Evening star., 1930-12-02
HOSPITAL REPORTS
PATIENT INCREASE
Directors of ChiIdren's Insti-
tuition Elect Board Men,
bers for Ensuing Year.

Reports showing marked increases in
the number of patients treated at Chill
dren's Hospital in 1880 and outlining
other activities of the institution were
made at the sixtieth annual meeting
Of the hospitals board Of directors yes
terday afternoon. Election Of board
members for the ensuing year also
featured the meeting.
James M. Green, a member of the
board, presided. The report Of Thomas
B. Sweeney on the hospital, made a
number Of recommendations for i'm
provements. It was read by DR.. John
A. Talbot.
The report of the medical staff, read
by Dr. Frank Leech showed the hospital
treated 5,147 children in 1880, as COM
pared to 3,796 in 1929. The number Of
hospital days was practically the same
and DR.. Leech explained that this Is
enables the staff to furnish medical
care at a faster rate than in 1929.
Lack Finances for Work.
Cuno H. Rudolph, president Of the
hospital, read the report on recommen-
dations made by DR.. Bachmeyer, who
assisted in making the recent health
Social Agencies, at the request of the
Community Chest, and said that the
Children's Hospital would be glad to
carry them all out except for the one
matter of finances.
Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke read the
report of the Ladies' Board; Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes that of the Child Welfare
Society; Mrs. Cary T. Grayson the re-
port of Social Service Work of the
oyHIr
gave a report of the Thrift Shop.
Resolutions of respect to the memories
of Mrs. John Crayke Simpson and Myer
Cohen, board members, who died during
the past year, were read by Mrs. Brooke
and Col. Arthur O'Brien. Election of
board members followed.
The following are the permanent
members of the board:
Mrs. Frederick Brooke, George w.
Brown, Admiral W. H. Brownson, H.
Landon Burchell, Mrs. James F. Cur
tis, Senator James Couzens, DR.. Edgar
Copeland, Henry p. Fairbanks, Fred
erick de c. Faust, C. G. Glover, James
M. Green, Frank c. Henry, Frank S,
Hight, o. H. P. johnson, James B.
Lambie, Marshall Langhorne, Mrs. Louis
G. Lehr, DR.. Frank Leech, Henry S.
Matthews, Miss Virginia Miller, Mrs.
Frank B. Noyes, Col. Arthur O'Brien,
w. M. Ritter. Cuno H. Rudolph, Mrs
Stanley Rinehart. B. F. Saul. Henry
Sheridan, Mrs. Irene Sheridan, Thomas
B. sweeney, DR.. John A. Talbot, Fred
eric william Vile and Dr.. Joseph S.
Wall.
Personnel Of the Board.
The following annual members, who,
with the permanent members, consti-
tute the board, were elected:
NHoV-
Bastedo, Mrs. w. H. Brownson, Miss
Alice j. Clapp, E. F. Colladay, Karl
Corby, Mrs. whitman Cross, Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, Charles Drayton, Mat
thews Dick, Victor Deyber, John Eynon,
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. William C.
Eustis, c. F. Fadely. Mrs. Annie A.
Fendall, Mrs. Sallie c. Fendall, j.. C.
Flannery, Mrs. w. j. Flather, jr.; Sher-
man Flint, DR.. John A. Foote, G. w.
F'orsberg. Julius Garfinckel, Mrs. G. G.
Glover, G. G. Glover, jr.: Samuel Greer,
John H. Hollister, Harrison Howe, DR..
George c. Havenner. A. B. Houghton,
William Hibbs, Frank J. Hogan, Mrs.
Beale r. Howard, Mrs. Walter Hutch
ms, Walter Hutchins, Charles G. Jones,
r. M. Kaufman, Mrs. Victor Kauff-
mann, DR.. Harry Hyland Kerr, Miss
Bessie Kibbey, DR.. George M. Kober,
Mrs. Ridley Mclean, H. w. MIL
Ter, Mrs. Geneva 3. Nairn, Mrs. John
Newbold, z. G. Owen, Mrs. Ross Perry,
DR.. Stanley Rinehart, Mrs. Edith Nourse
Rogers, Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, II. L.
Rust, H. L. Rust, jr, Mrs. B. F. Saul. Miss
Julia d. Smoot, Charles P. Stone, L.
Corrin Strong, Mrs. Louis Titus, Charles
H. Tompkins, DR.. Reginald Walker,
Horace Westcott, Nathan WE'LL, Charles
Woodruff, Senator Lawrence c. Phipps,
c. Melvin Sharpe, william s. Quinter,
Capt. John Gibbons and 8. T. Cameron