The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-08
ST. ALEXIUS BUSY
LAST YEAR, ANNUAL
REPORT INDICATES
2,162 Patients Of 22 Denomin.
atoms and 20 Nationali. J
ties Were Treated

During 1891 st. Alexius hospital
here cared for 2,l62 patients Of q
different religious denominations, &c
different nationalities and 108 differ
ent occupations, according to the an
nual report Of the institution made
public Friday. OF the total number,
988 were males and 1,l74 were fe-
males, while So Of the total were
ambulance cases.
The report, issued annually in print
ed form by the hospital management
Is dedicated this year to Sister M
Boniface, superintendent Of the hos
pital for the last 40 years and for sc
years member Of the nuns Of the
Order of st. Benedict. Sister Boni-
face is widely known throughout the
state and is credited with having built
up st. Alexius hospital from a from
tier station Of mercy and succor to
one of North Dakota's finest eleemoSy-
nary institutions.
When Sister Boniface came here 40
years ago there were five Benedictine
sisters and five doctors attached to
the hospital with daily average Of
four or five patients.
Glass A Institution
Today the hospital Is rated by the
American College Of Surgeons as q
class A institution, has staff Of Is
members, a school of nursing recog-
nized by the National League of Nurs-
ing Education and a modern depart
mental hospital organization.
The list of religious denominations
treated at the hospital last year i'll
cludes 81 Baptists, 1907 Catholics, "A
Colgregationalists, 319 Lutherans, Ia
Methodists, 1l3 Presbyterians and 281
persons with no religion. Included
in the list was one each of the Men
MONTE, Mormon and United Brethren
faiths.
Americans led the nationalities with
1,765. There were Is Austrians, II
Bohemians, % Canadians, AZ Ger
mans. 10 Hungarians, 81 Norwegians,
210 Russians and Is SwedeS. No 9TH
er nationality provided as many as 10
patients.
In the occupational classification
289 were listed as "at home" and 181
were babies. There were 10 book
keepers, 9 clergymen, is clerks, q do
nestics, Is engineers, ITS farmers, AZ
housekeepers, 631 housewives, 112 la
borers, 20 mechanics, 10 miners. 48
nurses, % statesmen, 81 retired per-
sons, 10 stenographers, 210 students,
IS teachers and IA truck drivers.
Complete classification is made in
the report of all infectious and gen.
eral diseases. Among those affecting
10 or more patients were: bronchial
pneumonia Is, influenza 26, lobar
pneumonia "a, diabetes mellitus 26,
acute alcoholism IA.
Two-Sccre From Mishaps
Two-score injuries from accidents
We're listed, of which 13 were listed as
r1ultipl Commissions, II as fracturts
OF the radius and ulna, IL as sprains OF
the sacroiliac joint and IL as
wounds and decorations of the scalp.
Of the deaths occurring at the hos
pital, six were due to cerebral hemorr-
hage, thrive were due to cholecystitis,
eight to premature birth, five to
bronchial pneumonia, five to acute
gangrenous appendicitis, five to null
tiple burns and three to arterioscler--
OSis.
The pathological laboratory made
thousands of examinations, including
Aba urinalyses, 1919 white and GIG
red blood counts, 658 hemoglobin tests
and LOST differentials.
The x-ray and physical therapy de-
partments also reported a tremend-
Gus volume of work. including 1888
photographs and l01 x-ray treatments
and 1852 physical therapy treatments