The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15
ANNUAL REPORT
LOCAL HOSPITAL
DAKOTA DEAcoNESS HOSPITAL
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING AT
METHODIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES FOR COMING YEAR ELECTED
Financial Report Of institution Makes
Very Creditabie Showing For
the New Management.

INC NC" WduoSSUuSue.
The Dakota DeacOness Association
held its annual meeting at the local
Methodist church last Thursday, Janu-
ary 8, and elected the following per-
sons as trustees for the ensuing year:
w. S. Shepherd, R. A. Larson, w. H.
Leighty, j. A. Keck, Fred Killing. Dr.
L. G. Borst, r. F. Kerr, G. ]. Flittie
and Robert A. Storm. Immediately
following the meeting Of the association
the trustees organized by electing
Robert A. Storm, president; r. F. Kerr,
vice-president; r. A. Larson, secre-
tary; G. J. Flittie, treasurer building
aud endowment funds, and Miss Mabl"
o. Woods, superintendent.
G.. ]. Flitte, treasurer of the build
ing and endowment funds, made his
report to the members of the associa-
ton, which showed the affairs Of the
local hospital to be In very salts
factory condition. Two mortgages of
$1,000 each had been paid off during
the year. leaving a total indebtedness
of only $500 outstanding, with ap-
proximately $4,000 of pledges on hand,
together with about $4,000 of Metho
dist Centenary money still to be added
within the five years in which these
pledges are payable.
Miss Woods, the superintendent in
charge of the hospital since last June,
made a detailed report which is pub
lished in this issue. Her report shows
that the hospital is now paying Oper-
ating expenses, and that the patron
age has very noticeably increased dur
ing her administration. The public is
pleased to know that the services rem
dered by Miss Woods as superintend-
ent and the staff of competent nurses
employed are mentioned in terms Of
unstinted praise by the patients and
their friends.
Statement
Statement of the receipts and dis
bursements OF the Dakota Methodist
Deaconess hospital from June 1, 1919,
to January 1. 1920 Ca period of seven
months)
Receipts
To cash on hand, June /, 1913 1865
To loan from bank (note) -. 10000
To loan from bank (note) :. 100000
To amount received from
Methodist Centenary fund. 10000
To old accounts ......... 74.0o
To sale Of personal property. $500
To donation from Mrs Swirt
(Chlcago) ............... 10000
To miscellaneous small dona-
tions Observation-Disclosures. 1880
To donations from people of
BroOkingS and vicinity 1922. so
To amount received from pa
tients Observation-Disclosures. 6,76S.O2
To amount received from
American White Cross 343.25
Total receipts for months s19.455.73
Disbursements
BY old accounts $227931
By note (balance purchase
price of new furnace) . 10000
BY interest Oh above ... 1885
BY notes to bank ....... 100000
BY interest on above ... 61.84
By amount paid over to treas
urer Of building and endow-
ment funds, G. J. Flittie, be-
ing money received from
Methodist Centenary fund. 10000
By total expenses of operat-
ing hospital ....... 6,O67. 40
By balance on hand
Farmers National Bank 1.78S. 96
First National Bank ....... 343.25
Total disbursements for 7
months ..................$1 $13,455.73
RecapituIation
Total receipts from patients
for seven months ..... .$6,768.O2
Total expenses of operating
hospital fer seven months. 6,Oe7.49
Net gain 70O.53
General information
Number of patients in hospital
June /, 1919 ............ z
Number of patients admitted dur
ing the seven months
Male '''''.'..'... ...''''..'.'. iV1
Number Of patients from outside
Of county ................. ....... 35
Opefdtlous ......'.'.'' lEo