Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-06

casn returned from payroll. $3.53; total $1883S; total expense for hospital and l Washington street dispensary for the 1 year, $36.122-51.
 l Washington Street Dispensary. ] The report of the Washington street i dlspensary shows ,294 patients treat | ed, 2.563 visits, 21S9 prescriptions l filled, 1882 surgical dressings The l estimated expenses of this department are $63s.
 PathoIogist and RoentsenoIosist. pr. P. J. Cassidy, visiting patholo- Dr. ". eTyler Browne, roentgenologist, states that during the past year 35 patients have been referred to the de- partment and S4 plates have been made.
 Report of Training School. Superintendent of Nurses Kathleen A. Down reports in part as follows: During the year 35 applications for admission have been made, Is were received on probation, 8 were accepted into the school, leaving in the school F seniors, juniors and 1 probationer
 Miss Helen T. Ryder. a graduate of the Birmingham Normal school, class of 1911, is dietitian and teaches the classes in invalid cookery. Miss Ida Egli, R. N. graduate of the class of 1911. Is supervisor of nurses, and has charge of the obstetrical de- partment.
 In the death of Dr. Patrick H. Har- riman the school has lost a friend who was ever zealous to maintain a repu- tation for the hospital training school,
 Other Statistics.
 Regarding the residence of patients. 376 from Norwich were treated, while many others came from all over the state. Outside of Connecticut, II came from Boston. 22 from Bradford. E. l.. l from Brooklyn. N. Y. l from Cazenovia, from New York city. l from Potter Hill, R. l., from Pitts field, Mass. 1 from Rutland. Vt. 13 from Westerly. R. I.
 Regarding the nativity of patients nearly every nationality was repre- scented. The civil condition of patients showed 391 single and 225 married; widowed, males 27. females e6S.
 The New Addition.
 In the spring of 1912 the hospital opened to the public this new addition to the administration building, con taining on the ground floor the resi- dent physicians and surgeons quar- ters consisting of three large sleeping rooms. large library and reading room, linen room. bath room and stock room.
 On the second floor is located the children's ward. containing IA white enameled beds. together with a medi- cine room, diet kitchen. bath and linen room. Adjacent and connected with the ward is one Of the largest sun par lcrs and playroom, connected with the hospital, all finished in oak, presenting one of the most improved and up-to- date childrens' wards in the country, where children can be treated and cared for, under the best of medical skill and nursing.
 The cost in this ward is $7 per week. which includes doctors attendance, nursing, medicine and board.
 Maternity Ward.
 On the third floor Is located the ma ternity ward, consisting of private rooms, with their new white enamele beds, spotless linen, solid oak furnj- ture and every convenience for this line of service, including one of the hest and most complete delivery rooms. bath and toilet rooms. medicine room and 8 diet kitchen.
 All of these rooms are almost com pletely shut off from the rest of the hospital by two sets of heavy doors in the corridors, insuring even more pri- vaey than if the patient were at her own home.
 Prices in these rooms are s15 per week. including doctors attendance nursing. medicine and board
 The maternity patients and the chil- Gren in the children's ward are cared for and receive the services of the nurses of the hospital whose training and experiences have best fitted them