The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-03-11
AUlT man
HOSPITAL STOCKHOLDERS
ANNUAL MEETING
JUDGE HARTER'S REPORT
Trustees Elected for the
Ensuing Year.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Aultman Hospital asso-
citation was held In the city hall last
night. John Danner was made chair
man and w. l.. Alexander, secretary.
G. P. Dun acted as temporary Sec
retary.
The financial report for the year
ending No. /, 1908. was read by Mr.
Dun. The balance on hand was
about 81 500. The statement of actual
earnings and expenditures shows a
deficit of s6,2S0. About $4,000 Of this
was used in payment of bills more
than one year old. The Kate B. Ault-
man fund OF 100000 has been ir
vested in bonds and other securities,
$4,000 is in the bonds of the city of
Canton, $4,000 in the Canton Massil.
Ion Street Railway stock. The in
vestments draws and 6 per cent in.
terest. The report was adopted.
Judge II. w. Harter read his 18th
annual report and at the conclusion
the document was approved and
placed on file. An auditing committee
was appointed to investigate the
funds and securities of the associa.
ton. l.. A. Loichot made the motion
He has charge of the above sources
of finance. The committee is: c.
p. Duff, Isaac Harter and L. Sollmann.
The body is to hand written re-
port to the board of trustees within
ten days. Following this was ar
election of trustees for the ensuing
year which resulted as follows: G.
p. Duff, +. Il. case, l.. A. Loichot, w
d. Theobald. w. l.. Alexander, 8. o.
Laughlin, II. W. Harter. Mrs. E. A
Harter and Mrs. M. C. Barber. This
is the same board which oficiated in
the past year.
The report of the president follows
in full:
In submitting to the stockholders Of
Aultman Hospital association the 18th
annual report of the president. 1t will
not be necessary to go into all of the
details connected with the manage
ment OF the institution. Suffice it to
say, thtt the Aultman Hospital asso-
citation is corporation not for profit,
organized under the laws Of the state
of Ohio, and that the object OF it's
founders was one of benevolence on
ly, their purpose being to found a
hospital for the benefit Of the peo-
pie of this city.
am glad to report that the advan.
tages of such an institution are being
more and more appreciated, not only
by the medical profession, but by the
people at large, and that the preju.
dice existing in the minds of mary
people against going to such an insti.
tuition. which sentiment was very pre- |
valent some years ago, has almost Ell |
tirely disappeared. While this is true, |
think there are comparatively few |
people in the city, who appreciate the |
extent of the work now being carried |
on in the hospital.
The annual report of the superin. |
tendent shows that from the first of |
1902, to tic first of Novem !
ber, 1903, three hundred and forty |
nine patients were admitted to the |
hospital for treatment, and three hun
dred and seven, discharged after |
The Lumber of patients |
In the institution on the |
first of November, 1903, was twenty,
six.
Under the rules OF the hospital. no
patients are received in the institu-
lion suffering from chronic or conta-
gious diseases. During the time GOV
cred by this report. there were one
hundred and sixty-two operations per-
at the hospital, many of these
being performed upon patients who
had been severely injured in acci-
dents.
When one reads ia the papers every
lew days of the friendly shelter which