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I would offer a suggestion that some plan be worked out whereby a permanent bandstand be erected on the farther field, and a suitable road leading to it be constructed. According to the City Engineer, the building of this would not be a large item of ex- pense. The field mentioned overlooks Black's Creek and is in close proximity to Pine Island, to which island the Planning Board has repeatedly suggested building a bridge, and would be an ideal place for band concerts, field days and gatherings of all kinds.
A large tract of land on Fenno street was leveled off and a foundation for tennis courts put in, which courts will be built when there is an appropriation for the same.
The Board would again call attention to the condition of the road through the park from Fenno Street to Park Lane. It is in horrible condition, unsafe for automobiles and ought not to remain in its present state.
Playgrounds
Owing to the special appropriations by the City Council, the playgrounds at Wards 2, 3, 4 and 6 were wonderfully improved.
The level of the ball field at Ward 3 was raised, and now, ex- cept after exceptionally heavy rainfalls, such as we had a few times last season, the field can be played upon at all times.
The ball field at Ward 4 was enlarged considerably and the level of the outfield raised so that the fielders now do not have to stand up to their knees in water while playing baseball. A large area on the Furnace Brook side was filled in with granite and gravel, making a suitable place for the handtubs to have playouts, and a concrete platform was built for the tubs to stand on while being pumped. When the plans for taking care of the water in
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Furnace Brook are completed and the work done, Ward 4 will have an ideal athletic field.
The ball fields at Ward 2 and Ward 6 were leveled and put in as good condition as the funds would allow.
Public Bathhouse
This very popular institution had another successful season. Owing to the great demand for lockers, a time limit was put on the bathers, and still they were uncomfortably crowded, especially on the women's side.
A special appropriation for reshingling part of the roof was made late in the fall, and the work will be done in the early spring.
Two large rafts were purchased and placed at the foot of River Street to accommodate a large number of bathers in that vicinity, which relieved the congestion at the bathhouse somewhat. There is quite a demand for bathing-rafts in other sections of the city, the placng of which would give pleasure to numbers of people who live at some distance from the Town River Bathhouse.
Supervised Playgrounds
It is pretty well agreed among thinking people that on the growth and physical education of the young children depends the welfare of the nation, and hence it is needless to speak of the bene- ficial results obtained from the supervised playgrounds. The eager- ness and activity of the children, and the attendance each day tell the story.
Mr. F. N. Nissen was our playground director, and he was as- sisted by a very energetic corps of instructors, who made the work and games so interesting there was an average daily attendance of over 500 during the eight weeks of the summer that the play- grounds were in operation.
It is very desirable that a playground be put in operation in Ward 1, but at the present time there is no suitable place avail- able. Faxon Field, on Coddington Street, when developed, will be a wonderful location for one.
All these suggestions are respectfully submitted for considera- tion when the annual appropriations are being considered.
Very truly, JAMES H. SLADE,
Chairman Park Commissioner s.
REPORT OF HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT
February 7, 1922. To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council.
Gentlemen: The Board of Managers of the City Hospital re- spectfully submit the report of the hospital for the year ending De- cember 31, 1921, this being the 32nd annual report since its found- ing in 1889, and the second issued while under city control.
During the year eleven meetings have been held, usually on the second Tuesday of the month. Changes in the personnel have occurred in the retirement at the expiration of his term of our valued associate, Mr. F. Charles Barnicoat, and the appointment of Mr. Gustaf R. Blomquist.
Admissions of patients during the year numbered 1,832, as com- pared with 1,633 for the year 1920, an increase of 199, although by reason of the shorter average stay the total days' treatment shows a decrease. As the maternity ward and private rooms are con- stantly filled many of our citizens are compelled to seek other hos- pitals on account of our limited capacity. This present inability to give our people the service they deserve will be intensified both by the resumption of activity in the great industrial plants of the city and in the normal rapid increase in our population.
While we have been able to effect considerable saving over the preceding year, this has been largely due to the gradual reduction in the price of commodities. The fundamental fact remains, how- ever, that the overhead expense will continue to be unduly heavy until facilities are provided for more efficient current operation by a well-equipped modern service building and for increased revenue by a new pavilion. Before proceeding to the consideration of the new service building let us briefly outline the disadvantages of the present layout. First, the power plant, located in the basement of the old laundry building, was installed thirteen years ago, and since that time the Nurses' Home and the surgical building on our own grounds, and the 12-room house on the opposite side of Whit- well Street, which the city rents for an overflow nurses' home, have been connected one by one to the heating system. The result has been that the two overloaded boilers have to be forced to the utmost in severe weather, with absolutely no reserve in case of breakdown. This is a grave situation which should not be allowed to continue for another winter. The plant has been kept going only by constant attention and by excessive expenditures for re- pairs, temporary in their character, for no sooner are defects in one place remedied than some other part of the system gives out. During the past year repairs on the heating and plumbing alone have cost in excess of $1,800.
Second, the laundry, situated over the boiler plant, is in con- tracted quarters and filled for the most part with obsolete and worn- out machinery. So much for our present service building.
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The kitchens, designed to accommodate the original hospital, which comprised only the present administration building and the one small frame ward, have long been outgrown and are dark and inconveniently located in the basement near the main entrance. As to dormitory facilities, we are now renting three houses outside of the hospital grounds, one directly opposite on Whitwell Street, containing 12 rooms, one on the corner of Whitwell Street and Ros- lin Avenue, and still another on Curtis Street, at a total expense of over $3,000 per year. The traveling back and forth of our hospital employees to these several places in all sorts of weather means undue exposure, wasted effort and lessened efficiency.
To overcome these deficiencies and as a sound business policy, we recommend the immediate construction of a fireproof service building of brick, as shown on the proposed plans, with the con- centration under one roof of power plant, laundry, kitchens, store- rooms and dining-rooms, and with the utilization of the third floor for much needed dormitories. This building should then function as follows:
Referring to the ground floor plan: all stores for both kitchen and hospital, and all articles to be delivered to the hospital, would enter at the kitchen entrance approached through the service yard. This entrance would at all times be under the direct control of a storekeeper whose office is indicated. From this entrance, supplies would be directed either to the refrigerators, storerooms, or to that portion of the hospital for which they were destined.
One of the most important questions governing hospital main- tenance is the question of service and handling of food. In the building as planned, the course of food from its raw to the cooked stage is as follows: Sufficient supplies would be removed from the main storerooms or refrigerators in the ground floor, under the supervision of the dietitian or the person in charge of the kitchen, and stored in the daily supply room as indicated on the first floor plan, and under the direct control of the person in authority. As required, these supplies would be removed, prepared in the space designated for this purpose, and cooked either in the ranges or in the steam-cookers. The bread and pastry would be prepared in that portion of the kitchen reserved for this purpose. In the han- dling of cooked food at the present day, the most satisfactory and accepted form is dependent upon the use of individual food cars, in which the cooked food is maintained at the proper temperature by means of the fireless cooker principle. A proper number of these food cars would be stored in the serving space, and when re- quired, and at the proper time, would be filled with the cooked food and diets, placed in the elevator and brought to the ground floor, from whence they would be distributed to the various serving kitchens in the different pavilions, and food there transferred to the steam-tables provided. At these points the individual trays for the patients would be prepared.
The handling of food for the nurses, staff, and servants is pro- vided for as follows:
From the main serving table in the kitchen the food would be carried to steam-tables in the serving room indicated, and thence served by cafeteria to the servants, and by waiters to the nurses and staff.
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The theory of service designated for in the laundry is more or less self-evident from the plans. In other words, soiled linen from the hospital buildings would be brought to the sorting bins in the washroom, and by direct process soaked, washed, partially dried, and starched, if necessary, proceeding thence to the ironing room and clean linen room respectively. In the clean linen room pro- vision would be made for the necessary repairs to the linen, and proper storage space provided to accommodate the main linen sup- ply of the hospital. This room would be under the control of some person in authority at all times, and linen would be dispensed to the other linen rooms of the hospital upon requisition.
The architects' estimate of the cost of this building, including equipment and furnishings, complete and ready for operation, based on a unit price of 40 cents per cubic foot, is $89,100. This is a re- duction of at least 20 per cent. from a year ago, while interest rates on Municipal Bonds will show a like saving.
In view of these facts, and taking into consideration that the building as designed will have sufficient capacity to take care of hospital additions for many years to come, we confidently assert that it will be a good financial investment for the city; greatly im- proving the service in every department, reducing waste, increas- ing the efficiency of the heating plant and laundry, giving ample storerooms for the purchase of supplies by wholesale, and effecting a saving of many hundreds of dollars yearly in repairs, coal and rent.
On the completion of the service building as outlined above, a still further reduction in overhead expense is possible by increas- ing the revenue.
For some time there has been an active and constantly grow- ing demand for private rooms and especially for maternity accom- modations, which at present we are unable to supply. We, there- fore, also recommend for your consideration the building of a two- story fireproof brick pavilion, located on the brow of the hill, ad- joining the surgical building, an unsurpassed location, commanding most extensive views of Quincy Bay and the approaches to Boston Harbor.
The plans of the pavilion show on the ground floor the X-ray department, with other available space; on the first floor, seven- teen ward beds for women and ten private rooms, and on the sec- ond floor the maternity department of twenty-seven beds, including twenty-seven cribs, a total addition to our present equipment of 54 beds. The architects' estimated cost of this pavilion, based on a unit price of 54 cents per cubic foot, is $203,230, including equipment and furnishings, ready for occupancy.
We estimate that the additional annual revenue from this pavilion, when filled to capacity, should ap- proximate
$50,000.00
Deductions :
Additional payroll and supplies. $15,000.00
Interest on bonds at 41/4 % 8,638.00
Insurance, repairs and depreciation on building 3,000.00
Allowance 25% for vacancies 12,500.00
39,138.00
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Leaving balance for reduction of annual
appropriation or retirement of Hos- pital Bonds
$10,862.00
In closing we gratefully acknowledge, gentlemen, your hearty . co-operation and that of the several departments of the city, the generous contributions and the active and sympathetic interest of the Hospital Aid Association, the Red Cross and other organiza- tions of the city, and the many words of helpful suggestion and ap- preciation from our patients and citizens.
The financial statement of the operations of the past year, to- gether with the report of the Superintendent, are annexed hereto.
HENRY M. FAXON, Chairman, JOHN J. CAREY, Clerk, THOMAS GRIFFIN, THOMAS FENNO, GUSTAF R. BLOMQUIST.
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QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL Financial Statement
January 1, 1921, to December 31, 1921
Receipts
Private room
$15,829.99
Ward, private
16,444.23
Regular service
9,480.55
Obstetric
5,915.45
Operating room
6,601.50
X-ray
6,377.65
Ambulance
540.50
Medical and surgical supplies.
74.83
Nurses' equipment
286.21
Board of special nurses.
1,461.00
Miscellaneous
434.68
Gifts and collections
23.50
Endowment Fund income
4,578.87
$68,048.96
Less refunds to patients
337.38
Total Receipts
$67,711.58
Expenditures
Salaries and Wages:
Administration, officers and clerks.
$6,707.20
Telephone operators
1,260.00
Supt. of Nurses, assistant & instructors
7,298.01
Nurses
2,475.64
Orderlies
2,132.00
X-ray operators
1,912.96
Ambulance
1,661.20
Housekeeping and kitchen.
13,882.97
Laundry
2,407.11
Maintenance, property and power plant
4,466.00
Care of grounds
697.00
Total
$44,900.09
Other Expenses .:
General administration
$1,696.72
Medical and surgical
5,824.11
X-ray
1,220.59
Ambulance
783.85
Nurses' equipment
572.93
Housekeeping and kitchen
4,304.52
Laundry
1,135.22
Groceries
5,075.22
Butter and eggs
2,754.78
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Milk and cream
6,480.55
Fruit and vegetables
1,813.63
Meat, poultry and fish
6,123.14
Ice
1,000.55
Coal and wood
6,283.28
Electricity and gas
2,673.77
Rent
1,380.00
Transportation and express
263.09
Miscellaneous
74.50
Repairs to buildings and plant.
4,928.11
Insurance
228.29
Commission-Collecting agency
519.28
Sundry items
540.00
55,676.13
Total Expenditures
$100,576.22
Summary
Balance from receipts of 1920
$3,235.99
Appropriation by city
34,500.00
Patients
60,311.99
Miscellaneous
2,820.72
Endowment
4,578.87
Expenditures
100,576.22
Unexpended balance
$4,871.35
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Managers.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith the thirty- second annual report of the Quincy City Hospital for the year end- ing December 31, 1921:
Statistical Information
Patients in hospital January 1.
51
49
Male
766
829
Female
867
1,003
Patients admitted to medical service ..
133
158
Patients admitted to surgical service. .
1,194
1,335
Patients admitted to obstetrical service ..
306
339
Private patients
278
304
Private ward patients
876
964
Service patients
479
564
Paying
1,575
1,565
Part
36
213
Free
22
54
1920
1921
Patients admitted during the year.
1,633
1,832
$105,447.57
REPORT OF HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT
315
Patients discharged during the year.
1,635
1,831
Well
207
186
Relieved
1,277
1,519
Unrelieved
59
32
Untreated
7
9
Deaths
85
85
Within 48 hours Stillborn
11
16
Daily average number of patients.
51
50
Total number of days treatment
18,681
17,955
Operations
988
1,160
Major
369
311
Minor
629
849
Accidents
301
265
Out-patients
113
142
Children, 12 years and under.
353
433
Infants born
149
169
Patients remaining in hospital December 31 ..
49
50
Birthplaces
Algiers
1
. .
Armenia
1
1
Australia
. .
1
Austria
3
1
Belgium
1
Canada
99
108
Chili
1
Denmark
1
1
England
28
27
Finland
61
60
France
2
2
Germany
4
4
Greece
3
2
India
. .
2
Ireland
62
64
Italy
78
83
Japan
. .
. .
Newfoundland
9
11
Norway
6
6
Poland
4
6
Portugal
1
Rumania
1
Russia
22
22
Scotland
40
38
Spain
2
1
Sweden
42
41
Switzerland
1
2
Syria
13
15
Wales
1
1
West Indies
2
. .
1
Lithuania
2
New Zealand
1
1920
1921
26
20
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Quincy
508
593
Massachusetts
395
512
United States
227
216
Unknown
16
6
Total
1,633
1,832
While each year brings new emphasis upon the absolute ne- cessity of new buildings, if the hospital hopes to meet the needs of the community, the year of 1921 has brought many improve- ments in the equipment of several departments of the hospital.
Early in the summer Mr. Truman R. Temple, Librarian of the Quincy Public Library, arranged for books, including biography, travel and fiction, to be sent to the hospital and exchanged from time to time. This courtesy has been greatly appreciated by pa- tients, school and faculty and we hope the arrangement may con- tinue during the coming year.
The amount of sewing done by the women of the Hospital Aid Association, the church societies and clubs, has increased greatly during the year. The interest shown and the work done has been very much appreciated.
Many donations of flowers, books, magazines, fruit and jellies were received from time to time throughout the year and added to the comfort and pleasure of the patients.
Report of Training School for Nurses
During the past year the number of inquiries relative to the Training School has increased. The publicity given to nursing last year, combined perhaps with the general business depression, has directed the attention of more young women to the possibilities of nursing as a profession. Increased hospital facilities will of course make our Training School for Nurses more attractive and we will have less difficulty in securing pupils. By using extra ward maids for routine work we have continued with the eight hour schedule day and night.
Fifteen pupils were admitted for the preliminary course; two resigned who were unable to meet the educational requirements.
The graduating exercises were held June 14, 1921. The ad- dress was given by Mr. Jeffrey R. Brackett of Boston. The diplomas were presented to the graduating class by the Chairman of the Board of Managers. A reception followed the exercises. Music for the graduation and reception was provided by Mrs. Henry M. Faxon.
Class of 1921
Rose Bussing Pauletta Kristofferson
Pearl Viola Buick
Louise Cameron
Margaret Florence Main
Ellen Louise Duggan Gladys Isabelle Irwin Bernice Alice Hobson
Frances Howard Sampson
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We were especially fortunate in having two scholarships pro- vided by the Quincy Branch of the American Red Cross, enabling us to send two of our pupils, Ellen L. Duggan and Frances H. Samp- son, members of the class of 1921, to The School of Public Health Nursing for the four months' course.
The School wishes to extend their appreciation to the mem- bers of the Hospital Aid Association for the many courtesies ex- tended to them during the year, also to the friends who have con- tributed theatre and concert tickets, books and candy.
We also wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to the members of the staff who have assisted us in meeting the requirements of the Standard Curriculum. The course of lectures has been carried on throughout the year with an excellent spirit of co-operation.
The Hospital Aid Association continued the splendid work done in previous years. This year the Training School has been es- pecially benefited, having received the school pins for the members of the graduating class, a victrola and many records, two theatre tickets each week during the school year, subscriptions for three magazines and dishes for afternoon tea service.
A check for thirty dollars received from the Wollaston Unita- rian Society was used for additional books for the reference library, which now contains about sixty volumes.
The following lectures and demonstrations were given during the year:
Preliminary Course-3 Months
Principles of Nursing
Instructor
72 hours
History of Nursing.
10
Ethics
10
Drugs and Solutions
15
Hygiene and Sanitation
25
Bandaging
10
Demonstrations
64
Social Diseases
66
5
Urinalysis
Juniors
Anatomy and Physiology
Miss Helen Redfern. .
48 hours
Chemistry
Bacteriology
16
Materia Medica
16
16
Dietetics
Dietitian
14
Intermediates
Obstetrics
Dr. D. B. Reardon.
10 hours
Pathology
Dr. F. R. Burke
6
Skin
Dr. F. R. Burke
2
Orthopedics
Dr. N. S. Hunting
5
Pediatrics
Dr. W. L. Sargent ... 7
Gynaecology
Dr. W. G. Curtis ..
5
Essentials of Surgery.
Dr. G. M. Sheahan. . .
10
Essentials of Medicine
Dr. E. E. Smith. 10
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18
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4
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Ear, Nose and Throat. Dr. E. R. Johnson .. 3
Massage
Miss Elizabeth Hatlow 12
Obstetric Nursing
Instructor 10
Surgical Nursing
10
Medical Nursing
10
Diet in Disease
66
20
66
Seniors
Public Sanitation
Dr. W. J. McCausland
5 hours
Venereal Diseases
Dr. N. S. Hunting. 3
Serumtherapy
Dr. E. E. Smith. 1 hour
Radiotherapy
Dr. F. E. Wheatley .. 1
Mental and Nervous Diseases. Instructor
5 hours
Respectfully submitted,
KATHERINE E. HURLEY, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
January 1, 1922
Officers of The Hospital Aid Association:
President, Mrs. Charles L. Homer.
First Vice-President, Mrs. George E. Pfaffman.
Second Vice-President, Miss M. Gertrude Sampson.
Secretary, Mrs. Maurice P. Spillane.
Treasurer, Miss Mary L. Gavin.
The past year has been a very promising one for the Hospital Aid Association. New members, keenly interested in the hospital, have been added to our list of workers. Much sewing has been done at our regular meetings, surgical dressings made, and in so far as our funds would allow, we have given necessary equipment and books to the Nurses' Training School. A victrola was sent to them at Christmas time, together with a small fund to be used for student recreation.
This association has also offered a scholarship which will give to the nurse who wins it a supplementary course at Simmons Col- lege.
The Hospital Aid Association meets on the last Thursday of the month, except during the summer, at the Adams Academy Com- munity Rooms and cordially invites any woman interested in the hospital to become a member.
MARY G. C. HOMER, President.
ANNUAL REPORT of the
TRUSTEES of the
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY QUINCY, MASS.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1921
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES
1922
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES 1921
GEORGE W. ABELE, Chairman MRS. ELIZABETH H. ALDEN, Secretary CHARLES J. McGILVRAY, Treasurer G. IRVING GRANT CHARLES A. HALL EDWARD E. WILLIAMS
LIBRARIAN TRUMAN R. TEMPLE
STAFF
- KATHLEEN AINEY, Executive Assistant MABEL S. BAXTER, So. Quincy Branch GERTRUDE CALLAHAN, Parkway Branch SADIE FILES, Delivery Desk ISABELLE KING, Reference
*MARTHA KIVIOJA, Quincy Point Branch EDITH HYLAND PAYSON, Cataloger ELIZABETH REED, Head of Juvenile Department CATHERINE SAVILLE, Atlantic Branch - ELSIE VICKERY, Wollaston Branch LOUISE WARREN, Quincy Point Branch RUTH WILMORE, Parker Branch
Full-time Assistants
JENNIE E. MAYBURY, Mending and Shelves *RUTH O. MURPHY, Desk Assistant
Part-time Assistants
EDNA ABBIATTI, Children's Room ELIZABETH BEAN, Quincy Point Branch ETHEL DARR, Wollaston Branch
V LOUISE DINEGAN, Parkway Branch
Janitor EDMUND C. ROACH
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To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library beg leave to submit their fifty-first annual report.
During the past year, in pursuance of our policy of trying to provide every section of the city with library facilities, we established a deposit station for books in Squantum, and we have arranged soon to open the new Manet Branch at Houghs Neck. We shall then have eight branches, where, three years ago, we had but two. The success of the South Quincy branch induced us to move it to more commodious quarters on Water street. The lease of the Wollaston branch expired during the Fall, and we were fortunate in being able to improve the opportunity by securing a better location at 675 Hancock street, just south of Beale street.
The great accomplishment of the year, however, has been the construction of the new and tasteful Parkway branch at West Quincy, at a cost of $7,290. This was ren- dered possible by the Crane Memorial Fund, from which payment was made, both principal and income being avail- able for the general purposes of the Library.
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