Evening journal., 1915-03-18
DELAWARE HOSPITAL
REVEWSYEARS' WORK
All Officers OF Association
Are Reelected at An
nual Meeting
TO OCCUPY NEW
BUILDING SOON

At the annual meeting of the board
If trustees of the Delaware Hospital
yesterday afternoon it was announc-
ID that the new building will be ready
.or occupancy by the first of June. 1t
lad been hoped to have the building
ready earlier in the spring but there
have been some delays.
The trustees whose terms expired
in 1915 were reelected. The officers
Of the board of trustees were re-
elected as follows: Thomas f. Bay
ard. president; Benjamin F. Shaw.
vice-president; L. Scott Townsend,
treasurer; W. Poyntell Johnston, as
sistant treasurer; William Poole,
secretary. The annual meeting was
preceded by the quarterly meeting
which was the last meeting of the
old year.
The report of the president, Thom-
as +. Bayard, was read and the re-
port of the treasurer, L. Scott Town
send, was also given. The report
showed that the receipts for the year
we're S156, 164.S2. The disbursements
for the year were $155,229.3S. The
cash balance in bank January z, 1915,
was S939.49, making a total balance
OF S156. .164.S2.
The following were elected on the
star of physicians to serve for the en-
suing year: Surgical department
John Palmer, James A. Draper, Joseph
p. Wales and Harold i. Springer.
Medical department-G. w. X. For
rest, ]. W. Bastian, H. w Briggs and
NJ. I. Samuel
Obstetrical department - willard
Springer and William Wertenbaker
Specialists-Read ]. Mckay, eye,
ear, nose and throat; J. A. Ellegood,
'sye, ear, nose and throat; r. e. Ellie
good, eye, ear, nose and throat; Henry
J. Stubs. gynaecology; Samuel c.
Rumford. associate in gynaecology;
WILLIAM c. Speakman, mouth.
DenAl department - William G.
Speakman. Lewis Rumford.
Dispensary for eye, ear, nose and
throat-Read J. Mckay, j. A EllegOod,
r. E. Ellegood Charles p. White.
Dispensary aecOlOgists-Henry J.
Stubbs, $. c. Rumford.
Consulting pathologist-W William II.
Kraemer; patheologist. Jacob S. Key
ser; roentgenologist, II. A. Cleaver.
The presidents report was as fol-
lows:
70 the members of the Corporation of
the Delaware Hospital:
The reports of the various officers
covering the several departments Of
the institution are before you. and
shall not enter into any details con-
- Nv az
review. II appears that for the past
year there has been a total increase IN
lays service Of 2,149, of which 1872 was
free and 1.957 pay. The total days ser
vice, free and pay, for the year, was
22,57S, an increase Of 2.149, as above
stated. The increase I'm the total
number of admissions is 219, SO OF
which were free and 130 pay patients
The number of examinations in the
pathological laboratory shows an in
crease OF / $50 for the past year. The
report of the ROentgenologist shows
five more treatments and 121 less eN-
aminations during the past year.
A very material increase has been
made 10 our plant, and particular at
tention is called 10 our ability TO now
manufacture all the ice we may need
for any hospital purpose, including
that of refrigeration for our food
stuffs. Our steam heating plant
which consists of a battery of two
large boilers, enables us not only &c
heat our present plant, including the
new nurses home, but also to have
sufficient power to take care of al
least one or more buildings exclu.
- a
building. Besides this, we are abl'
10 use the steam for culinary pur
poses and for steriliZing. In add
tion 10 the above, all our garbage Il
consumed in the furnaces at pracu
cally no extra expense, while grea
saving is made by giving up the Ole
gas incinerators.
We have developed and are nov
using the store room for all our sup
plies, and already find that this Is
source of both efficiency and econo
my.
The l2undry has been increased &
almost double its capacity of las
wear. and it would appear that It
present size would accommodate ou
needs for some years to come. I'M
various pieces of apparatus have Deel
readiusted so as to AFFORD a mucl
moro economic administration.
Since the annual meeting OF las
year. the two buildings at the south
west corner of Fourteenth and WASH
ington streets have been purchased
renovated within and without, incluu
ing papering. painting and furniture
so that We now have an admirable an
economic home for our nurses.
These buildings are heated from IN
central steam plant. which does ava
with the cost OF a separate boiler an
attendant. Permission was obtaine
from the city authorities TO install
large service pipe under the bed q
Fourteenth street. through which "
ere now carrying our stream and tele
phone wires. and hereafter will carr
our electric service Of all kinds. IN
doubleday this will be means of con
siderable economy in the administra