The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-31
HOSPITAL SOCIETY MEETS
REPORTS SUBMITTED AND DIREC-
 TORS ELECTED.
Encouraging Report by the PrudontinI Committee-shOwed Increase In night for the Election of Officers,

Hospital society of Connecticut was
 held yesterday afternoon in the admin
 stration building of the hospital anC
 the reports for the year were submit
 ted, eleven directors elected and other business was transacted
 The most important report was that of the prudential committee, giving the statistics of work for the past year and in some respects this report was the most satisfactory ever submitted before the directors of the institution.
 The following was the most interest ing data of the report, showing the ac- tual doings in the hospital since Janu- ary 1, 1901:
 Admitted-19ol, 1923; 1900, 1,2s4 in- crease S9.
 Treated-19O1, 1444; 1900, 1869; in- crease 75.
 Ded--19O1 1S3; 1900, 179; increase 4.
 Remaining-19O1, 121; 1900, 121.
 Births-1901, 75; 1900, 61; increase 14.
 Largest number at any one time-19o1, 149; 1900, 147; increase, 2.
 Smallest number at any one time 1901, 1O3; 1900, 96; increase, '.
 Daily average-1901, 127 IT; 1900, 119 IS; increase, 3.
 Daily average of attendants and oth- ers-1901, 110 S-10; 1900, 1O5 6-10; in crease, , 2-10
 Daily average of nurses-1901 AT 2-3; 1900, A 4-10.
 Cost of food per inmate-1901, 31 S-10; 1900, 34 9-1O.
 Current receipts-19O1, $57,S5S.O2; 1900, $53 034. .66; increase, $4,S2S.36.
 Current expenses-1901, $7253174; 1900, 65,75O.24; increase, $6,7S1.50.
 Deficit-19O1, $14,66S.72; 19OO $12, ,715.5S.
 Ambulance calls-19O1, 463 190O 351; increase 112
 Hospital Sunday collections-1901, $1,- 999.36; 1900, s2, 2,1SS,64; decrease, S1S92S.
 The report was the seventy-fifth an nual report, the prudential committee which submitted it to the board of dl- rectors being composed of Dr. Charles Ray Palmer, Charles E. Graves and w. G. Daggett.
 In commenting upon the report the committee announces that the number of cases treated last year surpasses that of any previous year at the hos pital and also that the daily average is greater than in any previous year, The receipts were the largest ever received in a like period, and in speaking of the fact that the current expenses were greater this year than last, the com- mittee explains this by saying that the number of patients were larger than ever. 4a
 The report gives an account of the excursion in the summer, the donations and conditions of the various hospital funds. It praises the work of the su- perintendent, MT. Starkweather, the at tending physicians, and all the attend ants at the institution.
 The treasurer's report was submitted by Charles F, Curtis and it showed a net balance for the year of $7,729.56.
 Following the reports came the cleo tion of members. Several new names were added to the list. Then followed the election of ten directors to succeed those whose term of office expired this year. There are thirty directors. The following were reelected: Francis Ba- con, s. E. Baldwin. c. A. Lindsley, w. l.. Bradley, Joseph Porter, J. D. Dewell w. E. Downes, c. R. Palmer, w. w. Hawkes. and H. E. Smith
 By the death of K. F. Salisbury, who was director and whose term expired next year, vacancy was caused in the | board
 Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes was elected | to fill his place.
 The directors will meet this evening | at the home fo Dr. Timothy H. Bishop, I 215 Church street, where they will elect i officers and appoint committees for the i ;t,fr Eli Whitney, president; Morris F. Ty- , Ter, vice president; Timothy H. Bishop | secretary, and Charles E. Curtis, treas urer.
 The report of the board of visitors as | submitted was as follows:
 The board of visitors of the General Hospital society of Connecticut begs leave to submit the following report of it's observations and work for the year ending January, 1902. The several members of the board assigned to visit the hospital have performed their re- spective tasks, and are pleased to express their appreciation of the gen aral management of the hospital in it's varied departments. We regret that ack of funds renders it impossible to make some needed improvements in path rooms and other parts of the hos 1ital. The patients have made less than in former years, The raining school for nurses, under the present charge, is developing stan lard of excellence with which we are much gratified The department of is well ordered and gen. rally satisfactory. The past good order and uniform ourtesy among attendants have been sustained during the past year Signed, Max Adler, chairman: A. E. HI, w A. Beardsley, c. o. Scoville, B. p. Lynch G. r. Prentiss. The board of lady visitors reported " Elizabeth Punderford, chairman, l nd Cornelia P Bulford, secretary, as ollows: In presenting their annual l eport, the board of lady visitors take leasure in attesting to the continued s ood reports given at their monthly | leetings during the year. Frequent l lention having been made of the un- Z satisfactory condition of the childrens ( lothing, some of the members of this '
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