Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-16

H4 eEASA4N%s a@& t&s&Nsttas 49, srs@~
swould take TIC opportunity og comply
ing with the purpose and object Ct |
the meeting.
~. Garner mskad sha treasurer "a I
gsvs auceInct account of the fnar-
eiaa status af tie hospstal. - llnblt
lilies and asssss.
Ths treasurer, Mrs. George 4. Fead-
meyer. rose and stafed thai up 70 two
Years ags tie hospital waa FianfIng en-
| i eozssfovtasss basis and HViBg wIfhin
Its income. but with inexperienced
| sd per Asendenss wilkins eiaat tiElne.
var e0EsIEI0ns increased salaries TO
servants. Ii had run into deht n two
wears Id the aHs0mnt os 1890 The
cook I'll belng paid three times as much
today IA she was two years ago. nurses
Ehave been talsen frogn lhs. heaptena, the
Itreasurer sald. and the increase In
the eharve FOR pay patients was not
8c0Fauserass.sn ute with the eese ala& out
lar. Continuing the treasarer raid
the legislature passed d Law Axing
1.-The pay from The State 10 hospitals Of
this size III $3.50 per dry paT capita
Tor free patients. and because this
/ hospital haa not had suficient free
patients Ia measure Up To the States
appropriation, II had been withheld,
4 Ti,a reascn for 80 Few free patients
was because one Of the Superintend-
4 enta had tmrmed tkasn dswn She
Il wouid not aSmlit free pAeienea. The.
Superintendent thought she WAS beile-
Z Atstn6 the hospital. while al the tiFsie
4 sac waa guining rs interests By not
having fsa quota of free patients the
State refused To gfve the hospital the
usual alIotmeDt 81 1900. The trees
& urer said the city donates 500 an
nusIIy. having recently increaaed to
tIthfs snnr from the former $3e0 The
county nov gives 1900. having In
{ creased from $500 PAY patienta last
year amounted 70 Apr xinately Sill.
100 ami the last drive $4,000.
Mr.. Munree askea what was the
Eayerage expense. ard was told last
year $1E.000 ana the year before 81
loo. DR.. Garner said understand
your yearly income Il between 1e.001
and 1900. that means y0a are run
ming behind $4,000. E The treasurer
said tn two years they had run behind
l,,Nr. MuHroa said the question Ii How
ID pay d S26, 900 debt With $4,000
llnco1ne Dr. Garner asked II some
thing could not Be d0ac I'd cut ex.
psnses when the hospital n running
behind s7.0o0 to SIS 200 per year He
suggested that an effort be made TO-
see what could be aone 10 live Within
the income
Mrs. Garrison. menlber Of the.
Board OF Managers, asked the Superin.
ltangent, Miss EeifTere, 10 make state
ImenE chs hAa made To the Beard Ell
tire morning Ineeting The head nurse
sai6 the hospital oa0ld accommodate
/ lat least IS patients. but seldom had
l.unOTe than TO as an average. that sd.
ninfstratton expenses are just the
same for small number as for the.
larger number ii takes the same
hight, heat. the cocks salary ID the
same FOR one patient as for is or 45.
the maximum the hospital car accom-
MEDIATE. she said the building II go
Ing down Gil the time. repairs are
needed. new eupplies and instruments
sterflizer Iii need Of repairs. thiAgl
are being wOrn out, Nurses Training
School muat be kept up. aA8 we can
haye nurses without b comfortable
Inursea home. The nurses are no.
Applying for admission as they should.
and soon the nursing force win ht
depleted. as the seniors are going ous
and none coming n. The salary d
the Superintendent. she said. II tho
same for rs patients as for 45 and Il
tne shortage in number of patients af
the hospital, she made plain. h due
the loss of income. DR. Garner asltef
Ii the purpose for which the h0spita
ii intended. Emergency. was moi
being perverted ali kinds OF cases BIZ
ing treated The reply was It is nee
i easnry 20 admit other cases. Mr.
Feldmeysr said the Managers had bee.
criticised for acauifing the house 10
S. accommodation Of the nurses bat thu
was done 1T the urgent request Of sht
doctors who said they needed tht
rooms oceupied By nurses III the no.
tpikal for other purposes and cases sd
f1Hlbk94 WUM1N UtAkk& In $1Vus WAt4Gl
would more than compensate TOR the.
Ehoane Tor nnrses and Be revenue
besides
!. This the treasurer said. had proved
! a fallacy 10 the doctors had not liveS
] IMP to their pr0rAise and did not sens
patients for the quarters vacated by
Ishe Rurses DR. Garner sasd he did
not SEQ where the ladies of the Board
are ID blame Mrs. Curtin said she
did not think men could have run the
hospital IS the wonsen had, Mr.. Nun
roc suggested that the Advisory Board
and Managers set together and mike
u feasible that their cooperation de
eea0p the go0d 81 the hospital
Prof johnson suggested tapping d
new source Of revenue Ma1or Dow
J said there aeenad - BE b feeling
betweeR the doctors ard the manage
Iment. The hospital Ii dependent up-
on the doctors re does net believe