New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
MANY PATIENTS ATTENDED.
Report of the Society of the Lying-In Hos
nital

The annual report of the Society of the Lytng-ln
Hospital has just been issued. The report states
that the hospital has now been open some eight
months and in that time 127S applicants asked for
ward treatment. giving average of 160 a month
Owing to lack Of means it was only possible to use
one ward of sixty-two beds for this service
The report calls attention to the fine new hos
pitaI, the gift Of J. Pierpout Morgan, opened tor
the reception of patients last January, and says
that it's position covering the block front In Sec
ond-ave-, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth st, Is
most favorable, being near the stations OF the e4e
railroad and accessible by means OF the sur
face roads in Third and Second aves and cross-
town cars through Seventeenth and Eighteenth SITS
The report states that besides the Society OF the
Lytng-In Hospital there. twelve other tnstttu-
tons in this city receiving atsTni5y Sa5es Sad Will
sist of six beds in the Emergency Hospital in
TWenty-sixth-st, and nifty beds in the ward OF the
Metropolitan Hospital and pavilion OF the ely
building therefore with 1s6 beds. affords an ac-
commodaton almost equal TO one-third or all these
Attention is called to the fact that the society
last year expended out of its investment fund IN the
maintenance OF one ward $3S 120 90
It is stated that all the society lacks at present is
It's work and it is confidently believed by the board
OF governors that with building SO well adapted
money viii eventually be forthcoming TO prevent in
For the year ending September 80 1902 the report
says that the number Of births in Manhattan &C
cordins to the official returns OF the HeaIth De-
partment. was 5l6SS; This exceeds the ngure OF
last l,4oB. and indicates tnaL on average
child born every minutes. OF the num-
ber % 40S births were reported by physicians anu
q, 2S2 by midwives-
The number OF the socety's cases shows a.
largely increased service those cared for the
previous year, the applicants being ASS. an In
OF 105s or these the society admitted IN It's
hospital building S15, who received 1l.oSJ days
treatment. There were twenty-five deaths. and 1t
Is asserted. considering the number or ambulance
cases-2lT-that the mortality last year may De con-
sidered exceedingly low In the outdoor depart
nine the total births in both departments being
334.
II is stated In the report that the average wages
received by the husbands Of those treated who
were employed amounted to only 81 26 a week, and
the average rent expended was IS rs month, leav-
ing a balance of 6s a day to provide each
family with food. clothing and fuel
The report calls attention to the work or the
diet kitchen. stating that some one hundred and
erage cost Of less than 81 so family. being pro-
vided with food and other necessary articles for
two weeks longer. during the illness Of the
mother.
The Ladies Auxiliary has greatly assisted the
society in systematic work throughout the tene-
meut districts. 1t has 81 members The auxtl-
iary supplies scrubwomen clean the rooms OF the
patients in the outdoor department who wash
clothes care for the children. cook meals and re
lieve the patients in various ways Some Lff5
garments distributed.
The educational work has made great advance
Two hundred and nine students and So graduates
have received instruction, 90 nurses have taken
the usual three months course. attending lectures
and gaining valuable experience under the super
vision OF the medical board The amount OF money
expended by the society last year was S1S659 T.