The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-10
ADDITION WILL
Be MADE To THE
PUTNAM HOSPITAL
Will Increase Capacity of Hos
pital so Per Cent
ALSO HOME FOR NURSES
Annual Meeting of the corporators
Held Neutrality-suspicious. of Work
Done During Past Year

An addition to the main building of
the Putnam Memorial Hospital and
nurses home while will together in
crease the capacity by fifty per cent
was voted at the annual meeting of
the corporators Wednesday afternoon.
The cost of the addition and the
new building is estimated at around
| 100000 Partial plans are already in
the hands OF the building committee.
During the past fiscal year the hos
pital has received 659 patients. The
number discharged has been 634.
There have been 45 births at the hos
pital and 81 deaths The number OF
patients in the hospital July 1st was
The greatest number of patients in
the hospital on any one day was SO on
June 12 while the fewest was on
May 16, II and is. The total number
of male patients was 266 and of fe-
male, 399 Free patients to the num-
ber of 76 have been cared for
/ During the year there were 343
surgical cases and 295 operations.
The average number of patients dur
ing the year was 25 and there were
altogether 113 cases of influenza.
The amount of service the hospital
has been called on to perform during
the year has been so great that the
corporators felt that the greatest
good required an increased capacity
for the institution.
The annual meeting of the corpora
tors of the Henry w. Putnam Memoir
ial Hospital took place Wednesday af
ternoon at the village rooms. There
was one vacancy on the board due to
the death of J. r. Judson of Arlington
and A. e. Buck of the same town was
elected in his place.
The officers elected for the coming
year are: President, Henry w. Put
nam. vice president. Edward ID. Well
ing; secretary, A. w. Braisted; treas
urer, G. H. Dewey; executive commit
tee, J. K Batchelder A. w. Braisted,
| j. p. Wilbur, A. j. Holden, H. t.
| Cushman; auditors, Harrison /, Nor
| ton, II. H. Webster, J. p Morrissey.
The building committee composed
of A. w. Braisted, j. b. Wilbur and
IL. S. Norton reported in favor of an
faddition to the main building and the
lbuilding of a building for the
nurses and it was so voted.
The home for nurses will be 36x91
| feet and will face south. 1t will be
erected on the slope northwest of the
hospital and will he two stories ele-
lyation on the south and three stories
ion, the north. Plans for this building
have been prepared.
lTsThe addition to the main building
/ will be at each end which will be
raised another story. This will add
maternity ward and nursery on the
south end and additional rooms on
! the north end. The transfer of
nurses to the new building will make
more rooms for patients The total
increase of capacity will be so per
cent
A report was received from the
Womans Hospital League including a
copy of its constitution and bylaws
and list of officers and committees
which have already been printed in
| the Banner. A resolution of appreci-
alton of the cooperation of the Wom-
ans League was adopted.
Gifts received during the year were
acknowledged, Those not previously
announced were $3.50 from NJ. Hor-
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ger of New York and refrigerator
from f. c. Squires of st. Louis for the
nurses home. Mr.. Squires is ma
tive of Bennington and Mr. Horwitz
and Mr. Manner are personal friends
of Mr. Putnam.
The financial statement was not
quite so encouraging as other mat
ters connected with the hospital. The
receipts have almost but not quite
euualled the expenses but only by in
Guiding the interest on the 100000
given by Mr. Putnam during the past
year. The income from the payments
of patients and the net proceeds from
the water system has not been quite
enough to meet the running expenses
and maintain the equipment.
The amount paid by patients dur
ing the year was S18,135.73 while the
income from the water system was
/ S1G.74725.
The inventory shows property and
endowment to the total of $3.50, 1921. so.
This inventory of course does not in
clude the water system