Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-09
MANY PATIENTS
WERE TREATED
Good Showing Made By
Leahi Home For
Past Year

OF the trustees at winch tne 1OllOWlnB
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Alexander Young, president; w. o.
Smith, first vice president; C. II. Ath.
crton, second vice president; T. Give
Davies, secretary; Allen w. T. Bot.
tomley, treasurer; j. p. Cooke, aud
itor
The report of the treasurer was
read as follows.
present herewith the accounts OF
the Leahi Home for the year ending
31st December, 1907. owing to the
early date set for the annual meet
ing, IL has been found impossible to
have the audit completed, but the
books are now in the auditors hands.
During the year 1907 there have
been cared for at the Home an aver
age of 80 free patients per day, be-
ing five more free patients per day
than in 1906, but our accounts show
a deficiency for the year of $250S.73,
and | wish on this occasion to make
an earnest appeal for subscriptions
to enable the good work which has
been done at the Home during the
past year to be continued. In 1906
the sum of $32SS.O0 was raised in
subscriptions, and by means of this
1t became possible for the trustees to
increase the number of free patients
from 80 to 80. The money obtained
from these subscriptions. however.
has now all been expended, and 1t
becomes necessary to cut down the
free patients from 80 to 80, the
number which can be supported by
the Endowment Fund and Govern
ment subsidy, unless outside assist
ance can be obtained.
Applications for beds at the Home
are continually being received, many
of which owing to the nature of the
to refuse, as the patients in the ma
iority of cases are entirely lacking
in any means of supporting them
selves or obtaining medical COM
forts of any description. The trus-
tees, however, have always felt that
they must adhere to the policy Of
keeping the expenditures at the
Home within its income, and, as this
policy will be continued in the flu
ture, large reduction in the num-
Der of patients must Immediately be
made.
would therefore again ask for
| subscriptions to be sent in for cur
tent expenses during the year 1908.
Since the above was written l
have received from one of our men,
Eers subscription of $4,000 to
provide for one patient for one year.
A subscription of this amount will
enable one more free patient to be
taken in and cared for at the Home
for one year, and in the event of his
removal during the year, another
Tree patient will be taken in to fill
his place.
In 1907, owing to the large num-
Der of patients in the Home, the
| Trustees found 1t necessary to equip
the upstairs section of the main bull
in order to save the enormous labor
of carrying water up and downstairs
for the use of the patients. In addi-
ton to this Improvement, the Trus-
tees were enabled to install electric
light at the Home during the past
year, thanks to the generosity OF Mr..
G. N. Wilcox, who provided 100000
for the purpose of making the install
lation, the balance to be used in pay
ing the electric light bills as long as
II lasted. Another Improvement
which will shortly be made is the
building of a veranda on the upper
story of the main building, at cost
of somewhere over $4,000. This
improvement, the funds for which
were provided by one OF our men,
bers, will be great addition to the
women's quarters at the Home.
wish to take this opportunity OF
thanking all those who have so kind
ly assisted during the year with sub
scriptions and presents to the pa
tlents.
Respectfully submitted,
Isl ALLEN w. T. BOTTOMLEY,
Treasurer, Leahi Home.
The report of the medical superin
tendent, DR.. Sinclair, included the fol
lowing facts:
The number of patients present on
the first day of the year were thir'
ey.seven males and three females;
number admitted during the year, for
ty.eight males and fifteen females;
number discharged twenty-five males
and seven females; number died
rwenty-three males and eight females;
number on last day, thirty'seven males
end three females.
Treatment covered fifty-five cases
of tubercular diseases OF the lungs
and AS others.
| 90 l,n Ton &c