Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-09
STATE HOSPITAL TRUSTEES
 HAVE ANNUAL MEETING.
Superintendent, Pollock Makes His Report and Treasurer Aylins Gives Account of Expenses.

Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the regular meeting of the finance commit tee of the Norwich state hospital was held and the bills for the current month were approved. This preceded the annual meeting of the trustees, at which Supt. H. M Pollock made his report, stating that there were 976 pa tients in the hospital at the present time. The cost of maintaining the hospital for the past year with an average of S1S.15 patients for the year was $152,549.3 The expenses of the institution for the year. by depart ments. are as follows: Administration, $1752S.11; administration employees. S210.12; corridors and basements, SS.5O; barber, $395.n; colony. s2,916.20; engi- neer, $1s.s45.oS; employees quarters. house $7s.4S; freight, $211.65; grounds, s75SeS; industrial, s31S.16; kitchen, s60,19266; employees quarters, in cluding kitchen, $5S.44; laundry, $2,- s30s5; laboratory, $543.53; matrons, $l16.62; nurses cottage, $23374; op- erating room, ssS.67; photo room, s7s.22; sewing room, $1S1.43; store rom, $1,24o.61; superintendent's home $ss1.s6; staff house, $1,127,57; male SEAT; others. ss.S75.os; total $152,-
 
 Superintendent Pollock reported that l,092 patients were treated through the year and S90 were admitted. One hun fred and three of the patients were re- leased and but few were returned after being given their freedom on trial
 The following report of receipts and expenses was made by Treasurer Nell son J. Ayling:
 Receipts: October, 1911. balance on hand, $501.94, cash $26,060.22; Novem- Der, $14.S45.51; December, $19,926.S2; January, $17.4SS.OS; February. S1S.- b72.25; March, $11.104; April. s17,643.- B9; May s23,139.75; June, $17,458.33, July. s8O,2o2; August. $29,6S2.47; Sep- tember, $31,a54.40; total, $25S,07976.
 Expenses: october, 1911, S1S,162.1S, November, s1S.625.S4; December, s2S,- iE1.45; January, 1912, sS.sss;24; Feb ruary. $1s.717S2; March, s14.425.56, 323,752.s1; July, $26.57S.52; August, 33s,000.37: September, $34, 4,997.75; total, efb2 180.71; cash balance, $4,S99.05; total. s25S,o79.76.
 The board of trustees elected officers owing to the fact that this was the last regular annual meeting before the coming session of thelegislature. At o'clock, the trustees and their wives, who were invited, sat down to dinner in the home of Superintendent Poi- lock. After the dinner the buildings and the work under construction were then inspected. Those present at the meeting were: Edwin c. Pinney, Staf- ford Springs; Dr. Franklin H.. May berry, East Hartford; Edward P Hol- lowell, Preston; P. Leroy Harwood New London; Gen. Edwin S. Greeley New Haven; Dr. Clinton E. Stark Hon. H. H. Gallup, Judge Nelson J. Ayling, Norwich, and Dr. Frederick E. Wilcox, Willimantic.
 Three recent changes have taken place in the staff of the hospital and they are as follows: Dr. John - Dr. G. Fletcher Souder and Dr. W. &. Bringman, who succeed Dr. Lowell, who has gone to New Jersey, Dr. Brewster, who is taking post graduate course at the Albany Medical college, and Dr. Harmon, who is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is expect ed that the new clubhouse will be ready for use about Jan. 1, as the building operations at the hospital are progressing quite rapidly. The barn is about completed at the present time and the new dining room will be read to use about the first of February The foundations for the new wards are both in and the work of putting in the forms fer the concrete work on the first floor has been started. The Nor. wich Electric company of this city has received the contract for wiring the wards. The contract was for $2,616