The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-09

AZ RECOMMENDATION TOT AnOEnef new building to house inteTries and provide suitable quarters for adf11ins istrative activities and the visiting stan; and ait increaSe Of 4o0 pa- tients over the previous year are the salient features of the 18th annual report to the board of directors of the Waterbury hospital released for publication today. The report is submitted by Dr. B. Henry. Mason, superintendent of the hospital. Facilities NAV@ed
 Tn regard to the, new structure, the report states: The need of . building to house our internes and to provide suitable quarters for ad- ministrative activities and for our visiting staff is clearly apparent. Such an administrative building should occuply Q space about 50 feet by 65 feet and be- of three stories height, located between the sections of the hospital known aa Peck Wing and North Wing, ad- joined to the main building by a ten foot corridor which would enter the ground floor directly under the present front entrance to the hOs- pital. s4s s3e ts,cn.s.. ',
 "There would be on the first floor an admission offlce, an otflce for the hospital social worker, ., business office and vault, 8 clinical record room, Q stan lounge, an informa- ton booth and Q central telephone exchange located off the rotunda, which should be of adequate size to serve as a waiting room. The second floor should have a section for housing certain members of the hospital administrative staff, liv. ing -rooni and several rooms for internes. The third floor should have enough rooms to provide ac- commentators for internes for many years. Approximately sixty thousands dollars would be requir- cd to equip Q building of this cas pacity."
 Directors Approve
 The board of directors recently approved a recommendation for a new wing to the nurses home and work is expected to begin on t shortly. The report continues: During the past few months there has been q noticeable increase in requests for private and semi private accommodations by patients on admission. With continued ini- provement and some stabilizatioi, | in economic conditions, 1t seems reasonable to believe that we will find 1t advisable to open up rooms on North Wing 3, now occupied by graduate nurses. Tn such an event 1t would be necessary to pay those nurses a substantial increase in sal- ary in lieu of maintenance. This is only another indication that the need for an addition to the nurses home to provide comfortable liv- ing accommodation for 65 nurses and proper facilities for educational and recreational purposes has grown more acute each year. To build and furnish such a building at the pres- ent time about one hundred and ten thousand dollars would be re- quired."
 5,396 Patients
 The hospital acknowledges its in- debtedness Ito those in the com munity who have contributed to- ward making the patients sojourn in the institution more comfortable by contributions of articles. The statistical report follows:
 There were cared for in the wards of the hospital during the year 6,- So0 persons, or an increase Of 4s9 patients over the previous statistical year. The average daily number or patients in the wards was 174, Tor whom 63,748. days treatment were given. Nine thousand five hundred and thirty eight days treatment were given to individuals who were not able to pay anything; 5S,0S9, to those who were able to pay a part of the cost of their care; and there were 37l persons, who. received a total of 4,e49 days treatment, who paid the full cost. or slightly more of their hospitalization. Thus, the hospitals contribution to the char ity work of the community amount cd to $73,544.ls, or 22% of the cost of operation during the year. There