Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
HAD sso PATIENTS
 ADMITTED pURiMe YEAR.
Show in Baotns Hospitsi Annssi Re- pprt-current Expenses Were s4s,-

4ese4.
 How important and helpful, a part the Bachsls hospital plays in the conn munity, increasing with each year, is shown in the 22d annual report which has just been issued.
 In the year S90 patients were admit ted. 432 males and 45s females; 573 improved. and 66 babies were born in the hospital.
 The current expenses for the year were 49.42S.s4.
 Need Larger Nurses, Home.
 Additional room at the nurses home is one of the pressing needs of the in- stitution which is mentioned in the report of the executive committee.
 Executive Committee.
 The report for the. executive conn mittee is made by it's secretary, Philip T. Welles. It is as follows for the year ending Sept. 30-
 age number of members present, 4.14; average number of patients treated in general wards, 5D6; average n1mber of patients treated in private rooms. S84 largest number: Of patients in hospital at one time, 72; daily average. 4S; average cost per week, $15.6B: number of out-patierts, s07, involving l,S14 visits; general diseases, SS1, involving 1,161 visits; eye and ear, 54, involving 60 visits; women's diseases. 22, invoiy- ing 93 visits; number Of ambulance calls, 264; number of births, 66; num- ber of deaths, se.
 Among the many improvements 10 our plant and necessary additions to our equipment which have been made during the past year, and 1all of which are helping to increase the usefulness of the hospital. the following might be mentioned: Improvements to the ise- lated ward by the installation of new small ward, a new ceiling in the cor ridor and several minor changes; a modern callben system for the use of the private room patients. doing away with the old fashioned hand callbelis; a new steam engine, laundry extractor and washer in the laundry; new bath room in the nurses home; new driveway from the hospital grounds to the side gate is practically com- pleted:. a pay telephone in the front vestibule for the use of the public; the removal of the free dispensary from its location downtown to more satisfac- tory quarters in the hospital building. where more efficient management will increase the facilities of this depart ment, and better service can be rem dered to those who take advantage of it.
 Gifts Received. i Among the gifts received during the year have been the Eccles beqlBest, a substantial sum willed the hospital by the late John Eccles in memory of his wife. providing for the perpetualmain- :. tenance of a private room; medical books and surgical instruments from George W. Carroll; a coInmuIIi on set trie fan from Rev. Father Bealerose and piano donated by the following Miss M. F. Norton, Messrs. Charles L.
 Hubbard. Charles W. Gale, c. H. os- good, O. L. Johnson, J. J. Desmond l George w. Carroll and James IL. Case It is pleasing to note that the use .ot 1 the hospital by the public shows 3 steady increase from year to year, but 1 a continuation of this only emphasizes
 the fact that we must have more funds ] at our disposal to carry on the work 1 for which this institution was founded l Our most pressing need at the pres | lrent time is additional room in ou1 1 nurses home. Our training school Is | much larger than it was a few years ago, yet no increase in accommoda- | tfcns have been provided owing to oul
 lack of the necessary funds.
 Report by Superintendent. The report of Supt. F. Leon Hutchine covered the following points: Number of patients, remaining ir hospital Oct 1, 1914, 67; admitted 1 during year, s90--957; males 432, fe- males 45S-S9o; discharged, well 573 ! improved 404, not improved 1U, nOi | treated 5, died 99 born in hospital 66 remaining in hospital Sept. 30, 1915 | 50-957; highest number any one day 7z; 1 lowest number any one day, 32; daily average, AS; number of weeks occu- l pied, 2,422; average cost per week l S15.6S; attendants and others averaged 40: total average, S8i- ambulance calls 1 264
 | out-Patient Department. l For general diseases: Number o1 patients treated 831, number of visits made 1.16f; for diseases of the eye and i ear, number of patients treated 54 1 number of visits made 50, glasses were furnished to 49 patients; for diseases i of women, number of patients treated l 22 number of visits made 93; tota, number of patients treated 907.' total number of visits made .1,S14. The Eliza Tompl1ins free bed has
 been occupied every day during the | year.
 The current expenses for the year 1 including all items, amount to S49,- 1 42S94, a detailed statement of which appears in the superintendent ac- count.
 The report. of the Washington street dispensary showed S31 patients treat
 ed, 1,161 visits, 962 prescriptions filled
 and 250 surgical dressings.
 | The estimated expenses for this de. partment are $S37.10. | nurses, $125; general insurance, $1,- 1 603.31; boilers, $6,381; porcfes dispen.
 sary and isolated, s1,343.16; outside
 water, $1S.52-$9, ,471.05: balance cur
 rent expenses. $40,026.92; total. s49,- | 497.9T
 He gave a detailed statement of the length of time each patient who had died had been at the hospital. | Referring to the number of deaths | the report said: I beg to inform you gentlemen, that some of these patients
 were in dying condition when re- | ceived in the hospital and many others were attended by the physician who considered it advisable to send them
 to the hospital where their remaining few days might be passed as com fortably as possible as they were in-
 curable cases.
 Good Record in Surgical Work. | Great credit is due the hospital staff
 on the success of their work and par | ticularly the surgical work the past year.
 In 30 of the largest hospitals of the i country the death rate from appendi- citis operations alone is recorded, as 1 ten per cent, while our staff has beer successful in keeping our death rate l from these operations to less than
 three per cent. which is remarkable Other surgical operations are in the | c1r ae osaT- s1c S1a