 1900 the hospital treated 5l3 pa
ltitnts, an increase cf 81 over 1899. and
gave 9,755 days service; the number Of
ldispansary patients was 295
For the eleven years Of it's exist
lencs, the hospital has had S.277 adms-
sons; days treated. 1855; cost OF
maintenance, S73.293.79; dlEpersary
patients, lO75s.
MUST GLADDEN. THE HEART"
1T must gladden. the heart Of every
friend of the hospital that the wish Of
the trustees and managers for a new
building, with modern facilities and
plenty of room, will be answered dur
ing the coming Spring. In il we will
have two large surgical wards on the
main floor. connected by wide halls
with the elevator, operating other.z-
ing, sterilizlng. instrument and drug
rooms, and with the old building by q
sun parlor; also with the suporintend-
'ents room, ana a reception room con
meeting with the second floor by a pri-
va,e stairway; in the wings VIII be
the medical wards, bath and toilet
'rocms, recovery and other additional
rooms.
In the second an1 third floors VIII
be- sixteen private rooms, with bah
land toilet-rooms, with convalescent
parlors. diet kitchens, ttc. In iha ba e.
.ment VIII be receiving ward, ordwlys
and lOcker-rOoms, and rooms for dis
pensaTy and dental work. a complete
boiler plant Of sufficient capacity to
heat all the buildings has been in
SAILED.
"1he Bush Ward will probably BE-
used in time as a Children's Ward
Having received subscriptions and
funds amounting to over $50 600, the
trustees felt it their duty 10 make
contracts and commence the work on
the plans adopted the contract price
fer the building was s26.5O0 and it is
being erected by William j. Brown; the
contract for the plumbing was made
with J. n. Eaten, and was for S2,442
and tho contract for hontng was made
with II. A. Miller, and was for s2,535.
In addition, the following contracts
were made: Elevator, s2,250; boiler
plant, 500; electric wiring and call
bells $3.50; additional plumbing, 500;
extra stairway and finishing basement
rooms 5000; it is estimated that the
total cost of tho bu lding furnished
and ready for use VIII be $50 600; g.
Will. therefore, be necessary to raise
$4,000 during the next three months
in order that we can open the new
building free from dsbt
"Tho building fund account stands
as follows; Received from subscrip-
.tions Of trustees, $4,000; from subscrip-
items of friends. SG,336; from Temple
.of Fame entertainment S2,557; frcm
estate of Mrs Charles Warmer. $500;
from estate OF Mrs n. II. Ca-t,r S6i5;
from Easter dance, S254; from tenth
anniversary entertainment, S429; from
fummage sale, Sl,b59i total 20 date,
S21 .621.
1T will be noticed that only S6.336
has bcsn received from snhscript ons
.Cutsidc of the board Of trustaes; I
feel sure that an earnest presentation
.cf the cause to the public individual
ly) will bring a ready response; .t must
be understood that subscriptions in
amy amount viii be gladly received, for
many small amounts VIII make q large
total
I'VE have at present SIX endowed
memorial beds. with legacies am
nouncad which will cndow four more.
In this connection allow me 90 suggest
In thought: The Delaware Hospital has
become a fixed fact. and ii will be m.a-
isterng to the sick ard suffering, and
bringing them good cheer and comfort
after we have passed away.
The endowment OF a bed means
pcrp -tuating the memory Of some loved
enc and associating his or her name
with a noble work. SO that the sick
or suffering ones who occury the bed