The San Francisco call., 1905-01-13
WOMEN WORK
FOR The SICK
The Children's Hospital Has
Many Good Samaritans to
Assist in Its Management
MAKE ANNUAL REPORTS
Owing to Increasing De-
mands Mrs. Harrington Ad-
vises Extension of Building

! The twenty-ninth annual meeting Of
the Hospital for Children and Training
School for Nurses was held yesterday
at the institution. Mrs. w. b. Harring-
| ton. president, in the chair.
| The presidents report showed that
! the work of the year just ended had
confirmed and strengthened the opin-
ion she had expressed in her last an
nual address regarding the necessity OF
replacing the main hospital building by
modern structure. The surprising
growth of the city of late years had so
widened the field expected to be COW
cred that the association found itself
hampered and quite unable with its
present facilities to do justice to the
! increasing calls. To effect such an i'm
| provement would require large sum
| and the question how it shall be raised
! demanded careful consideration. Eight
cen years ago, Mrs. Harrington said,
when funds and materials were OBJ
| tanned from the public spirited citizens
| of San Francisco for the erection of the
present building, the onerous task fell
mainly upon the board of trustees.
would render all the aid in its power
toward the accomplishment of the
worthy object.
RECEIVE FREE TREATMNT.
| Mrs. G.. Edward Holmes, recording
secretary, reported that 1900 patients
| had been cared for in 1904 of whom 494
| were women and 7O6 children, making
an average of 19 adults and "a children
each day in the year. OF this number
thirty-three children and four adults
daily were absolutely free patients and
large portion of the remainder paid
greatly reduced charges.
Two new memorial beds were placed
during the year, the Agnes by Mrs.
Mary Halleck Foote and the Phoebe
Lowenthal," by Robert Hochstadter.
| In recognition of Charles r. Bishops
| generosity to the hospital a special
room has been named in his honor.
The record of the Pacific Dispensary,
| 741 Brannan street, branch of the
hospital, shows 3110 patients treated
during the year, 3540 prescriptions
| filled, $50 doctors "out visits" and 401
nurses "out visits; obstetrical cases.
Is; poor families helped, 3S, and cases
sent from the dispensary to the hos
pital, "A.
Mrs. l. L. Dunbar, the treasurer, re-
ported that the hospital receipts for the
year were So, ,499 25, OF which $4,000 was
a bequest from Mrs. Emily Pope, paid
| into the endowment fund Disburse-
ments amounted to $63,724 II. The bal
ance on hand January 1, 1905, was
$61S1 II. with bills unpaid for October,
November and December amounting to
$9422 So.
Mrs. Dunbar announced that the
donation day" appeal at Christmas
brought in $4253.
DR.. H. t. Crabtree, resident physi-
clan, read a report in behalf of the
medical staff and laboratory service.
SOCIETY FOLKS ACTIVE.
Mrs. John F. Merrill's report of the
three auxiliaries of the hospital showed
that many young society women and
children of well-to-do parents were
taking an active part in the hospitals
welfare.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
President Mrs. W. B. Harrington; vice
presidents, Mrs William Hardy, Mrs. ]. F.
Merrill: recording secretary. Mrs. c. E.
Lienthal; treasurer Mrs. L. L. Dunbar
Managers-Mrs. w. b. Harrington Mrs.
William Hardy, Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs
L. L. Dunbar. Mrs. ]. H. Dickinson. Mrs.