La Junta tribune., 1913-07-26
MENNONITE sANlrARiuM.
Annual Report Of This Institution
Showing Receipts and expendi.
turss During Year.

One OF the aims OF the La Junta
Mennonite Sanitarium Is to make
the Institution AZ nearly self sustain.
Ing. as possible, and at the same
time welcoming any contributions
which may be made to the end that
we may care for the greatest posi-
Bile number OF poor charity patients "
During the past year this institu-
tton received contributions for the
charity fund amounting to $i,37L47,
and In return for this did $6.502. "A
worth OF actual charity work. figur.
Ing everything at minimum charge.
Figuring the charity work as an as
set this would have left the insti-
tuition $2.i30.97 ahead. and this add
ed to the $l.750 receipts from the
farm would have given total net
revenue OF s3.SS0.97. very respect.
able income for so small an insti-
tuition. II will probably be of in
terest to know that while the farm
paid $i,75O into the charity fund 1t
also furnished $l,0i5 for stock and
farm machinery. making total in
come OF $2.795 from the farm for the
year
The La Junta Mennonite Sanitari-
um is still In It's infancy, having been
dedicated February /. 1908. but al
ready ii has property valued at $685.
49, Al, as shown by the inventory
given below. The local board In
making this inventory aimed TO
keep the valuations low, but they
feel sure that II the property was
placed on the market today it would
bring much more. Instead of dis
posing OF the property. however, II
Is the intention OF the board 10 pur-
chase the half section OF land ad-
joining the institution on the west.
and this may be done In the very
near future.
During the year ending April 80,
1918, there were ~ patients at
the Institution. sixty Of whom were
admitted during the year. and t~en-
ty.four wer. hoidovers from the pre-
yious year. OF the number admitted
during the year 30 were males and
% were females, Deaths during
the year numbered fourteen - ten
males and four females. Dismissed
during the year forty.nine-3l males
and is females. Number of patients
In the institution May |. 1913, TWEEN
ty.one-l5 males and . females.
Religious services are held at the
sanitarium every morning, and pray
or meeting every Thursday evening.
sunday school Is held every Sunday.
and preaching services every other
sunday. OF the cighty-four patients
In the institution during the past
year fifty were Christians when they
came. twentyfour wer" nonthris'
,iuns. min. wor. Catholics. and one
Christian Scientist Their. was also
on. Spanish woman whose religious
affiliation We wer" unable To as
certain. OF the fourteen patients
who died nine were Christians, three
we're Catholics, and one Christian
Scientist
The number OF patients support
81 wholly by the institution was
twcnty.sn. partly supported, 'hir'
ty.two. whil. those paying la fnll
numbered ,wcnty-slx OF the sixty.
thre. patients discharged. twenty
one were entirely cured. twenty
wer. In good shape. but not beyond
danger of a rolars": eight were In
a hopeless condition. aud fourteen
died. The ayeraE" stay OF each pa
dent was nearly five mou,ha
During the year there wer" soN'
entccn major and four minor opera
iions. aud two cases "f obrt"l"fioH'
II apoakA well for th. physician ~
charge aud the nurses that thcr"
was not a ringl. ease OF Infection ni
the Han,arium during the year. aud
the work of ia. institution In gen
.ral has been very satisfactory.
4 statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the ranitarium during
III. year ending April 30, 1918. u
as follows
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand May I. 1871. ~ :" ~
Hospital Fees 4ttt Wv" ="
r. r. Woodruff fEndo~ mcni) ?t2 u
Ropp 4 Rupp tEndo~mcnb 10 90
From Farm =. g. 81. 1900 90
Donations q. .. '' ss'" !"
Money borrowed -. d" ..,.. iao 90
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