Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08
Receipts.

The item of $40, 800 received from the
Thompson fund is $500 more than the
amount received the previous year, put
as about $500 of the amount furnlsheu
nv the fund this year went to pay last
wears bills due on or before Dec. l.
io1o the amount necessary to cover this
wears expense was about $1,000 less thah
for 1910. ,,o-
ceeded Miss Elsie Z. McCloskey as SUI
perintendent Feb. 90 1911, submitted neI
6rst annual report. She mentioned tne
quarantine for diphtheria soon after sIe
took charge. her absence from May 10
Sentember on account of illness, dullhs
which time the affairs of the hospltal
were managed skillfully by her assistant
Miss Wakefield and continued: +,
1.-THE quarters for our nurses are IN
odeouate and not wholly satisfactory. a
new home is a necessity. 1t shoulu pe
nearer the hospital, where all the nurses
could be together AS it is, some are
housed in the cottage, some IN lsolat i
and the remainder in the administration n
building. This change would give US tle
,Isa of isolation should it be needed and
tho cottage could be occupied by some
of the domestic employees ,,,,o,
we are i'm need also of a pathologlcai
laboratory where our work can De uole
quickly instead of awaiting reports ION
harrington. A diet kitchen is another
move in that line. 1t should be large
enough to provide ample space 1or tne
lessons in diatetcs aside from the DAN!
work. ..od
"Classes and lectures We're starteu
October first and we are grateful to the
doctors for their help in this part of the
work instructions will continue throuGh-
ont the winter and until July first. july
August and September are usually given
m to the nurses vacations, tne tniee
weeks providing much needed rest a1ter
the work of the year. ..,o., T.,
diatetics and massage has been gwen
We hope to find a suitable place Where
our pupils can have some experience III
obstetrics. To eliminate the neeos tne
ARRANGEMENT for a maternity waro wouiu
greatly facilitate in the care or opstet-
rical cases which we have during the
year. a o,,+s,de
"The receipts from house and OUTSIDE
Specializing amounted to $1o5S,23. ,,
Miss Woolley, our night superintend-
emit resigned her position OCTOBER nrst
and is doing private nursing III pls.ee
bnro we have not appointed a graduate
for that work, as l feel that 1t can DE
done satisfactorily by our senior nurses
st would like to suggest that we nave
some form of exercises When the heA'
class Ia ready to leave the school' 10
mari, that step in their lives. 1t can be
mean much to the pupils who are starting
out in their profession.
my sincere thanks is extended to the
directors and doctors for their KIND heip
during the year and especially TO the
doctors who cared for our SICK nurses
and employees" -,
A statistical report also was given by
Miss Schumache showing the following
facts: Patients remaining in the hospl-
tai Dec /, 1910, IS; patients admitted
during the year, 40S; number of patients
treated, 436; patients DISCHARGED IRON
hospital. AIS; patients paying full rate,
295; patients paying less than full rate
IS: number of free patients ~; number
of town charges q patients remaining IN
hospital Dec. l, 1911, 81; patients recoV-
cred, 266; patients improved, SO; unlm-
proved, 20; died. %; of whom We're
moribund on admission; highest daily
number of patients, 80; daily average
Is.