The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-17
For Growing Needs of the
Barre City Hospital
INSTEAD OF ADDITIONS
Such Report Was Submitted at Annual
Meeting of the Corporation Held Last
Evening, When officers Were Elect
ed and Reports Received.

In addition to bearing reports and
electing officers, the Barre City hospital
corporation at its annual, meeting last
might instructed the hospital trustees to
proceed to procure plans for new and
suitable hospital buildings.
Officers elected for the ensuing ,vear
are President, DIR. O. G. Stickney; viz, =
president, DIR. w. d. Reid; clerk DIR. JOB
/ w. Jackson; trustees for three years.
o. H. Reed, O. g. Stickney, NJ. l.. Chan
dler and George ~ Tilden
| Reports of the executive committee,
| treasurer. auditor and matron were rea..
and accepted. The executive committees
| in its report says:
| ITO the members Of the corporations
"The year Just concluded has been ~
most gratifying one to the hospital, man
agement in that during the year the hes.
pital property has been cleared Of dclrt
through the generous begnests left 10
it, and the financial year ends with a
small balance in the treasury. More
days treatment have been given than
during any previous year, the number
reaching 3,7757sl more than in 1911
and averaging 10 l-3 for every day of
the year At numerous times during the
year the hospital has been more than
crowded and nurses have had to- seek
quarters outside that patients might oe-
eupy the rooms. With accommodate TORS
for l6. the hospital has had as many a.
Il patients within its walls at one time.
This means that larger quarters must
be provided if the hospital is to. con-
tinue to take care Of the demands upon
it While this might be accomplished
temporarily by finishing off the stable
now attached TO the building. this would
be only Il makeshft and BY no means
permanent 1t would be better to begin
on the construction of new building.
Many things about the present building
are inconvenient and not suitable for
hospital purposes. New and suitable
hospital buildings must be erected sooner
or later and your committee believes it
would be wiser and more economical
to start on these than to put money into
the extension Of the present quarters.
"We would therefore recommend that
plans be secured at once for hospital
buildings suitable to the needs of Barre.
and that work on the construction of
the same be begun as soon as the trls-
tees can see their way to finance any
part Of the new buildings. A wing or
pavilion could be thus erected that could
be used in connection with the present
structure. giving additional quAters un-
til such time az way is provided for I
the erection Of the complete hospital.
"We respectfully call the attention
IF benefactors to this hospital, whose
charitable medical work is limited only
~ its means The hospital does not re-
,eive municipal aid. and is supported hy
,ppreciatiye donors.
During the year just closed bequests
,f 5000 from the Helen G. Wood estate
Ind 81 900 from the W. A. Bovee estate
lave been received. These were applied
~ the hospital debt. wiping it out.
The hospital has cared for 225 patients
Turing the year. for which it has re-
eived S5 5.527.0s; and from extra work
i nurses it has received 81 1874. max
ne the total earnings of the hospital
g 664.42 The free bed has been used
- days during the year and the district
york Of the nurses has numbered 2a1
alls.
The Financial Statement
The report Of Auditor A. g. Fav
bowed the receipts and expenditures Sor
be year to be:
Barre, VT. Dee. ld, 1912.
TO the members OF the Barre City
Iospital.
"Gentlemen: | have examined the
ooks of the matron and the treasurer of
he hospital, and find them correct and
he amounts as follows: