Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1922, Part 2

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 242


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Loan. . .


3,300 00


2,000 00


198 00


Peck House and Lot ...


4,000 00


4,000 00


240 00


Norton, Taunton &


Attleboro Street Rail- way Co


7,000 00


1,000 00


350 00


Tax Notes.


165,000 00


165,000 00


Discounted


$1,339,500 00 $297,566 00


$47,607 81


*$35,000 Bonds to paid from Sinking Fund.


FRANK I. BABCOCK,


Treasurer.


TRUST FUNDS Deborah Starkey Fund. Dr.


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1922.


$1,159 64


Interest on principal of fund from Oct. 1,


1921 to Oct. 1, 1922.


54 68


$1,214 32


Cr.


Disbursements under provisions of the will.


$159 64


$1,054 68


Balance in Fund, January 1, 1923. Deposited in Attleboro Savings Bank:


$1,000 00


Principal. Income 54 68


$1,054 68


Sewer Bonds


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ANNUAL REPORT


SMITH-HUGHES TRUST FUND.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Federal Funds for vocational education. $450.27


Amount in Fund, January 1, 1923


450.27


RUTH HOLDEN-ALICE ILLINGWORTH HASKELL MEMORIAL NURSING FUND.


Balance in Fund January 1, 1922. Received :


2,729 59


Interest on U. S. Liberty Loan Bonds. . $51.00


Interest on Saving Bank Deposits 76.51


$127 51


Balance in Fund January 1, 1923


$2,857 10


Principal of Fund.


Invested as follows:


414% U. S. Liberty Loan Bond due Oct. 15, 1938-Par Value $1,200 00


Attleborough Savings Bank. 1,605 33


Cash-First National Bank of Attleboro 51 77


$2,857 10


FRANK L. BABCOCK, Treasurer.


CAPRON FUND


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-


I herewith submit a statement of the Capron Fund, the income of which is to be used for the care and improvement of Capron Park.


Principal of Fund January 1, 1923 $37,411 95


INCOME


Receipts


Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1922


$2,754 81


Interest on investments.


$1,109 51


Rents. 1,445 00


$2,554 51


$5,309 32


Disbursements.


Care of Real Estate :-


Repairs, labor and altera- tions on houses .


$111 52


Water bills. 28 42


Sewer Assessment. 51 61


Insurance.


33 52


$225 07


Paid to City Treasurer for Capron Park Account.


$3,754 81


Balance on hand, January 1, 1923 1,329 44


$5,309 32


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ANNUAL REPORT


Investments.


Deposited in


Attleborough Savings Bank


$8,208 99


Bristol County Savings Bank 706 96


Fall River Savings Bank.


1,319 38


Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank


842 24


New Bedford Inst. for Savings.


1,319 38


$12,396 95


Notes secured by mortgages on


Real Estate at 6%.


$2,925 00


U. S. Liberty Loan Bond.


5,600 00


$8,525 00


Real Estate


$16,490 00


$37,411 95


FRANK I. BABCOCK Treasurer.


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ANNUAL REPORT


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-


I herewith submit a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Water Loan Sinking Fund of the City of Attleboro for the year 1922, together with a table showing investments held by the same.


WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.


Cash Account. Receipts.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922


$322 23


Interest and Income earned.


$8,304 29


Payments on:


Mortgage notes.


$500 00


Certificate of deposit. 5,000 00


$5,500 00


Yearly appropriation for Sinking Fund ...


$10,000 00


City of Attleboro note in anticipation of taxes . $15,000 00


$38,804 29


$39,126 52


Disbursements.


City of Attleboro Water Bonds due Oct. 1, 1922, payable from Sinking Fund. $25,000.00


City of Attleboro :---- Notes of N. T. & A. St. Ry. dated Sept. 10, 1922 and due Sept. 10, 1923-1929 at 5%. $7,000 00


Certificate of Deposit dated Dec. 1, 1922 and payable June 15, 1923 at 412% 6,900 00


Expenses of real Estate owned under foreclosure :-


Sewer Assessments for 1920 and 1921. 97 53


Transfer to Sewer Assessment Investment Account; In- terest credited by mistake June 1921 to Sinking Fund Account. 75 00


Cash on hand, January 1, 1923


$39,072 53 53 99


$39,126 52


SECURITIES HELD BY THE WATER LOAN SINKING FUND, JAN. 1, 1923. BONDS.


Name of Bond


Rate


When Issued.


When Payable


City of Attleboro


Water Loan


4 %


July


1,1893


July


1,1923


City of Bridgeport


Sewer Loan


412%


July


1,1914


July


1,1924


$5,000 00 10,000 00


City of Bridgeport


Sewer Loan


412%


July


1, 1914


July


1,1925


10,000 00


City of New Bedford


High School loan


31/20


July 1, 1925


5,000 00


City of Omaha


Renewal Bond


41/507


Sept. 1, 1907


Sept. 1,1927


1,000 00


City of Fall River


Sewer Loan


3120


Apr. 1, 1933


3,000 00


City of Attleboro


Water Loan


3120


Mar. 1, 1905


Mar. 1,1935


11,000 00


City of Boston


Rapid Trans. Loan


3120


Apr.


1,1938


9,000 00


Boston & Albany R. R. Co.


Improvement Bond


5 %


July 1, 1913


July


1,1938


1,000 00


City of Omaha


Water Bonds


412/0


Dec. 15, 1911


Dec. 15, 1941


11,000 00


City of New Bedford


Park Loan


3120


July 1, 1951


3,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


414 /0


Nov. 15, 1917


Nov. 15, 1927/42


15,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


414%


May 15, 1918


May 15, 1928


6,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


414%


Oct. 15, 1918


Oct. 15, 1938


14,000 00


$104,000 00


NOTES.


Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6%.


$52,725 00


Notes of N. T. & A. St. Ry. dated Sept. 10, 1922 and due Sept. 10, 1923-1929 at 5%. 7,000 00


$59,725 00


Certificate of deposit dated Dec. 1, 1922 and due June 15, 1923 at 412% .. Cash on hand January 1, 1923


$6,900 00


53 99


Value of Sinking Fund, January 1, 1923 $170,678 99


FRANK I. BABCOCK.


Treasurer.


ANNUAL REPORT


22


Amount of Investment.


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ANNUAL REPORT


To His Honor, the Mayor and Municipal Council :-


I herewith submit a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Sewer Assessment Investment Fund of the City of Attleboro for the year 1922 together with a table showing the investments held by the same.


SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND.


Cash Account.


Receipts.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1922


$690 95


Interest and income earned.


$5,861 62


Sewer Assessments.


11,316 25


Bonds paid. 2,000 00


City of Attleboro notes in anticipation of taxes, paid.


15,000 00


$34,177 87


$34,868 82


Disbursements.


Securities purchased during the year :-


Certificate of deposit dated Dec. 1, 1922 and


due June 15, 1923 at 412%.


$18,600 00


Amount applied to payment of Sewer Bonds due in 1922


8,500 00


Amount applied to payment of interest on


Sewer Bonds for the year 1922.


6,160 00


$33,260 00


Cash on hand January 1, 1923.


1,608 82


$34,868 82


SECURITIES HELD BY THE SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND, JAN. 1, 1923.


BONDS.


Name of Bond


Town of Ipswich


Water Loan


4


Rate When Issued July 2, 1894


July


1,1924


$8,000 00 5,000 00


City of Lynn


Water Loan


4


July


1,1895


July


1,1925


1,000


00


City of Bridgeport


School Loan


412%


Aug.


1, 1915


Aug. 1, 1925


5,000 00


City of Medford


Sewer Loan


4


July


1,1896


July 1,1926


2,000 00


City of Newton


Washington St. Loan 312%


Dec. 1, 1901


Dec. 1, 1926


1,000


00


City of Newton


Washington St. Loan 4


July 1,1897


July


1, 1927


1,000 00


City of Lynn


Sewer Loan


4


%


Apr. 1, 1927


1,000 00


Town of Framingham


Water Loan


4


%


Oct. 1,1906


Oct. 1, 1928


2,000 00


City of Providence


Public Improvement Loan


3


70


May


1,1899


May


1,1929


5,000 00


Town of Gardner


Water Loan


4


0


May


2,1904


May


2,1930


3,000 00


City of Boston


City Loan


312%


June


1,1932


2,000 00


City of New Haven


Street Pavement Bonds


4 %


May


1,1913


May


1,1935


10,000 00


Commonwealth of Mass.


Metropolitan


Water Loan


312%


July


1,1935


3,000 00


City of Newton


Washington St. Loan 4 %


Feb.


1,1896


Feb.


1,1936


2,000 00


City of Quincy


Sewer Loan


3120


Apr.


1,1898


Apr.


1,1937


1,000 00


City of Waterbury


School Loan


4140


July


1,1915


July


1, 1937


1,000 00


Boston & Albany R. R. Co.


Improvement Bond


5 %


July


1,1913


July


1, 1938


2,000 00


Commonwealth of Mass.


Metropolitan


Sewer Loan


312%


July


1,1940


6,000 00


Commonwealth of Mass.


Metropolitan Water Loan


3


Dec. 15, 1911


Dec. 15, 1941


2,000 00


City of Waterbury


Jan.


1, 1911


Jan.


1, 1942


3,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


4140


Nov. 15, 1917


Nov. 15, 1927/42


15,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


414%


June 15, 1917


June 15, 1932/47


10,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


414%


May 15, 1918


May 15, 1928


4,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


41/1 4 %


0 Oct. 15, 1918


Oct. 15, 1938


8,000 00


U. S. Liberty Loan


434%


May 20, 1919


May 20, 1922/23


5,000 00


$118,000 00


ANNUAL REPORT


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Amount of Investment.


City of Providence


Sewer Loan


4


May 1,1925


Jan.


1,1941


10,000 00


City of Omaha


Water Bonds


School Loan


41% 20


When Payable


NOTES.


Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6%. . $7,375 00


CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT


Dated December 1st, 1922 and due June 15, 1923.


$18,600 00


Cash on hand, January 1st., 1923


$143,975 00 1,608 82


Value of Fund, January 1, 1923.


$145,583 82


FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.


ANNUAL REPORT


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ANNUAL REPORT


REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK


To His Honor, the Mayor, and Municipal Council


I herewith submit the annual report of the clerk of the City of Attleboro for the year ending Dec. 31, 1922.


Receipts.


Licenses :-


Pedlars


$230 00


Sale of Second Hand Motor Vehicles. .


40 00


Hackney Carriage and Ex-


press . .


93 00


Sale of certain articles on Lord's day.


295 00


Victuallers & Innholders .. .


62 50


Bowling Alleys & Pool


185 00


Auctioneers.


14 00


Junk.


200 00


Dealers in 2nd hand furni- ture.


4 00


Liquor.


. 00


Theatre.


150 00


Sale of Fire Arms & Ammu- nition.


4 00


Marriage


273 00


$1,551 50


Permits :-


$11 00


Garage and sale of Gasolene Entertainments, Carnivals, etc.


19 00


Awnings & Signs


13 00


Sunday concerts


16 00


Horse & Auto races


165 00


Sundry


60 00


$284 00


Recording mortgages, etc.


$75 85


Certified copies of records. .


68 00


Transfers of dog licenses and notices.


2 35


Sale of voting lists.


37 50


Certification of Registration ...


50


Fees for issuing dog licenses. .


216 00


Fees for issuing Hunting and Fishing Licenses.


165 75


Interest on daily bank balances


11 58


Concessions at Capron Park ...


$577 53 50 00


Paid to City Treasurer


$2,463 03 $2,463 03


Tables.


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ANNUAL REPORT


The sum of $2,688.00 received from dog licenses has been paid to the County Treasurer, being the amount received less fees for licensing.


The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows: Marriages 282 268


Deaths. Births 517


Conforming to the requirements of Section 17 of the Charter, I submit herewith a record of the attendance of members of the meetings of the Council during the year 1922.


Total number of meetings.


39


Names of Members.


Number of Meetings Attended.


Harlan A. Allen. .


37


Millard F. Ashley 37


William H. Blake.


36


Fred E. Briggs.


37


Arthur F. Gehrung


38


Charles S. Holden.


35


Leonard I. Lamb


37


William Marshall


38


Frank Mossberg


33


Howard G. Smith.


33


Chester A. Smith.


32


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK I. BABCOCK, City Clerk.


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ANNUAL REPORT


ASSESSORS' REPORT


Hon. Philip E. Brady, Mayor, City of Attleboro, Mass.


My dear Mayor:


In response to your request for estimates and reports of this depart- ment we herewith submit the following:


Salaries :- Appropriation $2,500.00. Expended for the year, $2,500.00.


Estimate for the year 1923, $4,500.00. We ask that this a- mount be appropriated so that the salary of the chairman be increased to $2,100.00 and each assessor to $1,200.00.


Clerical :- Appropriation $2,100.00. $16.45 was transfered to incidental account, leaving a balance of $2,083.55.


Expended and amount necessary for the balance of the year $2,074.40, leaving a balance in this account of $9.15.


Estimate for the year 1923, $3,000.00. This will allow for an increase for the permanent clerk and take care of one extra clerk in the summer which will be necessary.


Assistant Assessors :- Appropriation, $600.00. $50.00 was transfered to incidental account leaving a balance of $550.00. Expended $548.47. Balance in this account $1.53. Estimate for the year 1923, $600.00.


Incidental :- Appropriation $1,000.00. Extra appropriations and transfers $575.25 making a total of $1,575.25.


Expended and estimate for December $1,544.28


Estimated balance $30.97 in this account. Estimate for the year 1923, $1,500.00. We wish to call attention to the fact that $965.00 of the $1,575.25 appropriated for incidentals was used for printing.


Rent, Light & Phone :- Appropriation $536.00. Expended and estimate for December $520.11. Estimated balance $15.89. Estimate for the year 1923, $536.00.


Looking up titles :- Appropriation $200.00. Expended $200.00. Estimate for the year 1923. $200.00.


T. E. McCAFFREY, H. N. COLLINS.


Assessors of Attleboro.


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ANNUAL REPORT


To His Honor the Mayor, and Municipal Council:


GENTLEMEN :-


We ask that the following be supplied this office from the office furniture account for 1923.


One Burroughs Adding machine, estimate cost $350.00. One wide carriage Underwood typewriter, estimate cost, $112.00 less $30 or $40 which would be allowed for our old typewriter.


We ask again that your Honorable board take under consideration an appropriation to continue the survey which will prove so valuable to the city.


Very truly yours, T. E. McCAFFREY, H. N. COLLINS.


Board of Assessors.


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ANNUAL REPORT


To His Honor, the Mayor, and Municipal Council:


GENTLEMEN :


We herewith submit the report of this department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1922.


We are again asking for an increase in salaries for this department and trust that you will see your way clear to grant same.


Number of residents assessed.


$4,475


Individuals.


3,388


All others.


1,087


Number of non-residents assessed.


1,240


Individuals


955


All others. 285


Number of persons assessed .


9,314


On property


5,715


On polls only .


3,599


Number of polls assessed .


5,999


Total number of polls


5,999


Tax on each poll.


5 00


Number of horses assessed .


409


Number of cows assessed


835


Number of meat cattle other than cows


114


Number of fowl assessed (Value $7,315.00)


9,814


Number of swine assessed.


150


Number of dwelling houses assessed.


3,394


Value of personal estate less exemptions


$6,888,365 00


Value of stock ..


$887,535.00


Value of machinery.


4,486,900 00


Value of live stock.


100,870 00


Value of all other


973,095 00


Value of resident bank stock.


439,965 00


Exempt personal.


100 00


Value of real estate (less exemptions)


16,029,535 00


Value of buildings.


10,750,280 00


Value of land.


5,294,865 00


Exempt.


15,610 00


Total exemptions.


$15,710 00


Personal exemptions.


$100 00


Real estate exemptions.


15,610 00


Total value real and personal.


22,933,510 00


Total exempt on real and personal.


15,710 00


Assessed value of real and personal estate


22,917,800 00


Amounts to be provided for.


937,690 41


On account of city.


$844,349.17


State tax.


53,160 00


County tax


26,871 45


State highway tax.


3,389 00


State audit account.


975 48


Overlays.


8,945 31


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Total tax on personal estate


$206,647 95


Tax on personal.


$193,449 00


Tax on resident Bank Stock.


13,198 95


Total tax


$717,529 00


Tax on real estate.


$480,886 05


Tax on personal estate


206,647 95


Tax on polls.


29,995 00


Rate per thousand.


$30 00 3,001 05


Tax on non-resident bank stock.


Total number of shares of bank stock.


4,000


Number of shares of resident bank stock.


3,250


Number of shares of non-resident bank stock


741


Par value of each share.


$100 00


Assessed Value of each share.


135 00


Assessed value of Bank stock.


$540,000 00


Assessed value of Resident Bank stock.


439,965 00


Assessed value of non-resident Bank stock


100,035 00


Total amount assessed on polls


$29,995 00


Polls assessed on account of City at ($2.00)


11,998 00


Polls assessed on account of State at ($3.00)


17,997 00


Amount provided for


$937,690 14


Tax on property .


$687,534 00


Tax on polls.


11,998 00


Estimated receipts.


238,158 41


Total Anticipation.


$238,158 41


City receipts for 1921


$128,250 72


Income tax receipts.


33,862 41


School fund from income tax.


24,016 30


Business Corporations


52,028 98


Estimated city receipts.


$128,250 72


From corporations.


$11,121 05


Bank.


844 52


Fines and forfeits.


1,458 55


Licenses and Permits.


1,967 75


Grants and Gifts.


1,681 60


Excise tax . .


89 31


Treasurer and city clerk.


492 00


Collector.


446 84


Police department.


15 00


Fire department.


403 03


Sealer of weights and measures.


173 88


Highway department


116 18


Health department.


2,316 20


State aid department.


1,700 00


School department.


2,313 39


Library.


610 05


Capron Park.


53 39


Water rates, etc.


81,552 52


Interest on taxes.


854 21


Interest in deposits


7,591 23


Interest from water accounts.


172 86


Interest from curbing account.


1 19


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Accrued interest on bonds.


$294 67


Premiums on loans.


916 16


Sale of city property


1,551 50


Miscellaneous items.


85 20


Charity Department.


8,834 94


Rent of Peck property


301 00


Rent of Carter property


292 50


Moth tax


$137 85


WARRANTS ISSUED TO COLLECTOR AS FOLLOWS


June 15, Warrant for Poll taxes.


$29,500 00


June 26,


66


66


60


160 00


July 3,


225 00


July 24,


70 00


Aug. 12,


66


66


66


55 00


Sept. 8,


Personal and Real taxes.


690,672 90


Nov. 8,


Poll taxes ..


40 00


Nov. 21,


Poll taxes .


10 5 00


Dec. 15,


=


Omitted Assessments.


35 55


$720,803 45


ABATEMENTS MADE DURING THE YEAR 1922.


Polls


Personal


Real $289 56


Total $289 56


1920


1921.


$795 00


$1,286 34


485 68


2,567 02


1922.


3,102 00


734 25


1,464 95


5,302 20


$3,897 00


$2,020 59


$2,241 19


$8,158 78


FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1922


To appropriation


$6,936 00


Assessor's pay roll.


$2,500 00


Assistant assessors pay roll


600 00


Clerical hire


2,100 00


Rent, light and phone


536 00


Incidentals.


1,000 00


Looking up titles.


200 00


Additional Appropriations


508 80


Total appropriation.


$7,444 80


$16.45 was transfered from clerical accounts to incidentals. $50.00 was transfered from assistant assessors to incidentals making a total of $1,575.24 of which $965. was used for printing alone.


66


40 00


Sept. 5,


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Appropriations.


$7,444 80


Expended for the year 1922.


Salaries.


$2,500 00


Clerical.


2,074 40


Assistant assessors.


550 00


Incidental


1,539 72


Rent, light, phone


520 11


Looking up titles.


200 00


Total expended for the year.


$7,384 23


Estimated Balance Jan. 1, 1923


$60 57


T. E. McCAFFREY, H. N. COLLINS.


Assessors of Attleboro.


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ANNUAL REPORT


STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL


January 8, 1923.


To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:


We are submitting herewith the tenth annual report of the operation of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital covering the year 1922, together with reports from the Treasurer, Hospital Superintendent, and Hospital Aid Association.


While the aggregate of patients was not as large as in 1921 due to an unusually slack period during the summer months, yet the hospital at the close of the year had the maximum number of patients at any time in its history, again having to make use of the emergency rooms in the base- ment for private cases. A comparison of the report of the Superintendent with that of a year ago discloses a very large increase in the number of patients for X Ray work, and almost exactly the same number of obstet- rical patients were admitted in 1922 as in 1921,-just one more in fact. The services of the hospital in this department were limited only by our accommodations, as we have taken care of all we could possibly handle.


The new maternity building is nearing completion and we anticipate that this will afford an opportunity for expansion of our obstetrical work early in the coming year.


You cannot get a true picture of the cost of operation of the hospital without reference to the report of the Treasurer of the Hospital Aid As- sociation, which we are appending, and even this does not reflect the many hours of sewing and service contributed by these devoted women.


During the past year, at the suggestion of the local staff, we have made certain changes and additions to our equipment, regulations and staff organization such as to conform with Class A hospitals as standard- ized by the American College of Surgeons. The latter's survey and classifi- cation has not as yet included hospitals as small as ours, but in anticipation of an extension of their field of investigation we are placing ourselves in line with this advanced step in hospital service.


While the opening of the new maternity building will increase the in- come from patients, it will also add materially to the expense of operation and we again invite the attention of our fellow citizens to various methods of financial assistance to the hospital.


1. By becoming a member of the corporation and paying annual dues of $10.00. We had only twenty two of these members last year.


2. By becoming a life member of the corporation which involves a contribution of $50.00. We have only twenty four life members.


3. By the endowment of a free bed for one year at $250. or a perman- ent endowment at $5,000.,-although both these sums are entirely inade- quate for present day costs, having been fixed over ten years ago. At the present time we have only seven permanent and annually endowed beds.


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4. By sending to the Treasurer any sum of money or by making provision in your will, as several have done and are doing, for endowment gifts and bequests, preferably made with no restrictions except that the income only be at the disposal of the Board of Managers.


For efficient conduct of the hospital and its functions we again record our indebtedness to the Superintendent, her assistants and nursing staff, both the local and consulting staff of physicians and surgeons, all of whom have, by their services and skill, contributed effectively to this useful community benefaction founded in 1913 by the late Ellen A. Winsor in memory of her parents James H. and Adah S. Sturdy, and developed year by year to its present state of service.


JOSEPH L. SWEET, PHILIP E. BRADY,


HARLAN A. ALLEN,


FRANK I. BABCOCK, J. FINBERG, ERNEST D. GILMORE,


EDWARD L. GOWEN,


WM. J. LUTHER, HAROLD E. SWEET.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT


To the Board of Trustees of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:


GENTLEMEN :


I beg to submit the following report for the year ending, December 31, 1922,-


Patients Admitted.


738


Surgical.


503


Medical .


84


Obstetrical. 151


Patients Discharged


703


Male.


263


Female.


440


Well


653


Relieved.


41


Not Treated.


8


Unrelieved .


1


Deaths.


27


Accident


5


Medical


14


Surgical.


7


Free Patients.


88


Ladies Aid Bed.


4


R. F. Simmons' Bed.


2


Daily Average of patients. 23


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Surgical Operations. 488


Major 229


Minor


25


Patients for X-Ray work. 540


Patients paid for by City 8


Patients paid for by State.


0


Patients paid for by Town of Norton.


2


The Hospital has been a busy one for the past year. The great in- adequacy of room has made it very difficult to properly care for some of the patients. The emergency-room, which is only supposed to be used for accident cases, has been filled most of the time, chiefly with private patients The X-Ray work has greatly increased during the past year with an in- crease of 172 over the previous year.


The Training school for nurses has been working successfully, con- sidering the great shortage of pupil nurses. Six only were admitted during the year, two of whom proved unsatisfactory, leaving us with a total of fifteen pupil nurses. The lectures to the nurses have been given as usual by the Doctors on the Staff, and I feel deeply grateful to them for their help, as otherwise we would have to provide and pay an instructor for this work.


I hope the Trustees will find it advisable to raise the rates for Private Patients, and so make a greater difference between the ward and private rates. At present the ward rates are $14.00 per week, and private rates $16.00 per week and upwards. These are very much lower rates than are charged in any other Hospital.


Respectfully submitted,


G. G. RICE, R. N.


37


ANNUAL REPORT


ATTLEBORO HOSPITAL


STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1922.


EXHIBIT A


Balance, January 1, 1922:


Bank.


$2,374 94


Office Fund.


130 00


On Hand for Deposit.


563 00


Loan


150 00


$3,217 94


Receipts. Hospital Account:


Patients, X-Ray


$2,394 00


Patients, Other. 22,722 15


Total Receipts from patients.


$25,116 15


Sale of Books, Cloth, Supplies, Etc


75 31


Interest on Bank Deposit.


94 61


Donations (Exhibit A, Schedule I)


1,288 50


Telephone Commission


23 92


Miscellaneous. 105 60


Total Hospital Receipts (Exhibit B)


$26,704 09


Annual Memberships (Exhibit A, Schedule II) (Exhibit G)


220 00


New Buildings and Equipment (Exhibit C) .. Clinic (Exhibit D).


1,354 16


Trust Investment Income (Exhibit A. Schedule III) (Exhibit E)


10,343 24


Trust Investment Sales (Exhibit H)


8,451 50


Life Memberships( Exhibit A, Schedule IV) (Exhibit F)


100 00


Total Receipts, All Sources*


$124,639 83


Disbursements: Hospital Account:


Laundry


$1,267 50


Postage.


38 59


Repairs and Maintenance.


1,370 89


Telephone and Telegraph


128 80


Stationery and Printing


212 36


X-Ray Fees.


1,472 50


Salaries, Superintendent,


Nurse, Maids,


Etc.


12,383 58


77,466 84


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ANNUAL REPORT


Supplies and Equipment.


4,315 32


Housekeeping Supplies.


9,325 96


Heat and Light ..


5,618 65


Miscellaneous Freight and Cartage.


102 68


Miscellaneous.


424 64


Total Hospital Disbursements (Exhibit B)


$36,661 47


NEW BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT


Buildings and Building Equip- ment.


$76,577 71


Furniture and Equipment. 202 50


Watchman.


114 00


Insurance 180 85


Total New Buildings and Equipment


Disbursements (Exhibit C). $77,075 06


Clinic (Exhibit D)


1,081 01


Trust Investment Income-Contra:


Accrued Interest.


75 93


Repairs on Cottage


206 82


Total (Exhibit A. Schedule III) and (Ex- hibit (E).


282 75


Trust Investment Purchases (Exhibit H) 8,929 00


Total Disbursements for Period $124,029 29


Balance December 31, 1922:


Bank, (Exhibit L).


$3,079 07


Office Fund.


160 00


On Hand for Deposit.


589 41


$3,828 48 $3,828 48


*The William R. Cobb donation of $5,060.83 is not shown as either a receipt or disbursement, as it did not pass through the bank checking account. The donation appears, however, in the Trust Investment Ledger accounts affected.




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