The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-19
Hospital Operating
 Deficit $13O,124
$6385 More Than Year Ago, Annual Report at Water bury Reveals-$l4O,OOO in Charity Work jackson Added to Staff

The annual meeting of the Wa terbury hospital took place yester- day at the Dime Savings bank. One new director, Alexander J. Thom- son, was elected, and two members Dr. Andrew J. Jackson and Dr. J. l.. Hetzel were added to the medi- cal staff.
 The executive committee sub mitted the following report:
 The year ending September 30, 1891, has been for the hospital, as for all institutions, very diff ficult one. As usual, all patients have been accepted irrespective of their ability to pay for their care. Many frankly have said they could pay nothing; many who expected to pay have found that they could not, and q considerable number who normally would take private Or semi-private rooms have entered the wards, where they pay less than half the cost of serving them. Twenty-Seven per cent of all pa tients in the hospital paid abso- lutely nothing, yet cost the hos pital $94,194. The total amount of charity work done amounted to about $140,00O.
 Every effort has been made to collect our bills, including arrange ments for partial payments, both direct to the hospital and through the Morris Plan bank, and to keep down expenses without impairing the quality of our service to the sick. Nom essential employees have been released, new construction ab- solutely stopped, and repairs and purchases of new equipment re- duced to the minimum. In spite of our efforts, our operating deficit was $130,124.99, $6,385 more than in the preceding year. and our total cash deficit, after all non- operating receipts were included, and after paying for absolutely necessary improvements In our building and equipment Oisted be- low as capital eXpense") was $27,582.48. This has been met by sale of securities from our gen. eral fund, and by borrowing $15,- 900.
 A summary of our financial op- erations follows:
 Operating Expenses and Receipts Salaries and wages ....$195,6O9.62 Supplies and expenses. 151, ,6S2.21
 Total expense .$347,291 Hospital receipts $217, ,166.S4 Operating deficit ......$130,124.99 Capital expense ....... 8,043.77
 Total deficit from op-
 eration $13S,1GS.
 Non-Opcrating Income General and bed funds.$ 54,S62.52 Henry II. Peck fund.-. 25,494.70 Buckingham building .. 9,750.00 Church contribution. .. 46.73 Interest .......... S9.30 State of Connccticut., 9,00O.00 Subscription office. .... 1l,343.O3
 Total ..............$110,5S6.2S Net deficit, Oct. l, l93O-
 Sept. 30. 1881. ....$ 27,5S2.4S
 Our subscription office, soliciting gifts for current expenses from q large list of expected donors has been in operation since April 1st, and has resulted in six months time in cash receipts over expenses Of $11,343.03, from total of $500 givers. It is expected that in the coming year this should be ma terially increhsed and your com mittee believes that the securing of a large number of small gifts Is very valuable in building up good will for the hospital. Special thanks are due the donors to this fund, many of whom have mace generous gifts from small incomes.
 All demands for hospital care have been met in a highly satlsf3c- tory manner, and in cooperation with St. Mary's hospital and the health department we have been able to give excellent care. includ- ing the supplying of serum. to the victims of the polyomyelitis cpl demic.
 The work of the Henry Sabin Chase dispersary has very greatly increased. and has been Of the greatest importance to health or the city. During the year 35,2l2 visits were made, nearly 60 per cent more than in 1880. and almost double the calls in 1929.
 The superintendent's report gives more details of the clinical work or the hospital.
 Grateful acknowledgment is made of the following gifts:
 From the estate of Mrs. Bertha Platt Hart. $5,000 TOT free bed.
 From the estate of Mrs. Emer- ette A. Perkins. $1,00O.
 From the Junior League of Wa terbury. $500 for anacsthetizing equipment.
 From Mrs. Charles II. Upson, two Cecil Hummer oxygen tents.
 From the reslduary estate of pr. Frank F. Castle, $4,O00 additional.
 An anonymous doner gave the city of Waterbury q drinker respi- rator for prolonged administration of artificial respiration. specifying that the Waterbury hospital be GUS tOdlan of the apparatus.
 The denth of Miss Lucy Peck has