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Junior Surgeons
E. MURRAY BRITTON, M.D. FREDERIC N. MANLEY, M.D.
J. FRANK BELIN, M.D. JOSEPH CARELLA, M.D.
ASTRO DIBONA, M.D. CHARLES DJERF, M.D.
LEO F. AMRHEIM, M.D. ASTRO DIBONA, M.D.
Physicians JAMES C. BRUDNO, M.D. DANIEL SWAN, M.D.
Aural Service WILLIAM J. HARKINS, M.D., Chief
*JAMES M. WARD, M.D. Ø*ROBERT O. GILMORE, M.D.
Pediatrician ØEDMUND B. FITZGERALD, M.D. Obstetrical Service HARRY BRAVERMAN, M.D. Urologist *ROBERT L. COOK, M.D. Roentgenologist ØCHARLES WHELAN, M.D. Physio-Therapist CLAUDE L. PAYZANT, M.D. Pathologist FRANCIS P. MCCARTHY, M.D. Anesthetist DAVID H. MONTGOMERY, M.D.
* Member of American College of Surgeons.
ø Members of their respective specialty Boards. + In U. S. Service.
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COURTESY STAFF
WILLIAM S. ALTMAN, M.D.
ESTHER E. BARTLETT, M.D.
BEATRICE BRICKETT, M.D.
WILLIAM J. MACPHEE, M.D.
EDWARD M. NATHAN, M.D.
CONRAD NOBILI, M.D.
EMIL Z. OSSEN, M.D. MERRY E. PITTMAN, M.D.
VINCENT D'ELIA, M.D.
THOMAS J. DION, M.D.
RICHARD J. DONOVAN, M.D.
ISRAEL EDELSTEIN, M.D.
EDWIN E. SMITH, M.D. ALFRED P. THOMPSON, M.D.
EUGENE WHITEHOUSE, M.D.
EDWARD T. WHITNEY, M.D.
DENTAL SERVICE
BERNARD N. FARREN, D.M.D.
JOHN T. SAUNDERS, D.M.D.
PAUL H. KARCHER, D.M.D. FREDERICK S. TOBBEN, D.M.D.
RICHARD J. LARKIN, (D.D.S.), F.A.C.D.
INTERNE SCHEDULE FOR 1943
DAVID MANN, M.D.
Began internship 10-1-42 Completed internship 3-26-43 DONALD GARLAND, M.D.
Began internship 7-1-42 Completed internship 6-30-43
GEORGE DAVIDSON, M.D.
Began internship 7-1-42 Completed internship, 6-30-43
MATTHEW ROSSI, M.D.
Began internship 4-1-43 Completed internship 12-31-43 GEORGE L. BASTIAN, JR., M.D.
Began internship 4-1-43 Completed internship 12-31-43 ANTHONY ALBA, M.D.
Began internship 4-1-43 Completed internship 12-31-43 MICHEAL A. LUONGO, M.D.
Began internship 3-22-43 Completed internship 12-31-43
Present Internes
MARGARET K. ENOS, M.D. Began internship 9-1-43 PERSIS M. KROUTIL, M.D. Began internship 12-1-43
LUDWIG C. KROUTIL, M.D. Began internship 12-1-43
* Member of American College of Surgeons.
DANIEL A. BRUCE, M.D.
JAMES T. CAMERON, M.D.
JAMES CONDRICK, M.D. WILLIAM G. CURTIS, M.D. GEORGE D. DAVIDSON, M.D.
W. PORTER PRATT, M.D. DOROTHY K. SCHEIDELL, M.D.
*GEORGE M. SHEAHAN, M.D. MARION L. SLEMONS, M.D.
* ARTHUR L. HANRAHAN, M.D. ELLA G. HEDGES, M.D. GRACE HUSSEY, M.D. JOSEPH HUSSEY, M.D.
MARGARET HUSSEY, M.D.
ERIC LINDBLADE, M.D.
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CITY OF QUINCY
TRUSTEES OF CITY HOSPITAL OF QUINCY HENRY M. FAXON, President HARRY E. RICE, Vice-President
GEORGE H. BONSALL, Secretary-Treasurer and Clerk of Corporation
PERLEY E. BARBOUR
GEORGE F. HALL
CLARENCE BURGIN
GEORGE E. ADAMS
ROBERT M. FAXON
Councillor GEORGE MACDONALD
GEORGE M. SHEAHAN, M.D.
Councillor EDNA B. AUSTIN
MAYOR CHARLES A. Ross
LIST OF FREE BEDS
The Abigail Brooks Adams Memorial Bed
1889
The Charles Francis Adams Memorial Bed 1890
The Joseph W. Robertson Memorial Bed 1890
The Elizabeth W. Emmons Memorial Bed 1890
The Nancy Brackett Memorial Bed
1898
The J. Francis Hayward Memorial Bed
1899
The Nathaniel H. Emmons Memorial Bed
1905
The John J. Day Memorial Bed
Col. William B. White, X-Ray Equipment
1906
Ellen H. Lunt Memorial Bed
Endowed by Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer
1913
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QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL HONOR ROLL
MEDICAL STAFF
MEDICAL STAFF
Henry H. A. Blyth, M.D.
Walter L. McClintock, M.D.
Edmund Carey, M.D.
Alfred V. Mahoney, M.D.
Fred P. Costanza, M.D.
John L. Nugent, M.D.
Arthur Rappeport, M.D.
Max D. Stein, M.D.
Ensio K. Ronka, M.D.
Francis G. King, M.D.
Leslie H. VanRaalte, M.D.
George L. Mackinnon, M.D.
Emerson Read, M.D.
Maurice S. Rothman, M.D.
Morgan Sargent, M.D.
William A. McCausland, M.D.
William Helfrich, M.D. INTERNES Lester I. Fox, M.D.
INTERNES
Gerald Collins, M.D.
Emid Elgosin, M.D.
Isadore Schwartz, M.D.
Daniel F. Shea, M.D.
Donald Garland, M.D. NURSING STAFF
Sandra Gallo, R.N.
Louise Brown, R.N.
Carmen Chiminello, R.N.
Anne Howe, R.N.
Helen Lyons, R.N.
Leah Gowell, R.N.
Lillian H. LaFond, R.N.
Eileen Horgan, R.N.
Eleanor Mclaughlin, R.N.
Helen T. Gallagher, R.N.
Helen Mosher, R.N. Margaret Randall, R.N.
Ella Riordan, R.N.
Beryl Sims, R.N.
Vivian Frederickson, R.N.
Astrid Anderson, R.N.
Helen Casey, R.N.
Helmi Heikkila, R.N.
Florence Hayden, R.N.
Margaret Nickerson, R.N.
Martha Thomas, R.N.
Ruth Hayden, R.N.
Tyyne Torvi, R.N.
Josephine Mohan, R.N. Sylvia Johnson, R.N.
Ruth Bagdon, R.N.
Katheryn Doherty, R.N.
Gertrude Bell, R.N.
Frances Garden, R.N.
Marion Gould, R.N.
Mary Dunleavy, R.N.
Ellen Huovinen, R.N.
Mary Robertson, R.N. EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES
Elinor Rich
Arthur Shaw, R.N.
Aloysius Sprunk
Frank Sullivan
William Simpson
John Cwikla, R.N. Margaret Hunt
Anthony Capobianco
Leonard Rowe Charles Hoyt, Jr.
Elaine Macleod, R.N.
Leona Kowalski, R.N.
Edith Sword, R.N.
Elliot Vining Richard French George Hoyt Anthony Tocci
Barbara Buckley, R.N.
Hilda Lundberg, R.N.
Kathryn Bailey, R.N. Mary Burris, R.N.
Elizabeth Ward, R.N.
Dorothea Hudgins, R.N.
Barbara French, R.N. Thelma Fox, R.N. Gertrude Mahn, R.N.
Marie Jesse, R.N.
Pauline D'Ambrosio, R.N. Anastasia Donovan, R.N. Gertrude Eko, R.N.
Evelyn Harcourt, R.N.
Edward F. Fitzgerald, M.D.
Oliver Harris, M.D.
Marshall Kreidberg, M.D.
Richard J. Hunt, M.D. NURSING STAFF Thelma Ball, R.N.
John M. McGowan, M.D.
David Karp, M.D.
Frank Chiminello, M.D.
Walter M. O'Brien, M.D.
Jean Norrie, R.N.
Agnes Miller, R.N.
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CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1943
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Members of the City Council: Gentlemen :
The Board of Managers submits the following report for the year 1943.
The hospital has continued through 1943 the same record of success in serving the people of Quincy, as it achieved in previous years.
This result has been obtained under conditions which have be- come progressively more difficult, as the effects of our Nation's war effort have been felt to an ever increasing degree. Our staff of doctors has been depleted, the number of nurses reduced, and our maintenance and service departments severely handicapped by losses in personnel.
The rationing restrictions on food and equipment have chal- lenged our ingenuity in maintaining accepted hospital standards.
In the face of these adverse conditions, it has been possible to carry on largely because of the loyalty of the hospital organization, its willingness and ability to assume extra burdens and its prompt and continued acceptance of the unusual obligations of hospital service.
Our finances, all things considered, have been quite satisfactory. While it has been necessary to again increase salaries substantially and to pay ever increasing prices for materials, it has been possible to complete the year without further appeal to you and with a small balance in our budget.
The physical condition of the property has been maintained at peace time levels, repairs being made when needed, and we feel that the end of 1943 finds the buildings, surgical and medical equipment, heating and laundry, and kitchen facilities at a very high degree of efficiency.
The completion of the new addition, was a source of great sat- isfaction to us, as it supplied extra facilities for the time when they would be needed. We consider this new unit to be one of the finest examples of this type of service in the country, and we are convinced that it will prove its value many times over in the near future.
During the year, after very careful consideration, the scope of our School of Nursing has been extended to include the new Cadet Nurses Corps, created by the Federal government, to increase the supply of nurses. This should relieve, to some extent, the present shortage of nurses, and will make available later, the large num- ber of nurses which will be required for further war service; and when peace comes, to restore to good health those men and women who have been injured in the service of their country.
Plans for future development of our hospital should include a large permanent medical and surgical building, a modern surgery,
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relocation of the heating and service building, improved elevator facilities which are at present inadequate, and improvements in parking space.
We wish to express to you and to the members of the City Council, our appreciation of your friendly cooperation, and enthu- siastic support. It has always been evident that you intend that Quincy shall have a hospital that will rank with the best and one of which our people may well be proud.
Our thanks are due the doctors for their extra effort in carry- ing on the work of the hospital against great difficulties. This has been an outstanding example of the acceptance of the obligations of their profession, at great personal sacrifice.
We particularly express our thanks to the Superintendent, Dr. Joseph P. Leone, and his administrative organization for their fine work during this very difficult year.
Board of Managers,
MR. FRANKLIN S. NICHOLS, Chairman, MRS. EDWINNA M. ROBB, Secretary, MR. J. BROOKS KEYES, MR. SAMUEL G. SLOANE, MR. FRANK E. REMICK.
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QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL STATISTICAL REPORT
1942
1943
Patients in hospital January 1st
267
267
Patients admitted during the year
9,126
9,322
Total
9,393
9,599
Male patients admitted
3,697
3,772
Female patients admitted
5,429
5,560
Total
9,126
9,332
Patients admitted to Medical Service
1,060
1,210
Patients admitted to Surgical Service
1,532
1,325
Patients admitted to Obstetrical Service
1,634
1,744
Number of babies born
1,565
1,674
Gynecology
464
417
Aural
1,379
1,425
Urological
272
252
Orthopedic
242
296
Pediatric
264
296
Dermatology
21
22
Communicable
106
76
Traumatic
444
478
Tumor
143
117
Total
9,126
9,332
Private room patients admitted
1,666
1,455
Private ward patients admitted
6,000
6,715
Service patients admitted
1,460
1,162
Total
9,126
9,332
Paying patients admitted
8,463
8,895
Part-paying patients admitted
88
52
Free patients admitted
143
88
Welfare patients admitted
88
58
Old age patients admitted
118
95
Aid to dependent children cases
31
39
Referred to Welfare or Health Department
195
105
Total
9,126
9,332
Largest number in hospital any one day
295
325
Smallest number in hospital any one day
194
205
Daily average number of patients
253.2
260.7
Total number of days' treatment
92,458
95,400
Operations :
Major
1,148
919
Minor
4,768
5,328
Total
5,916
6,247
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Outpatients
6,146
5,770
Accidents
2,436
2,922
Copies of hospital records sent to attorneys
and insurance companies
227
250
Receipts for copies of records
$518.00
$478.00
Ambulance calls made in year
1,417
1,466
Pre-natal Clinic patients
653
332
DISCHARGE RECORD AND SERVICE ANALYSIS January 1, 1943-December 31, 1943
Male patients discharged
3,775
Female patients discharged
5,546
Total Discharges
9,321
Recovered
6,299
Improved
2,370
Not Improved
296
Not Treated
2
In for Diagnosis Only
0
Died, under 48 hours
116
Died, over 48 hours
218
Died, Stillborn
20
Total
9,321
Service Analysis
No. of Cases
Deaths
Autop- sies
Consulta- tions
Medicine
1,169
197
35
134
Surgery
1,348
40
12
71
Obstetrics,
Del'd.
1,665
0
0
55
Obstetrics,
Undel.
91
0
0
0
Newborn
1,670
48
5
20
Gynecology
414
1
1
6
Aural
1,429
2
0
21
Urology
252
10
2
42
Orthopedics
301
10
2
35
Pediatrics
286
16
2
40
Dermatology
22
0
0
5
Communicable
73
4
1
9
Traumatic
483
16
4 (1 DOA)
63
Tumor
118
10
2
11
Totals
9,321
354
66 (1 DOA) 512
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QUINCY CITY HOSPITAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1943
Receipts
1942
1943
Private Rooms
$ 86,869.02
$ 89,250.57
Ward Private
115,559.08
133,276.20
Regular Service
41,622.80
37,073.35
Obstetrical
96,868.17
102,757.74
Operating Room
27,071.06
32,143.41
X-ray
23,184.95
24,493.14
Ambulance
5,029.02
5,208.20
Medical and Surgical Supplies
20,914.13
20,941.78
Board of Special Nurses
4,885.75
3,847.45
Telephone
975.10
1,238.88
Physiotherapy
5,183.50
7,015.65
Laboratory
24,065.09
22,673.57
Delivery Room
12,020.00
12,480.00
Miscellaneous
1,590.44
7,530.67
Income from Endowments
3,200.00
2.995,00
$469,038.11
$502,925.61
Refunded to patients
3,065.54
6,145.83
$465,972.57
$496,779.78
Expenditures
SALARIES and WAGES:
Administration Officers and Clerks
$ 39,922.71
$ 42,741.29
Telephone Operators
6,290.01
6,526.74
Supt. of Nurses, Assts. and Instrs.
126,765.66
118,355.39
Internes
2,988.63
4,264.58
Orderlies
10,094.92
8,882.45
X-ray
7,277.49
7,798.67
, Ambulance
6,266.84
6,356.58
Housekeeping and Kitchen
79,473.02
88,496.27
Laundry
10,535.84
10,219.38
Physiotherapy
5,429.06
5,163.99
Laboratory
10,901.54
10,418.24
Power Plant
10,253.33
9,803.53
Care of Grounds
2,933.26
2,584.80
$319,132.31
$321,611.91
Living Out
7,935.00
6,021.90
$327,067.31
$327,633.81
Pensions
$ 3,141.61
$ 3,141.59
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OTHER EXPENSES :
General Administration Expenses
$ 2,961.02
$ 4,852.99
Medical and Surgical Supplies
50,462.46
48,778.24
X-ray
5,605.58
4,899.73
Ambulance
249.51
575.71
Nurses' Equipment
2,703.35
3,511.95
Housekeeping and Kitchen
19,197.57
13,741.09
Laundry
910.37
823.32
Groceries
22,777.99
24,028.39
Butter and Eggs
9,094.39
10.345.73
Milk and Cream
17,245.82
16,088.97
Fruit and Vegetables
11,259.20
12,688.79
Meat, Poultry and Fish
25,014.26
23,278.48
Fuel
14,933.61
16,840.84
Electricity and Gas
9,366.78
8,390.91
Transportation and Express
18.03
84.86
Repairs to Buildings
12,167.01
20,748.25
Insurance
545.00
368.79
Petty Expenses
171.61
266.46
Commissions
5,301.90
4,569.57
Postage
600.00
600.00
Replacements
1,097.21
3,809.58
Telephone
3,932.37
3,760.80
$215,615.04
$223,033.45
New Equipment
$ 4,247.28
S 3,564.26
Additional Supplies for New Building
$ 2,851.33
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
To the Board of Managers of the Quincy City Hospital: Mrs. Robb and Gentlemen:
Staff Goes To War
The month ending December 31st, 1943 brings to a close a year filled with difficulties and complications in the care of more patients with less of everything and a shortage of doctors and nurses. The war year of 1943 has proven that our hospital staff, with the help of volunteer workers and the American Red Cross, Quincy Chapter, is ready to meet any problem in our community in the care of the sick. In the presence of these difficulties, we have found our patients most co-operative and understanding of the many problems facing the hospital administration.
More than fifty per cent of our medical staff and nursing staff have gone to war. Those remaining at the hospital have graciously and generously accepted the additional burden placed on them as a result of a smaller staff and a larger patient census.
Volunteer Corps
It has often been said, "That the hospitals of our country would not remain open if it were not for the assistance of hospital vol- unteer workers." We agree with this statement. In behalf of the city and all the patients admitted to our care for this past year, we wish to express our thanks to our "volunteer corps," through Mrs. Wilfred Funnell, her assistants and all the Red Cross Nurses' Aides, for the thousands of hours of indispensable services. The Male Volunteer Corps, under the able direction of Mr. Prescott Low, his assistants and all men that gave so generously of their services, we extend our sincere appreciation. The Garden Clubs, under the direction of Mrs. Charles Sammond, Wollaston Garden Club; Mrs. Walter May, The Guild of St. Chrysostom's Church; Mrs. Welland Colburn, Women's Union Wollaston Baptist Church; Mrs. R. W. Wastcoat, Women's Union Wollaston Con- gregational Church; Mrs. John S. Rogers, Germantown Garden Club, who have also made a valuable contribution in the care of our patients. The Girl Scouts and the Campfire Girls also did their share of volunteer work in our hospital. Many other individuals, not members of any organized group, have also served patriotically on our staff.
The roster of the Quincy City Hospital Volunteer Corps for 1943 is as follows:
RED CROSS NURSES' AIDES
*Phyllis J. Abbott
* Astra A. Berglund
*Helen P. Allan Dolores K. Alvero
*Frances Blank Isabelle Bodell
*Nancy F. Alvord
*Ella A. Anderson
*Mildred I. Anderson Jane Barnes
*Winifred M. Bond Gertrude Bryant Mary A. Bussolini Cora Calderwood
Annette Beaudoin
*Elizabeth Cameron
*Mildred Beetle
* Anne T. Cantelmi
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*Eleanor Cappers Anna B. Carlson Rose A. Caron
*Hilda Casey
*June L. Morrill
*Marion B. Morrison
*Mildred Mullen Ruth P. Mullen
*Mae M. Murdoch Nan S. Murdoch
* Alice Murphy
*Grace Murphy Dean MacDonald
Ruth E. McDermott
Ethel McDonald
Mary E. McGrath
Frances L. McNally
*Dorothy Olson Virginia M. Olson Joanne Palmisano Therese L. Pasqualucci Elmyra Pavan
* Nellie Petzoldt Marion H. Reynolds
*Marion I. Reynolds
*Cecilia Ramsay
*Edith Ross
*Sara Rouleau Caroline F. Ryan Gertrude Robinson
*Frances Shaw Anne L. Shea
*Constance D. Shrewsbury
*Sarah L. Sirois
* Agnes Smith Esther M. Smith
*Therese Starr
*Elizabeth Steutzel
*Lois Symmons Caroline Tarr
*Anna Tempesta
*Irene S. Thompson Kathleen E. Thornton
*Lillian Weir
*Martha White
*Janet Wilder Caroline J. Williams
*Virginia Woodworth
*Mrs. William Leavitt
*Mrs. Russell Allen
MALE VOLUNTEER CORPS Group I
*Edward Belforte Rev. Thomas Bridges
Frank R. Browne James Carter
*Pierce Chesworth
*Leonard Caruso
Carter Lee
*Prescott Low
*Harvey MacArthur
*Charles MacLean Ralph McLeod
*John Mahoney
*Hazel H. Chmiel Eleanor M. Clarkin
*Helen Collins
Virginia H. Cotton
*Elizabeth Coughlin
*Margaret Creighton
*Esther Crooker Mary E. Curry Amy S. Curtis Alice Dakin
*Olive M. Dawes
*Dorothy Della-Lucca
*Virginia Dennis Doris A. Dienst
*Vera Doane Margaret C. Douglass
*Grace Doyle
*Edith Eck
*Myrtle L. P. Ellis
*Bertha A. Emmitt
*Dorothy Fecke Martha C. Ferrante
*Harriet E. Fisher
* Dorothy M. Flavin
*Helen S. Fleming
*Wilhemina Freier Shirley A. Gartner Lillian Hallowell Barbara E. Harding
*Virginia G. Harvie May I. Hayden Lillian A. Hedlund
*May E. Hodge Helene G. Houghton
*Blanche Hyland Georgette Johnson Alice Kalaghan
*Louise A. Kalaghan
*Carlean Kempter
*Flora Kessin
*Bertha M. Koegler Velia Letteri Irene M. Logan Helen M. Long
* Dorothy Macleod
*Geneva Monteith
Barbara H. Mitchell
*Margaret Morgan Josephine Morganelli
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*John J. Doherty Francis M. Fitzmaurice
*Carroll P. Foss
*Joseph Grossman, II
* Benjamin Hodgkinson
*Henry Hyslop
*Frank Johnson
Lyman Owen
*John Paterson Louis N. Paul
*Caesar Peruzzi
*Ernest G. Smith
*Peter J. Valle Richard Winslow
Group II
Wallace Carson
Walter Mattson
George Douglas
Kenneth Miller
Robert Douglas
Kendall F. Mills
*Charles Gibson Thomas C. Gilchrist
Gino Giorgi
Joseph L. Pedranti
Walter Gonia
Don Robbie George F. Robertson
Edmond L. Hamel
Howard M. Harding
Herbert Snow
Richard E. Hart
John F. Stevens
Rev. Fred Hicks
Thomas F. Symmons
Richard S. Holbrook
William A. Thibodeau
Graton Howland
Arthur Urquhardt
Herbert A. Hutchins
Albert A. Weidman
*Charles Knowles George M. Lander
Walter B. Wight
Robert Lundy
STAFF AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS
Ruth Backman
Ruth Baker
*Edythe S. Levine Lucy Lightbody
Barbara C. Barbour
Teresa Lingley
*Grace Booth
Catherine Morin
Louise Budge
Marjorie Nordblom
Marion Copeland
*Shirley Norwood Jane Pinel
Marion Cornell
Velma Reeves
Helen Dawson
Effie Robinson
Eleanor Donovan
Helene Sargent
Alva Dow Gladys Durney
Sybil Swartz
* Laura English Florence Ericson
Ethel Sloane
Mrs. Wells Field Bessie Flagg Sophia Flate Mrs. Perry Fulkerson Frances Hanson
Alma Steele
Ruth Strippy
Lillian TenBroeck Eleanor Thomas
*Karin Wadsworth
*Lola B. Wallace
*Lillian Whitney
* Marion Wilkinson
* Bernice G. Wright
FLOWER LADIES
Prudence P. Abell Ada M. Bullock Emily B. Clowser Ethel D. Corse Josephine Curry
Mrs. Alan Furher Mrs. Chas. Gilbert Priscilla Goelet Helen B. Hartford Helen M. Holbrook
*Elizabeth Hart *Mary Hayward Catherine Heaney Dorothy Hewson
*Gertrude B. Leone
Frank Nilson
Eugene F. O'Connor, Jr.
Elden McCue
Emily Cushing
Dorothy Schofield
Mary Sinclair
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Mrs. Everett Jenkins Mrs. Chas. Jones
Elizabeth V. Mahoney Gertrude B. May Anna Miller Mary Montgomery Anna K. Morris Madeline K. Morse Mrs. Alexander Pompeo Gladys Reardon Marion Reeve
Alice Rogers *Frances H. Sammond Dorothy Shaw Marie S. Smith Ellen Stires Grace H. Thacker
Ethel Tibbets
Alice E. Watson
Alice White Mrs. Newlin Wildes Amelia D. Williams
JUNIOR AIDES
Girl Scouts
* Lorraine Ferris *Jean Smith Clare Peterson Nancy Packard Mary Doherty Caroline McTear Anne Sullivan Mary Delaney Anne Doherty Earlane Blanding Helen Calder Barbara Chisholm Sara Martin Margaret Jacobi Lillian Manchester Marie Flaherty Betty Blinn
Marie Carey Joan Goostray Barbara Drake Geraldine Shepard Marion McClean
Margaret Brown Edna Sandford Dorothy Skeels
*Dorothy Allsopp Marie Westberg Pauline Madden Anne Sullivan Ann Simons Jean Henderson Nancy Hobart Elsie Ries
Campfire Girls
Marjorie Balcom Betty Barker Muriel Blanchard Arlene Brown Betty Calder Carol Chambers Joan Claridge Marilyn Clark Helen Duffy Pauline Duffy Willa Fisher Betty Fitzgerald Marjorie Grono Barbara Holm Edith Holm Lisbeth Koopman Patricia LeĆain Barbara Loud Connie MacDonald Elinore MacDonald Janet Mennell
Ann Miller Blanche Page Betty Paulson Dorothy Perry Carol Peterson Constance Richmond Floye Schmitz Mary Flavin Judith Stoyle Doris Trumper
Marjorie Tryden Mary White Lois Gill Dorothy Fretz Shirley Blackwell Marylyn Craig Elizabeth Westland Jane Haskins
Patricia Morley
Marjorie Pinkham Ann Cummings
Has received the Quincy City Hospital Volunteer Service pin, designating that more than 100 hours of free service were given to the hospital.
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CITY OF QUINCY
New Addition
During the summer of 1943, the new addition, accommodating fifty patients, was completed and furnished with the aid of Federal funds.
There have been occasions in the fall months of 1943 when the new ward could have been utilized. This was not possible, due to the shortage of nurses. The situation is the same at the beginning of the new year 1944. Sections of the new Ward-A are now being utilized by the Record Room, Male Volunteers, and "Health Clinic" for our Nursing Staff, under the auspices of the hospital physician, Dr. John MacLeod. The offices of Ward-A are also being used by the administrative staff of our School of Nursing.
Even though it is not possible to use the new ward now, we feel more secure in that should a catastrophe occur in our city, the new accommodations can be put to immediate use, with the aid of the emergency workers. The basement of the new building can be used to shelter some two-hundred patients, should that type of emergency ever occur in our city.
Events of 1943
The oustanding events in the administration of the hospital for the year 1943, in their order of occurrence, are :-
Completion of the new Formulary Room, Hunting-2.
Auxiliary help, provided by W.P.A., comes to an end.
Coal stokers ordered by the hospital.
Addition to Boiler Room, constructed to accommodate 150 tons of coal.
Highest census ever reached at Quincy City Hospital was 325 patients. This included 65 babies, on April 20th, 1943.
Day Nursery opened at the Sears Estate, for children of nurses and other employees at the hospital.
New addition "Ward A" completed.
Quincy City Hospital applies for the United States Public Health Student Nurse Cadet Training Program.
Ward A completed with furnishings, ready to operate.
Interne-training program reduced from twelve to nine months. Addition to offices for School of Nursing.
Hospital Victory Garden at hospital yields: 40 bu. potatoes; 11 bu. beans; 3 bu. beets; 6 bu. Swiss chard; 4 bu. turnips; 25 bu. tomatoes; 7 bu. squash; 6 bu. (300 ears) corn; 3 bu. beet greens; 10 bu. carrots.
Increased Salaries
During the year, many salary adjustments for the entire hospital personnel were made. In the light of salaries paid in other City departments and in industry, it will be necessary to give further thought for additional increases to all hospital employees, in addition to the "special compensation" which is now being given and which will be automatically removed as soon as the war is over. The bonus given to all municipal employees was increased in 1943 from $2.00 to $5.00 per week. This was given by the Mayor and the City Council to offset, to some degree, the increased cost of living, due to war conditions.
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REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
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Hospital Capacity Increased
With completion of Ward A, the capacity of our hospital has been increased by fifty beds. This can be increased to sixty beds with no difficulty. The official capacity of our hospital now stands 372 beds, including 60 bassinets.
Hospital Needs
For ten years now the Quincy City Hospital has grown in num- ber of buildings and in bed capacity. The time is here that other facilities of the hospital must be considered. As a post-war pro- gram, your Superintendent, with the Medical Staff, makes the following recommendations for the future growth and improvement of our hospital, and in their order of importance:
1). Relocation and construction of new maintenance and power plant, preferably in the rear of M&S builiding, with en- trance from Euclid Avenue.
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