Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-18
PATIENTS Of MANY
nations TREATED
Biennial Meeting Held OF
Queens Hospital
Members

Inc regular Dlennldl meeting Oh
the Queens Hospital corporation,
which was held this forenoon at the
rooms of the Planters Association.
was an interesting one, detailed re-
lorts being made which not only
showed the financial status of the cor
poration but also gave record of the
good work done by the hospital
among the cosmopolitan population
Of this city. It's record in regard to
the varied nationality of the patients
who had been treated would probably
not be beaten at any place.
Treasurer North read the financial
report for the two years ending July
IS, 1907, showing receipts at $780,
1887, to which was added a bal
nnce of $1,16S.74 and disbursements
at $97,5O7.6O, making balance of
s1O,4O9.23.
Superintendent Eckhardt reported
on the work of the hospital for the
past two years, in part as follows:
The number of patients on June
go, 1906, was 81. During the "a
months 1892 were admitted, making
the total number of patients treated
l,943, as against 1,243 during the
previous period.
The 1892 patients admitted may
be divided as follows: Indigents, 771;
endowed bed patients, 95; ward pay
patients, 204; private room patients,
357; U. S. M. H. patients, 465; and
of the latter GA were Hawaians.
The following nationalities were
represented: Hawaii, SIG; U. S. A.,
Al; Portugal, 1873; Germany, $50;
Porto Rico, 1874; Korea, Sc; Japan,
81; England, Sc; Norway, 54; Chi
ma, As; Sweden, SO; Ireland, 20;
Scotland, 23; Denmark, 10; France,
IA; Finland, IA; Spain, IL; Canada,
10; Australia, Z; Philippines, Z;
West Indies, 5; Belgium, s; Russia,
4; New Zealand, 4; Italy, 4; Austria,
4; Nova Scotia, 8; Greece, 3; Argen-
tine, Holland, New Foundland, Peru
snd New South Wales, each 2; and
Chile, Mexico, Panama, Egypt, st
Helena, British Guiana, Cuba, New
Hebrides, Wales, Guatemala, San Sal
,ador, Samoa, Arabia, Tahiti, Uru
quay, East India, Guam and Trans
vaal, | each.
The number of deaths, 154 in {
total of 1913 patients, gives a per
centage of 1877 per cent.
Three hundred and five major ant
1923 minor operations and 81 post
norton examinations were perform
cd.
During this biennial period the
hospital has cared for 700 patients
more than during the previous one
and the number of operations has
been 634, as against 35S; naturally
this has given much more work tC
the resident physician and the stan
of nurses, as well as to the medical
staff.
The report closed with an account
of the building operations and the al
terations which had been made dun
ing the past two years.
A letter was read from the Acting
Governor appointing certain trustees.
Bishop spoke on the necessity of get
ting new material in the membership
in the hospital. In this connection a
committee report stated that the
membership had greatly increased.
The election of the five trustees,
which it was the business of the
Society to appoint, came up next. In
this connection a letter was read
from F. A. Schaefer stating that aft
er serving on the Board of Trustees
for forty years he now did not wish
to be reelected.
On motion by Lowrey a nominating
committee, consisting of F. j. Lowrey,
f. W. Macfarlane and J. r. Gait,
was appointed. They reported in
favor of nominating w. e. Brown,
G. R. Carter, e. A. Mott-Smith, e. d..
Tenney and M. p. Robinson. This
report was adopted and the gentle
men named were declared elected
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