Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-28

year ending April 80, according to
Sidney Riddlestorffer, who was
unanimously reelected president OF
the Perth Amboy City Hospital AS
sociation at the annual meeting of
the Board of Governors last night
at city hall.
Mr.. Riddlestorffer said that the
average had been about twenty
eight patients per day while the av-
erage for the previous year was
about thirty. He declared that the
managers, foremen and sub-foremen
in the different industrial plants of
the city should be plimented in
the achievement of the safety first"
movement.
Mr.. Riddlestorffer thanked the
board warmly for again extending
him the honor OF heading the asso-
ciation for another year, declared the
work during the past year had been a
personal pleasure to him, and hoped
the ensuing year would be as success
ful as the one just past,
He thought, however, that the
hospital was not receiving as many
patients as 1t should One reason
for this, he believed, was the fact
that all the physicians in this To-
cality do not appear to understand
that they may treat their patients at
the institution and that 1t Is not ne
eessary that physician be MEM
Der of the hospital staff to secure the
admission of patient. He declared
that a number of patients in this
city are removed to hospitals in New
York and other places when they
could be treated more conveniently
and as successfully at the local in
stitution.
All the other officers of the asso-
citation were reelected unanimously,
as follows: Abel Hanson, vice presi-
dent; Adrian Lyon, treasurer: V. P.
Christofferson, secretary; George j..
Haney, C. C. Baldwin, w. D. Voor-
hees, Edwin Gs Fraser and A. G.
Clark, managing committee; Jesse
Seaman, Christ Mathiasen and W. H.
Griswold, auditing or finance COM
mittee.
The board discussed the matter of
publishing an annual report in as
elaborate form as they did last year,
and received bids on same. How
ever, it was decided to refer the
matter to the auditing committee to
decide what form of annual report
to have printed. 1t is likely that the
report will be small pamphlet, with
little else but the reports of the Of
ficers for. the past year.
The action of the managing board
was confined to their purchasing an
X-ray for the hospital at $500, and
$50 for appurtenances. The mem
bers of the board thought the man
aging body deserved much credit for
securing such an instrument at that
price. Mr.. Riddlestorffer explained
that the opportunity was offered in
the settling of the estate of the late
DR.. Macmillan Jacoby. of Roose-
Welt. The instrument had been pur-
chased by him only short period
before his death. Such instrument
with appurtenances, bought direct
from the factory, would have cost
$4,000 it was estimated. 1t was de-
eided to refer to the managing board
the making of rules and regulations
governing the use of the X-ray.
A communication from Matthias
Zserai on behalf of the Hungarian
Woodmen Camp of this city, request
ing information concerning how the
camp could endow a bed at the city
hospital for one of its members, was
referred to the managing board. The
following governors of the institu-
tion were present: Mayor Ferd Gar
retson, Sydney Riddlestorffer, Abel
Hanson, c. C. Baldwin, Peter johann
sen, w. H. Griswold, George ]. Han
ey and Adolph Greenbaum.