Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
|0f Augusta General Hos
pitaI for Year 1910,
Most Satisfactory Since Hos
pita|'s Establishment.
Total Of 623 Patlents--Finanees
In Excellent Condition.

FOiloWlnS are me reports CT the Oh
fcials Of the Augusta General hospital
for the year 1910. reports in which ev-
er.' citizen will be interested. giving
as they do an outline of the grand
work the institution is doing:
To the Directors of the Augusta General
Hospital
Gentlemen;
| At a meeting of the incorporators of
the Augusta City Hospital on January
Il, 1887, DR.. Bigelow T. Sanborn was
elected a Director and also member of
the visiting committee. and made his
first visit on April .. 1895 From that
time nntil his death, except when he was
out OF town or housed by sickness. which
was very rarely, he paid weekly visits
to the Hospital sympathizing and cheer
ing the sick each visit, and very fire.
uuentiy looking into all the appointments
of the institution.
His was sympathetic nature; his was
a helping hand; always ready TO alleviate
the care and suffering OF others until he
received the summons from. his Maker
| Well done. thou good and faithful ser
want, enter thou into the joy Of thy
Lord" To the keeping of his Creator We
commend ms Soul "iiNii id97'" i''ii'
among US April IL, 1910
Into new hands have fallen the writing
of the report of your committee, which
we respectfully submit as the 18th annual
report, embracing the calendar year 1910.
The rules and regulations of the Direc-
tors of the Hospital define its duties as
follows:
The visiting committee, one member or
both. shall visit the Hospital at least
once a week, at their pleasure; snail IN
speet the wards and other parts of the
Hospital deemed necessary; shall care
fully examine the condition of every part
of the establishment, and ascertain
whether the officers and attendants full
fill faithfully and humanely their duties.
They shall at least once in each month
examine and pass upon the records ana
books kept at the Hospital by the matron
and other officers, and may from. time To
time give orders and directions not re-
pugnant to the bylaws or the rules and
regulations of the Directors, as to the
management of the Hospital, and may
employ such temporary attendants and
nurses as they think necessary
without any previous notice. your COM
tire building from the cellar, up through
the different wards. halls and rooms and
found them in good sanitary condition.
and your committee is pleased TO state
that no complaints of i'll treatment or
lack of attention have been made by any
Of the patients All have expressed the
kindliest feelings towards the supenn-
tendent and nurses and have repeatedly
assured US that they were receiving the
best of care and attention. We find that
the rooms and wards are clean and the
beds and bedding in good condition; have
often examined the general kitchen and
the diet kitchens and found them clean
and the diet on the trays suitable and in
good condition.
The number OF patients under treat
ment for the year exceeds that of any
previous year although there have been
no epidemics of typhoid fever az other
infectious disease. Number of patients
admitted during the year, 62S.-of this
number % have died.
Have admitted since the Hospital
opened its doors in April =. 1895, :,i9o
patients.
Several changes have heen made in the
pipes in the cellar, all for the good of the
Hospital. Have had considerable worl;
done on the walls of the boiler house to
keep the water out.
Through the generosity of Drs. Q. ".
Turner, S. ]. Beach and the Hospital Aid
Society, the Hospital was able to open
the operating room OF the Eye. Ear, Nose
and Throat department, and "a patients
have received treatment since that time.
with a total of 13l such cases for the
year treated at the Hospital
There have been on duty during the
year ~ female nurses and one male
nurse. The nurses themselves have had
Very little sickness Four have gradu-
ated. The J. Manchester Haynes Home
for Nurses is thoroughly appreciated by
them and we find. on inspection. house
and rooms in good order. We are more
impressed each year with the possession