New Britain herald., 1929-02-12
BRISTOL news
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tional church. conducted the services
and burial was in West cemetery.
Red Men to Meet
meeting of Compounce Tribe, I.
0. II, NJ, will be held at O'Clock
this evening in the wigwam on Pros
pect street.
Holiday Observance
Today. Lincoln's birthday. Is be-
ing observed by the banks and city
offices. Stores, schools and factor
les operated as usual.
Neighborhood Prayer Meeting
The weekly neighborhood prayer
meeting will be held at $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the home Of
Mrs. Henry B. Wilcox. 62 Woodland
street. Rev. P. F. Wolfenden, pas
tor OF the Bristol Baptist church.
will be the leader.
Hospital Annual Report
A total of 1872 patients were
treated at the Bristol hospital dur
ing the year ending December 81,
1928. according to a report sub
mitted by Superintendent Effie
Simpson at the annual meeting OF
the executive committee last eve
ming. This number represents an
increase OF IS over 1927. The aver
age daily number treated was 41.7s
as against 41.29 for the previous
year. The largest number treated in
40,
month of January, 1928. las pa
tients were admitted. breaking all
records at the local hospital.
The following figures are included
in the superintendent report: Pa
tients remaining in hospital Decem-
Der 81; 1928, 81: number OF pa
tents discharged from hospital dur
ing year, 1,241; largest number IN
one day. 81; smallest number in one
day, IS; males. 49s; females. TO;
medical, 1858: surgical, 604; obste-
trical, 20S: newborn, 1874: children,
1913; average daily number, AIS;
average days stay. 1856; total pa
tient days, 1928: operations, b36;
deaths within 48 hours, IS; deaths
institutional, 80; accidents, So.
The hospital expense for the year
amounted to $10f,477.56 and OF this
amount, $63.014.15 was received
from patients. The cost per pa
tient day was 1866.
In October. 1928. the first nurses
training school class was started
with seven pupils. The student
nurses have done exceptionally well.
the superintendent reports.
The Bristol hospital Is graded in
the highest class of American hos
pitfalls by the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons and was accorded
considerable recognition at the an
nual meeting Of that organization
held in Boston last fall.
Annual Election
At the annual meeting Of the in
corporators OF the Bristol hospital
last night, the following directors,
whose terms expired, were reelected
and will serve with the other eight
directors whose terms carry over:
Epaphroditus Peck, W. Kenneth
Sessions, William J. Tracy and
Charles T. Treadway.
At a subsequent meeting Of the
directors, the following officers
were reelected: President. Fuller F.
Barnes: vice presidents. William J.
Malone and Charles T. Treadway;
treasurer, William P. Calder; secre-
tary, Epaphroditus Peck; assistant
treasurer, Joseph Valentine, Jr.:
auditors. Dwight Buffum and Yer
ner r. Greene. The following execu-
tive committee was named: Fred
erick g. Hughes, chairman; William
r. Tracy. Townsend G. Treadway.
Dudley 8. Ingraham, Harold r.
Reid.
The report of Mrs. Simpson. SUI
perintendent OF the Bristol hospital
is in part as follows:
"The year just passed has been a
busy and eventful one although the
statistics given above show only a
slight increase in the total number
of patients treated. This may be due
to the smallpox epidemic in May,
when the number of admissions was