The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1916-01-19
$15,711.O6

$15,711. O6
Disbursements.
Paid bills and orders of
executive committee, $15, 1853 65
Cash on hand Jan, !, ,.1916, 547.41
$15, .O6
The following additional permanent
improvements were made the past
year at a cost of $1,777 "a; the two
south piazzas were converted into
sun parlors with heat connection, a
north piazza was enclosed with glass,
q sleeping porch finished and equipped
for nurses, bath tub added in
basement and convenient additions
to bath rooms. Three new beds were
purchased and the full capacity Of
the hospital has been taxed on several
occasions An X-Ray apparatus is
among the hospitals greatest needs.
The expenses for the past year were
as follows: Groceries, $674. 90;
vegetables. 500. O5; butter, $268. 76 !;
fruit, $93 %; meat, 1926. 43; fowls,
$3.50. SO; fish, $65. so; ice, $50. O6 !;
eggs, $116.O O6; milk. 1924 "a; cleo
trioity, elevator and cleaner, $117. A.;
Eelectricity, light and stove, $3.50 80;
Bfay roll, "a, ,7s0. 78 laundry, 90 7a.-1
50; fuel. 81, ,231. 27: water, $94 "a;
house supplies, $542.61; surgical
supplies, $685. O3; drugs, $473. .46;
Office supplies, $l95. 95; telephone,
$97. 90; repairs, $32O.O3.
The report of the superintendent,
Miss Sadie L. Smith, included the
following number of patients in hos
pital Jan. /, 1915, II; number ad-
mitted, GAG; male, 1O2, female 144,
whole number treated. 257; medical
patients admitted, 100; surgical,
1iO; obstetrical cases, So; number of
births, 36; surgical operations 90,
major 48; minor operations, A;
deaths. %; of which z were in
durable, Z moribund on admission
and ] stillborn; largest number any
one day. 26, smallest, q. The average
coss of each patient par week was
$18. So and for the past three months
this has been reduced to about
$l5. 90. This compares very favorably
with other like institutions and shows
a decrease from former years as
follows: 1915, $1s. SO; 1914, 1928. 80;
1918, $3.50.
The meeting of the trustees i'm
mediately followed at which the
following officers were elected: Presi.
dent, Freeman F. Patten; first vice.
president, F. G. Sanford; second
vice president, Edwin 9. Pinney;
third vice. president, VIM. Park;
secretary and treasurer, VIM. H.
Head; executive committee, VIM.
Park, F. g. Sanford, Christopher
Allen; finance committee, Christopher
Allen, George l.. Dennis, A. 1.
Mitchell; auditors. VIM O. Rock
we'll, M. D. O'Connell Trustees
christopher Allen, f. Fl. Baker,
George L. Dennis, Robert H. Fisk,
W. E. Hanley, W. H. Hall (Willing.
ton), Miss Celia Holt, VIM. Fl. Heald,
Mrs. Julia O. johnson, A. I. Mitchell,
Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin, M. D.
O'Connell, Mrs. Jerome Oroutt Bridge.
port), Edwin c. Pinney, VIM. Park,
Freeman F. Patten, J. H. Reed, VIM.
O. Rockwell, F. G.. Sanford, Fred
erick Swindelle (Rockville), B. P.
Cooley. Incorporators Julia
@. Johnson, F. F. Patten, Robert H.
Fisk, VIM. H. Heald, VIM. E Hanley,
b. P. Cooley, Robert W Smith, Frank
H. Baker, Christopher G.. Gilligan,
Hannibal Alden, J. Carl Converse,
Geo ge L. Dennis, M. D. O'Connell,
@. F. Beckwith, Chas. Warren, Joel
Fl. Reed, Richard W. Ellis. Christie
pher Allen, Washington D. Graves,
Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin, Burt T.
Eaton, F. @. Sanford, Miss Celia Holt,
Frederic Faulkner, Michael O'Hal.
loran, William O.. Rockwell, William
Park. Fl. R. Wightman, A. L. How
ard, Anthony Adams, A. l. Mitchell,
W. H. Hall, Chas. Pinney, Jerome
Orcutt, Mrs. Jerome Orcurt, F. P.
Batchelder, E. O. Pinney, M. W.
Leonard, Frederick Swindelle, R. H.
Valentine. Visiting physioians-Dr
@. B. Newton, DR., g. Percival Bard,
DR.. ]. P. Hanley, DR.. F. L. Smith.
Consultants DR.. Ralph Fl. Seelye,
Springfield, Mass DR.. E. J. Mo-
Knight, Hartford; DR.. E. Terry
Smith, Hartford; DR.. P. FL. Ingalls,,
Hartford; DR.. F. s. Crossfield, Hart.
ford; Dr. f. P. Bachelder, Boston,
Mass. DR.. E. z. Root. Hartford: