New Britain herald., 1915-11-30

tribution and apportionment, $72.42; Methodist Episcopal Church, Thanks giving collection, $2S.66; total $166.12; rom individuals. E. N. Stanley, $25; F. G. Platt, $1O; MT. and Mrs. w. E. Beers, $1O; Richard Vogel, $1; Stan ley Works salesmen $20; Cremo Brewing Co.,, $20; total, $91; special receipts, loan at New Britain National Bank, $2O,00O; funds of Citizens Free Bed Fund on deposit of New Britain Trust Co.,, pending investment, $3,0Oo from Mrs. Hattie Abbe creating AL mira Beckley Booth fund. $3,OOO; to- total, s26,OOO: grand total, $56, 6,52S.52.
 Disbursements.
 The disbursements amount to $47,- 392O5 Of this the expenditures for improvement and furnishings were as follows: Real estate and payment of notes, outstanding, $1S,544.S0; build ing and improvement to same, s743.- es: bedding, ss9.6s furniture, $230.- 23: surgical instruments and appar- atus s127.31: total, $19,735.7O. The cost for services was: Superintendent, interne, nurse and orderlies, S6,O0O,- 92; help, s3,7s2.66; ambulance, $32S.- 75: special. nurses, $40: total, $10,- 152.33. The cost of supplies was s14,S2S.50: and miscellaneous expen- ditures. s2,670.52. The balance on deposit in the New Britain Trust Co.,, $9,136.47.
 Special Fund Reports
 Reports of special funds were pre- sented. The citizens bed fund show ed receipts of sS,265.87 as follows: October 1, 1914, deposit New Britain Trust Co.,, SAP; Savings Bank of New $3,24S.e2; secured note c,,s- tody of A. w. Stanley, s3,o0O; Sep tember 30. 1915, interest on note, $13O; Savings Bank of New Britain, l3l.35; Woman's Hospital Board, s1,751.4S; total, sS,265.S7. The dis bursements comprised $236.50 paid Tor care of patients approved by the Woman's Hospital board. The de- posits on hand are as follows: New Britain Trust Co.,, $29.27; Savings Bank of New Britain. s5,O00.1O; prin- cipal held in New Britain Trust Co.,, pending investment. $3,0O0. The Jane B. Case fund showed receipts of S41O.O2; disbursements, s4O3.25; bal lance. $6.77. The Charles S. Liegey fund srowed receipts of $1,O5O. Fifty dollars was paid to general expense account. There is New Britain Gas Light company bond of $1,OO0 The J. Spencer Douglass gift shows a de oosit of s1,545.O6, the Philo Andrews gift, s3o9.s4, and Almire Beckley Booth fund, s3,O00.
 Plant Value.
 The estimated value of hospital property and funds is as follows: Original plot of land. $s,OOO; wooden building, ss,oOO; brick building, s35.- poo, operating building s23,226s5; Griswold street property, $13,300; norgue, $2O0; furniture and equip nent, $5,674.64; funds as above, s13.- s91.O4; total, $1O7,292.53; note due New Britain National Bank, S2O,OOO: sS7,292.53. MT. Hart said hat the receipts from patients had been increased $1.OOO by making al- erations which provided extra pri- vate rooms.
 Mrs. Bassett's Report.
 Mrs. Jennie Bassett, the efficient s1- of the hospital, gave a eport of the work of the institution turing the past year, which is sum- marked as follows: Number of cases n the hospital October i. 1914; 31; admitted during the year, 1,033; reated, 1,O64; discharged, 1,016; re- naining October 1, 1915, AS; dis 1 charged recovered, S14; improved, l 33; not improved, 6; died, 63; total, | ,064; medical cases. POP; surgical ,ases, 539; maternity, 156; infants, L36; total, 1 1,O33; males, 487; females, '46; private patients, no; private 1 ward patients, 309; ward patients, [01: town patients, New Britain, 157, Berlin, 4; Bristol, 4; Plainville, ,: 4; patients in Citizens l Free Bed fund, g; in Jane E. Case 1 Free Bed, IS; inmates of hospitar, 1 IT; largest number of patinets any ,ne day, 65; average daily 35; aver 1 age number of days per patient, 13; ;otal hospital weeks, 2,043; cost per patient, s9.92; nationalities repre- 22; occupations represented, A; deaths of which 30 were mori- l ound, 66; operations, 5O6. The annual l reports of the Woman's Hospital ] board were read and approved.
 Directors Reelected.
 The directors whose terms expir- 1 ed were reelected for three years 1 IS follows: George w. Traut, A. w. l LlInllrN oIlD lrnT Tn