Irvine Express and North Ayrshire Post. — 1884-12-05 (Irvine, Strathclyde, Scotland)

BUILDING FUND. /nom& Amount due at close of last year's Account, .. 17119 13 7 Amount of Subscriptions during year ended, .. .. 1179 13 0 Interest, 1 10 1 181 12 1 Mrs Dixon's Legacy, 1000 0 0 Sum drawn from Permanent Endowment Pond,— 12383 7 7 Sam borrowed on Per soual Security of ldrectors.. .. £2BOO 0 0 Lees Loan paid of, .. 1000 0 0  1600 0 0 Balance due to Bank, £349 12 2 Less in hands of Treasurer, .. 6 7 6 842 4 4306 19  £12,607 17 11 liapenditstre. Amount at dose at last yes?. A must, .. £12,210 7 4 Furni4l.3ta.ge, dc., duriag year  zum 4 Printing and Advertining for flab_ acriptiona c. 8714 2  " • • • 7 Inte't :Sundries, ' • I.i U 7 10  L 12,607 17 11 Dr HOUGHTON MITCHZLL, House Surgeon, submitted the tnedical report as follows :  During the past year this institution has continued to he a nom ce of benefit, not only to the agricultural and artiaan ela.aes of Ayrshire, but itlso to private patients from both town and country. For some thee after the opening of the Hospital, a very large number ~f needy patients were admitted without the usual subscriber., idle of admission. This was done to fill the instituti-n, and show the people of Ayrshire the absolute necessity for a building of the kind, and to stimulate them to subscribe liberally towards its :Alpport. During the last three months this system has been db.continued, no applicant being now admitted unless he (or she) produces a subscriber's line, or pays a certain sum Y eekly. 'I hese regulations having been strictly enforced have materially diminished the daily average number real. dent during the quarter, but they have largely aided in supplying the necessa, y funds for the maintenance of those under treatment. The total number of patients treated during the year now ended amounts to 990. Of these, 362 were admitted into Hospital for treatment; while 638 wee treated gratuitously at the Hospital Dispensary. There were 144 me.!ical cases, 181 surgical, and 28 lever cases. Full details of these can be obtained on reference to the statistiod tab.es accompanying the report. The daily number of patients has varied from 28 to 46, the aftrage number being 38. Eleven major ompations were peifoimed during the year, BS well as a number of minor ones, One of these terminated fatally. 1 would wish to direct your attention to the fact that since the opening of the isstitution 41 major operations have been perfo, mod, with fatal results in only two ' c vas. This not only reflects credit on the skill of your visiting staff, but also shows what good results can be procured be careful nursing, generous diet, and spacious well-oath. sited wards. The number of deaths during the year was 19, being in mortality of 50 per cent. This following were the causes of death ;—Heart disease, 2; Pneumonia, 3: 11, onchitia 3 : Phthi-is, 2; and one each frnm Syphilis, Suicide, 'Tubercular Ideningitio, Tubercular Pericarditis, Typhoid Fever, Enteritis, Anemia, Extirpation of Kidney. 1 regret to state that during the last qn ,rter of the present year a distinct increase is noticeable in the number of Typhoid Fever cases. Whether the origin lof this Increase be due to the insufficient quantity or bad quality of the water lately supplied, or to a defective drainage system, it is to be bewail that the caw (whatever it may  • 'ar • :4 • : -44 1..: R &tor