The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-05

Whole number treated. ........ 1'oo1 1,ascbaread 1,4SS T1saa 2S4 Remaining ....-.......''" Aoo Births (not including stilD... Y Largest number any one day.. l5z Smallest number any one day.. loo Daily average ..........s....'. 1of Daily average of
 CD Attendance and others.... lSo
 @ Nurses, with Matron and
 noaids .... 5S S-1O rsost of Food ner inmate. g 4-1O Current Recklipts SIS, ,7O6.54 Current Expenses .... .S95, ,4lLeo Deficit .... ....................'.S '.Sli' iIl.oI 4Ar,b,,larce ctalIs 600 Hospital Sunday Collections... S.225.S6
 The whole number treated in 1904 is larger by ten per csent. than the num- ber treated in 1903 and shows an in crease in the last five years of thirty seven per cent. The business has reached the limit of accommodate all ready. The prudential committee say:
 isThe highest number any one day 192, which was in March last, sur passed any previous record, and prach- cally exhausted the possibilities. Wlth- in ten days there was one night when we had nobed in which to put an addi- tionaI malep atient, had one come, and as it was there was undue crowding in some of the wards. The day is in sight when we shall have to turn patients away from our doors, for want of space in which to receive them. Should the experience of this year correspond with the last-and why should it not? that day will come within three months. Your committee would be unfaithful did they not urge upon the directors and the society, and through them upon the public, the imperative need of the en- largement of the hospital
 "The increase in Salaries and Wages circumstances made imperative, and we can hardly hope to tae any stepts back ward in this item of expenditure, at least for the present. The increase in our house staff, in our office staff, and in the staff of our superintendent of nursing, naturally involved additional expense, but has added verp much to the efficiency of the administration of the hospital; and with the very great expansion of our work. the changes made have seemed to us, and do still The daily cost of food per inrnata we have succeeded in reducing by more than cent and half, but the weekly cost per patient has advanced from S10.S1 to $10.93. This is twelve cents less than in 1902, but we shall be glad to report lower figure another year if we can find way to do it."
 "One of the most significant events of the last year in the hospital was the retirement of the superintendent, who had served the society for so many years, with distinguished fidelity, disin- terestedness and success. It was fol- lowed by the election of the present in cumbent, who in the Judgment of your committee has evinced his thorough knowledge of his business and grasp of the situation, and is rendering excellent service in every particular. His induc- tion was followed by the resignation of our clerk, MT. w. F. Smith, and the re- tirement of nearly all the subordinate employees on the administrative side, and a strike of a number of orderhes. The embarrassment thus caused proved but temporary, however as the vacated places were quickly filled, and we now have an efficient working force doing satisfactory service. which we hope will continue.'' sG %e4 >y
 At the last quarterly meeting of the directors, your committee submitted plans for a much needed enlargement of the laundrp, by the adding of a sec- ond story, and were authorized to car- ny out these plans when the sum of four thousand dollars for the purpose should be subscribed. Your committee takes pleasure in reporting that the nea cessary subscriptions have been se- cured, and that the work will be under taken as soon as the weather will per init. We are very thankful for the gifts which have made this result pos- sible. N & &ss s34ss. .sa @ss~,..s.t
 "There have been added to our per 1nanent funds by bequests during 1904, sums amounting in all to something over thirty-two thousand dollars; and from our excellent friend, General Mer- win, securities valued at fifteen hun- dred dollars, the income of which is to continue the. work in which he has taken pleasure for so many years, the purchase of towering plants and shrubs, annually to adorn the hospital grounds"
 The report of Superintendent Cod dington shows that the average cost of supporting each patient in the hospital was $10.93 per week; the daily average cost of food for all inmates of the hos pital was 32.2 cents. The items of ex- pense are made up as follows:
 Total current expenses. .-.. .$93, ,417.25
 Number of weeks of hosplt-
 al care .... ..............- S,549.00 5-7 Cash per week for patient. $109S-- Total cost of food. ...sse,o65.52 ', Average number of inmates, 300.
 Cost of food per inmate per
 day ...... @.................. .S2 4-1O 0 ANNUAL MEETING.