Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
CH|TTENDEN COUNTY
WINOOSKI.

The Fanny Allen hospitals 10Th biennial
report has been issued, covering the
years 1872 ana 1913 The cover is Of a
beautiful brown with dark brown
lettering and the name "liOtcl Dieu" and
Fanny Allen hospital" in gold letters.
Some of the reports are made Up of the
same grade of cover of light tan shade.
with the printing on the covers all
brown. The stock used in the body is
Of very good stock, upon which the half
tones show to fine advantage The first
picture is the hospital and grounds. The
others are half tones of the Right Rev.
j. ]. Rice, p. d. bishop of Burlington,
the operating room, Fanny Allen as a
nun, the Kelley room, tho Fanny Allen
room, and the nurses drawing room. The
Kelley room. a new feature in the re-
port, was furnished by Miss Anna Kelley
Of Burlington and the Fanny Allen room,
which is also a new feature, was fur
nshed by the Fanny Allen Guild. The
report begins with a list of the directors.
the hospital staff, the attending staff
and the consulting staff. The hospital
was first opened in 1881 and though it
had very few patients that year the num-
Der admitted since has constantly in
many additions to the hospital for the
ton of patients, the increase
has been such in the last two years that
its capacity has been taxed to the utmost
and extra beds in the wards have been
no uncommon sight. In the year 1912,
III patients were admitted, and during
the year 1918 there We're treated 992, maxi
ing a total during the two years | ,G33
,Ns, L Sc tod
increase during 1913 over 1912 was 2ll
During the two years just closed, to
January /, 1914, there were but 81 deaths
and among this number We're some
brought there I'm a moribund condition
and lived but I short time after ad-
mittance. During the past two years
there have been several improvements
worthy OF mention, among which was
the installation of laundry plant
thoroughly equipped with up-to-date
machinery, \ sanitary dairy barn has
been built and the 10 cows which supply
| the hospital with milk now stand on a
| cement floor which is frequently flushed
| and deodorized, thus assuring pure and
wholesome milk and other dairy
products. The cows have been tested for
| tuberculosis, Sister NJ. Renaud. super
loItSS' acknowledges with sincere thanks
| a check for $500 given by ]. ]. FLYNN
toward the purchase of an N-ray ma
| chine. The statue in front of the hos
| pital represents ST. Rock which was
| erected on the day of the raising of the
smallpox quarantine two years ago on
| the feast day of St. Rock Next in the
| report Is short biographical sketch of
tanny Allen and a true copy OF the deed
OF Michael +. Kelley aud Ann Kelley to
Johh Michaud, trustee. This is followed
| by copy of and act of the General
| Assembly of the State of Vermont to in
| corporate the Fanny Allel. hospital, the
general regulations and the visiting
hours. OF the number of patients adj
united during the two years, there were
| lle Tor opthalmic and orto-rhino-
laiyngological cases, 800 medical cases,
| l,l9o surgical cases and l.6O7 operations.
| Following the table report. which describes
and gives the humber of the various
cases Is short account of the nurses
training school and a list of the grad
| yates of the school since the year 1899.
The appraisal of the taxable property