Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-24

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II may be tAege ii "a impression
aas oGnceFs 1T the board oG managers
0g The Emergency hoapgtai are raid
Tor fhelr esrvtces They IRE not
FImanctal collapse az the hospital ssf
not due t0 salaries here, for althOu@h
the treasurer 81 the Cambridge hos
plEal and his vile are given j home
and hoard 1T Elais hospital On the East-
/ eTu Shore, and khn treasurer Is 4 sal
ariad ogacer Tbs woman treasurer
Og the beard O9 managers of the An
nap0Ein Emergency hospital who has
served for ten years or more, has
never received cent 0g pay Tor her
saYs ices. nor remuneration Of any kind.
There ara NO paid ofTlcerg on the board
Of the local hospital, and the Annap-
Oils institution II the only one Ia the
tsaee that does not have salaried
ofssciais on iks board
This nsorning = check vas received
81 this ONCE from walter IF Hart. for
g25; one from Mrs Thomas Cameron
walton, for 85: MRS h. !. Schmidt.
$40: Mrs. Charlotte Baker, SIS
The state owns the hospital building
and part of the ground Along this
line the treasurer OF the board Of
managers az the Emergency hospital
gave out the following statement 20
the Capital this morning:
Feeling that the citizens Of Annap
oils would like To have few facts III
regard to the financial condition 0f the
hospital, and Why 1t Is In such con-
dltion, the managers will try to pre-
aent 4 few facts, and hope that the
statement will be satisfactory
sIf 1914, the annual appropriation
vas increased to 5000. on account
81 the financial condition oG the state
in 1915, s 900 was withheld until the
end Of the year necessitating the Dor
rowing Of money from the bank 1t six
per cent for running expenses. The
state then gave MS the 5000 but moth
Ing tor the interest we had paid ne
paid Off ali of our Indebtedness and
were not obliged to borrow any money
until April 1917. when on account of
the war ii Europe, the prices Of things
needed. began TO soar, especially med
ical and surgical supplies, food stuffsg
household goods. etc.
When the United States entered the
war, II not only took our doctors, but
our nurses. and for time 1t seemed
that the doors would have 60 close
for lack of nurses After making
great efforts We succeeded III securing
i nurse as acting superintendent but
without hospital experience, Since
Miss Nfohlgemuth has LEFT rs We have
had three inexperienced anpeftnten-
dents. We now have secured su-
peflntendent who has had hospital ex-
perience and u making very slccess-
ful effors IN bringing order out of
chaos.
Nov Is Il the financial part that
threatens u close the doors. Giving
few tignres I'd illustrate the In
creased cost OF maintenance ana no
increase ii support 1t Is not neces-
sary to mention meats, vegetables,
groceries. linena etc. every one
knows how these have advanced In
1914, servants and nurses, Ss51s 81;
laundry about $1,000; medical and
surgical supplies, 1896 as In 1918.
servants and nurses. $I70 go; laun-
dry, s192s 81: medical and surgical
supplies, g3S47.f1. lib 1915. our e.
pensea averaged s1I2i.54 b month:
1913 were $2O9s So. and for the past
three months, the hospital has ay-
eraged $2ges.5 s for general expenses.
The last legislature appropriated
again $4,000 for 1918 and 1870 {eachl !.
we hare received 1900 and were no
siGied by the State Board BE Aid and
Charities, that the hospital would not
receive any mora ua0ney now. that
ire hAd not earned u. That -, the
state allows $50 Cor each tree pa
tent and We had not used the 81. 900
ID treating free patients. While we
have increased the charges I'd pay pa
eisnts the amount paid does not begin
10 c0ver their expenses but they are
reported ID pay patients The city
slves 800 anneaily. and the county
has Increased us appropriation 10
81 900 annually.
The state owns the building and
the ground % which Il stands. but
ioas not psy Tor repairs. Since we
alAve been II the present building the
cost ~ repairs haa amounted to $685.
SIS to me fret ef last December
NE were not II the new building 3
yeaF, when ths plaster commenced to
easl. and We have been c0natankly re-
paarang IL nc IL now ID such cOndl-
EipA thai It IL 8 menace 10 fifs, and We
laava inst raid over SEQ, and had %
step tlas work md " Ii not hall done.
Ne elevator was Ia i very dan
rsas conaiklon Il could not be RI
lraa md aew one waa no seagy.
40 asnnasa waa secured. Aaa the
prise MSS about LOO wafh0ut Emaly
inst
IS estimate Vas secnrsa anr pias
ksgan. asld tres was 81 coo lseae
kpo lasnss ysesa presented 10 khs Aasa
Rre mo W hed ntsa paead-
III Rg me Messy. Tfs8g NNvn Wg