Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-12-03
GOVERNOR WAKEFIELD AND MAYOR
CLAUDE PRESENT--SIXTH SESSION
OF ANNAPOLIS EMERGENCY
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
REPORTS PRESENTED FINANCES MADE PUBLIC MANAGERS
ELECTED ADDITION TO ADVISORY BOARD EXCELLENT
SHOWING 0FL0cAL NSTTUn0N-A LARGER HOS
pTAL NEEDED DEPUTY SHERIFF GROUSE Ex
PRESSES APPRECIATION or TREATMENT


~ his message 20 The Legislature an
appropriation for a larger hospital
+ building. and a. the present lot and
+ building belong 90 tho state, be
I thought the matter ~ needed hospital
room should be urged by The lady
mafaR1ra.
Tho superintendent and head nnrso
- ilte hospital. Miss K0samond Min
nls auhmitled hef annual report,
Is ada cOnonrfud n dciail with That OF
f1r chief OF Stan.
rAN annual report of the Board of
Managers 30 tho Annapolis Elmer
FUZZY Hospital Association was SUBJ
miliel. and read by the secretary,
/ Miss Kate Randall. The roprot fol
| lows.
ANNuAL REroRI of BoARp % MAN
AGrns
10 tho Members ~ The Annapolis
| Emergency Hospital Association
We hive the honor 20 submit the
| following report Of tic operation and
present condition ~ the Emergency
| Hospital, NJ thla, ila sixth annual
mooilng. with tho Hospital Assocla-
tion, Zach year adds 10 0ur rcspon-
sibilitlcs ana ncooasiiles, bat each
year alas, adds bat little 10 our re-
sources and the means 10 meet those
increased expenses.
oar membership Is lamentably small
and II IA we're moi for tho donations
Of few generous friends the amount
would have fallen short of preceding
years. The enrolment fee Is small.
~ compared with that fcanifod at
other hospitals, and though wo want
aud need your money, we want still
more, your interest and participation
IN ail schemes for advancement and
| improvement,
The increased appropriation from
the Legislature has Just enabled us
to keep our heads above water; TO
pat all necessary repairs ~'thc old
building, but no additions; 10 does
sooul pitlful 60 have to turn away
patients for lack of room, who are
suffering for treatment, That, I am
glad 10 say, has neyor been necessary
with thnspOOref patients, bat frequent
| ly both private rooms have been en-
gagged months beforehand ana those
who came later would have 10 be SC
commodnted In the ward beds, when
they wished and were able to pay for
| private rooms, Those two rooms hay-
ing been furnished and kept up by
| individuals have been occupied al.
most continuously through the year
| by q succession Of pay patients, which,
| ul course, has added materially 90 our
income. Each white ward contains
but three beds. and tho coiOred wards
four, 80 we have oil told, aocommo-
datlons for eight white and four color
cd people,
Tho simplest, most NECESSARY repairs
20 tho building intending coat OF
paint, both inside aud out, VIII cost
| over 5000 this year, posidc, of course,
| the oNpouea for regular maintenance
and salaries. The treasurer report
| has shown that at the end or our fiscal
year we have IN bank the sum Of
e., fJs. n. We have bcon able To cope
with all emergencies that have arisen
IN the past year, and to keen free
from debt. We have also started the
fund for the new hospital we all long
for by putting all money donations
from private individuals, from the
| FlfomVn's Carnival and from the
churches on Hospital Sunday into u
savings bank fund, which fund now
amounts To e3n6.f0 A small bcign-
ming, 90 be sure, compared with the
needed thousands, but enough TO
| show you, with what careful eyes we
watch our actual expenses, and how
| glad we are 10 do our utmost 10 pre-
| pare for the future. And we feel that
We are In position whsn IL II not
only right but necessary 10 ask for
| the larger hospital, that we may be
able 20 meet the growing demands,
not only In our own town. bat all
| the surrounding county. Surely the
| good already accomplished cries aloud
for pubic gratitude and assistance +;
Will you not, NIL Join :the board In
| a united effort 10 extend our capacity
and make rs able 10 offer moro freely
our charity and assistance 20 the
many who ARE needing II through the
county,
The troasuror's and superintendent =
reports herewith appended have given
Icxact details a. 10 how our resources
have been applied, and the amount OF
work accomplished since our last meet
ing. The Managers can but feel CRATE
ful that one hundred patients have
been comfortably housed and treated
in the hospital. and $40 IN the dispen-
sary. OF the 100 in the hospital, SO
were free and almost all OF those in
the dispensary. Onr present superin-
tcndent, Miss MINIS, has been with
Us since last May, and has proved
herself efficient and satisfactory both
TO the Board aud stan of physicians.
/ She has two pupil nurses a. regular
assistants and has had more than once
TO call in another graduate nurse. The
corps Of domcstics remained the same
and the Managers are glad 10 report
that all relations between themselves
and the medical stan have been
smoothly aud pleasantly con Quoted.
We cannot speak to highly and
warmly Of the efficiency. the courtesy
and unfailing attention, 20 freely
given 20 the Board Of Managers 10 the
hospital inmates, and its general In
terests by the doctors Of our stall
especially their bonored chief. Dr..
Wells. as we'll as those surgeons from
Baltimore who help them with their
time and skill.
sEThe Board Of Managers has remain