The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-20
THE WORK OF TWO YEARS
THE BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE
QUEENS HOSPITAL.
An Increase in the Number of Patients.
Fewer Hawaiians But More of Ot1er
Nationalities-OHc Chosen

At the annual meeting of the trustees
of the Queens Hospital held yesterday
the. following were elected trustees,
Rev. Alexander Macintosh, A. b.
Wood, E. f. Bishop, w, II. Baird and
II. F. Wichman Henry Warehouse
was elected treasurer, NJ. p. Robinson
Auditor, George w. Smith secretary,
DR.. c. b. Wood surgeon and DR.. c. b.
Cooper physician. The governor has
appointed as the trustees for the gov
eminent, A. S. Cleghorn, H. w. Schmidt
e. w. Jordan, William G. Irwin and 7.
Give Davies.
superintendent Johannes F. Eckhardt
made his biennial report for the period
ending June 80, 1901 of which the fol-
lowing are the more important or in
teresting matters.
The number of patients on June 80,
1899 was 20; admitted during the
twenty-four months, 1,765, making
total of 1885 patients treated as
against 1875 during the previous bien-
NAL period.
Nationalities represented were as fol-
lows:
Hawaii 742, 500 males. 24O females:
United States of America 246, 221 males
% females Japan 49, 147 males, 40
females; Portugal 104, 80 males, % fe-
males; Germany 80, 80 males, 3 females;
Norway 81, 50 males, 8 females; Eng
land So, 50 males, females; Sweden 49,
as males, l female; Ireland 3S, 81 males
! female; China "a, 80 males, / female
Denmark 26, % males, l female; Italy
IA, 10 males l female; Canada IA, II
males, females; France IA, 10 males. 4
females; Porto Rico 10, Z males, 8 fe-
| males Austria II, II males, / female
Australia I, males, l female; Galicia
3, 8 males, 2 females; Spain 5, 2 males,
) females; Scotland 30 males; Finland
Z males Holland I males; Russia :
males; Tahiti I males; Nova Scotia 6
males; New South Wales males; West
Indies males; Chile males; Greece
3 males; Mauritius 3 males; Mexico 3
males South Africa 3 males; Belgium,
New Zealand and Prince Edward ISL
and, males each; Poland st. Helena
and Turkey, 1 male each.
The number of Deaths 1877, In 4 total
of 1885 patients gives a percentage of
9,S.
0S7 is 1913 + per cent. of 1850
OF these We're natives of Hawaii 81;
Japan q; United States of America IS:
Germany II; Portugal IL; China 8;
Porto Rico 5; Austria 8; England 3:
Denmark 8; Tahiti 8; Ireland 2; Nor
way 2; Nova Scotia 2, and 1 each, Chile
| Galicia, Guam, Finland, Holland Italy,
Scotland, South Africa and Turkey.
Sixteen died within u hours, thir-
teen within "a hours. and nine within
rs 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 patients, col days. No. 8, by
twelve patients 5SS days; No. 4. by
twelve patients, 625 days; A. A. Corniot
/ bed, by ten patients, 612 days: T. r.
Foster bed, by two patients, 73O days:
f. M. Irwin bed, by ten patients 6S7
days; Hackfeld bed, by fourteen pa
tents, 700 days
There have been 80 major and 10
minor operations, and % post-mortem
! examinations.
/ Since June IA, 1900, 2O4 seamen have
been admitted under agreement with
/ the United States Marine Hospital Ser
vice, at an average of $500 a month
/ These men We're at first attended by
the hospital physician and surgeon, but
now they are under the care of a reg
ular marine hospital surgeon.
You will notice that 26O more pa
tents have been treated during this pc
! Rod than during the last biennial term
the native patients have diminished in
number, and the number of foreign pa
| tents has increased very considera-
| bly,.
Many emergency cases are treated.
almost daily; some of these do not re-
main as patients, but the majority do
/ receive hospital treatment for from a
! day to several weeks. The near inail-
guration of the rapid transit service,
the narroWness of nearly all our
streets, the largely increased traffic
upon them, and the change in our pop
ulation, would seem to indicate that
more emergency cases have to be look
ed forward to in the near future. AL
though we have been able to provide
for them so far; the necessity Of an
emergency ward or hospital becop, es
! more and more apparent
Work is now going on to connect the
sewers with the city sewerage system.
| When this is finished and some neces-
sary plumbers work has been complet-
ed the hospital cesspools may be filed
up and the place will then be in better
sanitary condition than before.
All the buildings are in good repair,
put considerable painting will have to
be done on all of them before long.