The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
To Keep Up With Demands on
Barre City Hospital
PROGRESSIVE YEAR SHOWN
More Patients Treated, and Accommoda-
tions Were So Crowded That Some
times Patients Had to Be Turned
Away--Oficers Elected.


hospital corporation was held at the city
council room last evening, when reports
OF officers were presented and officers OF
the corporation were elected for the en-
suing year. The reports presented show
that the hospital, through the generous
support given it by all classes of citi-
zens, has been able TO maintain two
free beds for the year and at the same
time meet all expenses. The hospital
has received and cared for PA patients
and at times has not been able TO take
all who applied for admission, because
il was crowded. The work Of the year
is summed up in the report Of the ex-
ecutive committee as follows:
During the year the hospital has
received and cared for 2l4 patients l07
Of whom were males and lls females.
This is an increase of AZ over the pre-
eeding year The total income of the
hospital for the year has been $5,e65,
and the expenditures S5,SsS. These fig
ures do not include the $500 expended
by the Ladies Hospital Aid in repairs
and improvements, nor bagd dona-
tions. This income was from the fol-
lowing sources:
From Barre winners of Labor
day prize in Montpelier work
horse parade ............... $1,000 /
Donation from Smith & Cum
ings .........,....,.... $500
Donation from Boutwell,, Milne
Narnum commandments. 500
kr,u Ia
Received from Thanksgiving Of
fering ............ 6o4
Received income from Elizabeth
Smith fund, toward mainte
nance free bed .............. 2d.78
Received from patients ...... $4,000
Received from Hospital Ladies'
Aid, repairs ................ 10000
Received goods and supplies
from bag day, valued at S0s-Ss
"We also received bequest of $lo0
from Miss Della johnson estate. This
latter has been expended for surgical
instruments. and the case containing
same has been marked to show who was
the giver.
"The hospital has maintained two free
beds the past year, which have been
occupied 404 days. The hospital proper
" has been kept up and in a number
of instances is in better shape than at
the beginning of the year. The Ladies'
Hospital Aid has expended $500 in re-
pairs and Furnishings and in addition TO
this one roof has been reshingled and
new range installed in the kitchen.
The debt on the hospital property is now
$6,900. With requests made, but not yet
paid nurses and superintendent, Sl,255.
to 5000. IF the increase in the number
of patients for sach Of the past two
years Is maintained the coming year,
it is going TO be problem what 10 do
with them. Several times during the
past year we have had 10 patients, when
our accommodations are for only II.
The extra patients we're given nurses
rooms and the latter sent outside 10
lodge. To meet the increased demands
Oh the hospital It Is going to be neces
sary to have additional room, and that
means new hospital buildings. That is
something the corporation has get to
look forward TO, ana that very soon"
The rnstrons' report shows 2l4 pa
tients adlnitted, births is, deaths IL;
pa;d nurses adm superintendent. 81 l,255,-
s6; nurses earned $1,000; free bed.
number OF days used, 40di days board,
2 2.s94; total amount received from pa
tients and nurses, $e,442l6.
The report of the treasurer, Or. ]. w.
Jackson, shows the expenditures Of the
hospital in detail as follows: