Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-07

All these and Otner gifts TO the nos
1ital will be noted in detail in the an
lual report; but the directors take this
opportunity to express their deep APP
probation of the kindly interest that
has been taken in the institution and
its work. by the friends who have Civ
en- these and other proofs of their corr
dial sympathy and support.
At the beginning of the year there
we're eleven pupils in the training
school for nurses. Since then two
have graduated and four dropped out
IF training. On December S1st the
school numbered sixteen nurses, one
male and fifteen female. Great care
has been taken in selecting probation
ers from large waiting list. and the
members of the hospital staff have de-
voted much time and care to the work
Of instruction. course of thirty
nine lectures prepared to cover the
general range of study, was delivered
before the pupil nurses during the
year, in addition to their clinical, text
book. and bedside training
Calls for nurses have come from all
parts of the State, and, so far as the
existing conditions in the hospital have
permitted, they have been responded
to. There is Enthusiastically, a crying
need for more trained nurses in Maine
and the hospitals of the State owe it to
the community to do all in their power
Ito supply his demand.
| Since our last annual report one of
| the graduate nurses, Miss Carrie e.
| Kelley, of the class of 1901, has been
placed in charge of the operating room
| in the Eastern Maine hospital at Ban
gor, and two others, Miss Alice M. Ed
wards and Miss Georgia H. Brown, of
1.-THE class of 1900, have accepted posi-
tons on the staff of nurses at the Ma
| tional Soldiers Home in ToguS.
There has been a gratifying increase
| in the number of books in the library.
and in the more general use made of
them by convalescent patients.
The members of the Ladies Aid So
ciety have been devoted in their work
for the hospital, and evidences of their
thoughtful care are everywhere visible.
They have maintained through the
year a free bed, and their visiting COM
mittee has called at least once a month
| to inspect the work of the institution,
and ascertain it's needs.
The hospital has no endowment fund,
but depends entirely for support upon
the contributions of friends, the
amount received from patients who are
able to pay, and the assistance rem
dered by the State. 1t has had no
State aid in the purchase or equip
ment of its buildings, this being ac-
complished through private subscrip-
tons, and the earnings of its nurses.
The amounts appropriated by the State
Legislature have been devoted to the
care and treatment of needy patients.
No nobler legacy could be left COM
munity than a suitably endowed bed
forever dedicated to the needs of the
poor, the sick and the suffering.
cordial invitation is extended to
the public to visit the hospital, and see
the work it is doing. Out of town
members of the medical profession are
specially welcome. All who come will
be cordially received by the manage
lment, and every possible courtesy will
be shown them.
The hospital is conducted on the
broadcast possible lines. Both the AL
lopathic and Homeopathic schools of
medicine are accorded equal privileges,
and it's doors stand open to physicians
of the State, in good standing in their
profession who may desire to bring
patients there for their own private
| treatment.
To the members of the hospital staff
We desire to express our profound
sense of their devoted and unselfsh
| labors during the past year. Their
| work has been characterized by the
1 hi Of c1riI
| its results will compare most favorably
with those attained in any hospital in
| the country
| We desire also to express our deep
| appreciation Of the efficient services
rendered by the superintendent and
matron Mrs. Sarah Hayden, who has
| discharged the varied and exacting du-
| ties of her position with rare Judgment
| tact and ability.
1t is gratifying to note the friendly
| spirit which is manifested throughout
| the community for the hospital and it's
work. To merit this good opinion of
the public it serves will continue in the
| future, as in the past, to be the con-
slant aim and effort of those entrusted
with the management of it's affairs
| c. B. BURLEIGH,
| NORMAN BASSETT,
B. 7. SANBORN,
IRA H. RANDALL,
| $. w. LANE,
JOHN f. HILL,
GEO. f. MACOMBER,
H. NJ. HEATH.
E. c. DUDLEY.
+. w. PLAISTED.
j.. MANCHESTER HAYNES,
A. w. WHITNEY,
G. l.. ANDREWS,
j. H. MANLEYt
| Directors.
Report of Treasurer, for the Year End :
ing December 81, 1902.
Contributions During 1902.
Augusta Steam Laundry Com
pany, 1910
Brooks Hardware Company, 6.35
Fuller & Webber. $50
George d. Haskell. 12.7S
kennebec Light and Heat Com
pany, 52.Oi
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