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83.50
Awnings and signs
65.00
Marriage .
214.00
Transient vendor
5.00
Sale of firearms
1.00
Carnival
12.00
Boxing bouts.
6.00
Miniature golf licenses
105.00
Sundry licenses
5.00
Sundry permits
44.25
$1,923.25
Recording mortgages, etc.
$235.50
Certified copies of records.
69.25
Transfer of dog licenses and notices.
1.85
Sale of Voting Lists.
5.81
Fees for issuing dog licenses
312.60
Fees for issuing sporting and trapping licenses.
205.75
Interest on daily balances.
13.91
$ S.8.67
Paid to City Treasurer
$2,821.92
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The sum of $4,048.00 was received for dog licenses and paid to the County Treasurer, less fees retained by city for issuing same.
The sum of $1,892. 75 was recived for issuing sporting and trapping licenses and paid to the State of Massachusetts, less fees retained by city for issuing same.
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows:
Marriages 264
Deaths 271
Pirths. 504
Conforming to the requirements of Section 17 of the charter, I submit here- with a record of the attendance of members at the meetings of the Municipal Council during the year 1930:
Name of Member
Number of Meetings Attended 40
Total number of meetings
William A. Brennan 38
H. Winslow Brown. 37
Frederick P. Cooper 31
Arthur F. Gehrung 35
Thomas S. Healey 33
G. Dallas Jencks .34
Oscar F. Klinke 34
Charles J. Merritt 30
Frank J. Nerney 35
John A. Thayer. 32
James L. Wiggmore 36
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE A. WHEELER City Clerk.
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Annual Report OF THE ATTLEBOROUGH HOSPITAL OPERATING THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE CITY OF ATTLEBORO 1930
OFFICERS
JOSEPH L. SWEET, President *LAURA V. G. CONIBEAR, M. D., Vice-President HAROLD E. SWEET, Treasurer FRANCIS G. RUGGLES, Clerk FRED L. WETHERELL, Assistant Treasurer
TRUSTEES
Gertrude F. Ryder Randolph E. Bell *Edward P. Claflin
Ruth W: Clap
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D. Joseph Finberg Ernest D. Gilmore
Edward L. Gowen
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Annie G. hing William J. Luther *J. Frank Mason William H. Bannon *Laura V. G. Conibear, M. D. Joseph Hardy
Martha C. McRae Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. Geneva E. Murphy Edgar A. Remington
*Rev. David F. Sheedy Raymond M. Forton Florence M. Sweet Harold E. Sweet Joseph L. Sweet Planche Daggett Victor R. Glencross
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
Samuel M. Stone Mrs. Etta Kent Walter M. Kendall
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Joseph Finberg Ernest D. Gilmore Edward L. Gowen
William J. Luther Harold E. Sweet Victor R. Glencross
These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor Fred E. Briggs, James L. Wiggmore representing the Municipal Council and William Marshall, City Treasurer, constitute the administrative board of the hospital.
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TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR NURSES
*L. V. G. Conibear, M. D., Chairman
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore T. O. Mullaly Mrs. Esther Stone Miss Irene Battey Mrs. Lillian Briggs
Mrs. Gertrude Ryder
*Deceased
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
CONSULTING STAFF
Surgeons
William M. Conant, M. D. 636 Peacon St., Boston
Daniel Fiske Jones, M. D. 195 Beacon St., Boston
Harry H. Germain, M. D. 475 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Wyman Whittemore, M. D. 199 Beacon St., Boston
Channing C. Simmons, M. D. 205 Beacon St., Boston
Leland S. McKittrick, M. D 205 Beacon St., Boston
Arthur R. Kimpton, M. D 23 Bay State Road, Boston
Gilbert Horrax, M. D. Peter Fent Brigham Hospital, Boston
Medical
Terman F. Vickery, M. D .. 26 Chestnut St., Brookline Richard C. Cabot, M. D .. . Emerson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge Charles H. Lawrence, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Harry W. Goodall, M. D. 51 Bay State Road, Boston
Specialists
Frederick W. Johnson, M. D .. 167 Newbury St., Boston Gynecologist
Ernest G. Crabtree, M. D. 99 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Urologist
Frederick C. Irving, M. D. . 475 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Obstetrician
Charles F. Painter, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Orthopedic Surgeon
John G. Kuhns, M. D. 372 Marlborough St., Boston Orthopedic Surgeon
George Loring Tobey, Jr., M. D .. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Nose, Throat and Ear
Freeman Allen, M. D. 200 Beacon St., Boston Consulting Anesthetist
Douglas A. Thom, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Neurologist
Henry E. Utter, M. D. 122 Waterman St., Providence Pediatrician
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Arial W. George, M. D. 43 Bay State Road, Boston Consulting Radiologist
Timothy Leary, M. D. 43 Bay State Road, Boston
John F. Kenney, M. D. 206 Broadway, Pawtucket, R. I. Consulting Pathologists
VISITING STAFF
Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D. President Edward S. Ward, M. D. Vice-President
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D. Secretary
SURGICAL STAFF
John A. Reese, M. D. Chief of Staff Continuous Service
H. Irving Bixby, M. D.
James A. Bryer, M. D.
Frederick J. Carley, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D.
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D. Ralph P. Kent, M. D. Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
MEDICAL STAFF
Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D. Chief of Staff
James H. Brewster, M. D.
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
William M. Stobbs, M. D. Edward S. Ward, M. D. Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
OBSTETRICAL STAFF
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D. . Chief of Staff
William O. Hewitt, M. D. James A. Bryer, M. D. Edith Kerkhoff, M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT STAFF
Arthur C. Conro, M. D. Chief of Staff
H. Irving Bixby, M. D. Ralph P. Kent, M. D.
DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. Chief of Department
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
William M. Stobbs, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Chief of Physiotherapy Department
Edward B. Perkins, M. D. Radiologist James H. Brewster, M. D. Pathologist Dental Service
Walter E. Briggs, D. M. D
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ASSOCIATE STAFF
Newell C. Bullard, M. D. Willis L. Hale, M. D.
Charles E. Roderick, M. D.
Michael E. Vance, M. D. Roland Smith, M. D. Fernande Longpre, M. D.
Carl J. DePrizio, M. D.
EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE
Chairman Secretary.
Dr. E. S. Ward Dr. J. A. Reese
Dr. J. W. Clarke
Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing G. G. Rice, R. N.
Assistant Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing K. V. Lloyd, R. N. Night Supervisor Mabel A. Johnson, R. N.
Operating Room Supervisor Helen Webb, R. N.
Instructor Olive L. Young, R. N. Floor Supervisor Effie Brooks, R. N.
Technicians Physiotherapy-Anna M. Moore, R. N. Laboratory-Ruth P. Douglas
Dietitian Clarice S. Kittridge Housekeeper Mrs. Luella Lee
Historian Clara H. Rhodes Bookkeeper Mary L. A. Kinton Switchboard Operators Doris P. Lefebvre Alvin Parker
VISITING COMMITTEE, 1930
January : Milford E. Bliss and Dr. W. O. Hewitt
February : D'arold E. Sweet and Dr. F. V. Murphy
March : Dr. R. P. Kvent and Edward L. Gowen
April : *Edward P. Claflin and William J. Luther
May :
June :
Ernest D. Gilmore and Frank J. Ryder Mrs. J. L. Sweet and Miss Elanche Daggett Raymond M. borton and F. G. Ruggles
July :
August : Victor R. Glencross and Thomas O. Mullaly
September : Mrs. Beatrice W. Wilmarth and James L. Wiggmore
October: Mrs. Tilda B. Stone and Joseph Finberg
November: Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy and Fred E. Sturdy
November: Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy and Fred E. Sturdy
December: Mrs. Harold E. Sweet and Edgar A. Remington
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History of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital
By a generous clause in the will of Mrs. Ellen A. Winsor, the homestead estate of her father, the late James H. Sturdy, was bequeathed to the Town of Attle- borough to be used for a general hospital, in memory of James H. and Adah S. Sturdy. In addition to this gracious act, Mrs. Winsor placed her residuary estate in a permanent fund, to be known as the Albert W. and Ellen A. Winsor Fund, to be held in trust, the income only thereof to be used to assist in the maintenance of said hospital. The original gift of real estate known as the Sturdy Foundation, is valued at $30,000 and the personal property left by Mr. and Mrs. Winsor, known as the Winsor Foundation, is valued at $93,000.
The location for such an institution was ideal, but to prepare the property for modern hospital work required the expenditure of a larger sum of money than the Town officials felt warranted at this time in asking the citizens to appropriate. At this crisis the Attleborough Hospital, a corporation organized under Massa- chusetts laws, came forward and offered to take the property in trust, reconstruct the home house, build new additions, erect in connection therewith a modern operating wing, equip the whole plant, and open the institution as a general hospital to be known as the Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
The Town of Attleborough at a special meeting held May 14, 1912, accepted the offer of the Attleborough Hospital, and in due time placed the property in question in trust with said corporation.
The work of reconstruction and new building was commenced in July, 1912, and on April 14, 1913, after an expenditure of something over $30,000, the hospital was opened.
Again in July, 1914, another addition was made, known as the Nurses' Home, with provisions also for maternity cases, thus making 30 beds as the total capacity of the hospital, being largely possible because of a gift of $10,000 from the late Fannie M. Tappan. The total cost of this addition was approximately $18,000, and the balance was provided from income from trust account and individual gifts.
In 1922 Joseph L. Sweet, President of the Attleborough Hospital since its beginning, provided for the erection of a $125,000 fireproof addition to be known as the Florence Hayward Sweet Maternity Building, and adding 21 beds to the capacity of the hospital. This addition was opened June 4, 1923, and the gift included a new plant and boiler house situated at the rear of the lot back of the present Nurses' Home, providing the steam and heating and other needs of the whole hospital.
With the realization that its facilities were being taxed to the limit and the needs of a substantial addition pressing, the Board of Managers, in the fall of 1924, voted to undertake a campaign for additional funds. With an enthusiasm on the part of the subscribers and workers unparalleled in the history of our community, this campaign was brought to a successful conclusion on February 9, 1925, with total pledges of over $392,000, the objective having been $300,000.
The Sturdy Homestead, formerly the main hospital, was relocated in the rear of the Nurses' Home, giving much needed additional accommodation for nurses, and a three story, sixty-five room, buff brick and stone, modern hospital building was erected on the site of the old hospital.
The new unit reached such a point of completion as to permit of the registra- tion of the first patient therein on July 25, 1926. On September 30th the building was thrown open for inspection by the public, and while no formal exercises were attempted, in the evening a dinner was given to the local and consulting staffs, with an especially splendid representation of the latter who were exceedingly generous in their commendation of the entire hospital plant and its equipment- highly significant, coming from professional men who have frequent contacts with the very best hospital facilities in the country.
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We now have an up-to-date 125 bed hospital with a replacement value for the plant of over half a million dollars, well nigh complete in its appointments, with well equipped and competently administered X-Ray, Laboratory and Physiotherapy departments.
A capable and devoted staff of physicians, superintendent and nurses, a consulting staff of physicians and surgeons of wide repute, and an interested public, largely represented through the effective help rendered by the women's organization now known as the Sturdy Memorial Aid Association, have resulted in the development of one of the finest hospitals in New England, with a standard of efficiency equivalent to that in many of the larger and well known hospitals.
The American College of Surgeons has approved Sturdy Memorial Hospital which means that this hospital conforms to the basic requirements which insure the best care of the patient and is rated as a Class A hospital.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council :
January 12, 1931
The details of our eighteenth annual report as managers of the Attleborough Hospital, operating the Sturdy Memorial Hospital for the City of Attleboro, submitted herewith, will disclose to you the most active year in the history of the hospital, with 143 more patients cared for than in 1929.
The most notable increase was in obstetrical and eye, ear, nose and throat cases.
The number of patients admitted who reside outside of Attleboro continued in almost exactly the same ratio as for the past few years-approximately 45%.
From the report of the Treasurer, which you will find accompanying with Auditor's certificate attached, you will note that our operating deficit for the year 1930 amounted to $2,924.65. But this does not tell the whole story, for the City expended last year in behalf of the hospital $5,657.83 for water, insurance and fuel. Furthermore, attention should be called to the expenditures of $5,048.58 as noted in the accompanying report of the Treasurer of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital Aid Association which derives its principal support from the Community Chest, although the zealous members of this organization contribute services in the way of sewing, etc., on which no monetary value can be placed, asit is literally a labor of love. With the addition to the above of the generous contributions of housekeeping supplies received on Donation Day and the skilled service freely given to ward patients by members of the staff in turn, a total of more than $100,000.00 a year can easily be calculated as the expense for hospital service to this community, with only two-thirds of this amount actually paid for.
No adequate figures of the cost of free work done by the hospital appear in the reports of the Treasurer or the Superintendent, herewith attached, for a very considerable number of patients are admitted each year who are able to pay little, if anything toward our moderate charges for hospital service. The fact that we are rendering this free service to no inconsiderable number of the residents of surrounding towns leads us to express the hope that some arrangement may be developed in the near future whereby we may receive a reasonable annual con- tribution from the various outside communities which we serve, on much the same basis as is now contributed by the City of Attleboro, and as is done in other districts composed of several towns largely served by one hospital. We are confident of the helpful co operation of the selectmen of the various towns so largely served by Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
We have to report with deep regret the death during the past year of four faithful and helpful members of the Board of Trustees, all of them associated with
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the direction of the hospital since its early days: Edward P. Claflin, Dr. Laura V. G. Conibear, Rev. Fr. David F. Sheedy and J. Frank Mason. Mr. Mason made generous provision for the hospital in his will.
Our rating as a Class A hospital, which means that we conform to the basic requirements which insure the best care of the patient, is made possible because of the competent services rendered by our consulting and local staff, superinten- dent and nurses and because our equipment is modern and lacks little of being adequate and complete.
We attach a list of City payments on account of the hospital for 1930 totalling $5,657.83 as above noted, and respectfully request your favorable consideration of a total appropriation of $6,000.00 for the year 1931 for like purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Finberg
Fred E. Briggs
Ernest D. Gilmore
Victor R. Glencross
Edward L. Gowen
William J. Luther
William Marshall
Harold E. Sweet
James L. Wiggmore
Board of Managers
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City Appropriation on Account of Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Expended in 1930
Budget for 1931
Water
$1,005.85
$1,000.00
Insurance .. .
1,5 0.14
1,000.00
Fuel and Light.
3,061.84
4,000.00
$5,657.83
$6,000.00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees and Managers Of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
Gentlemen:
I herewith present my annual report of the Hospital for the year ending December 31, 1930 :-
Total number of patients admitted. .1663
Male . 651
Female . 1012
Private patients 124
Ward patients. 369
Total number of children 12 years of age or under 374
Medical patients 122
Adults 107
Children 15
Surgical patients 575
Adults. 508
Children 67
E. E. N. & T. patients.
436
Adults. .
144
Children 292
Obstetrical patients
530
Mothers. . 274
Babies 256
Total number of deaths 59
Medical. 25
Surgical . 21
Obstetrical 3
Newborn. 10
Stillbirths 15
Autopsies.
5
Daily average for the year
50
Maximum number of patients. 77
Minimum number of patients 26
State cases. 0
City of Attleboro
10
Town of North Attleboro
3
Town of Mansfield
3
Town of Rehoboth. 3
Free cases.
45
Patients admitted from the following:
Attleboro .
835
South Attleboro
45
Hebronville. 19
Dodgeville
27 926
North Attleboro 283
Attleboro Falls 41
324
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Plainville.
35
Wrentham
27
Norton
64
Chartley
29
Mansfield .
81
Foxboro
20
Seekonk
34
Rehoboth
21
Franklin
4
Other cities and towns.
98
413
(This exceeds previous years by 143)
Surgical and Medical. 82
Obstetrical 61
REPORT OF THE OPERATING ROOM
Major operations. 340
Minor operations
773
Cystoscopies
14
Transfusions .
10
REPORT OF THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT
X-Ray examinations 793
65
Fluroscopic examinations.
55
Total patients for year .
913
(55 less than in 1929)
REPORT OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Number of patients admitted to the department
59
(15 less than last year)
Number of visits to the department.
934
Number of treatments given :-
Massage.
445
Diathermy .
488
Ultra Violet, A.C ..
244
Ultra Violet, W. C.
Galvanism 55
13
Sinusoidal 32
2
Auto condensation
7
Infra Red.
462
Total number of treatments given. 1748
REPORT OF THE LABORATORY FOR 1930
Hemoglobins . 245
White blood counts 1276
Red blood counts. 208
Differentials
138
Fulguration .
1663
1663
X-Ray treatments.
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Coagulations.
416
Bleeding and clotting time. 12.
Routine urines 3852
Renal functions
55
% Sugars.
219
% Albumins
1
Acetones.
7
Chemistries:
Blood sugars
73
Organisms ..
147
Nose (for K.L.).
75
Throat (for K.L.)
78
Smears:
Organisms
145
T.B.
12
G.C.
47
Vincent's Angina.
4
Nose and Throat.
153
Feces:
Occult blood.
11
Microscopic.
6
Amoebe.
3
Intestinal parasite.
2
Stomach:
Free H.C.L.
5
Lactic Acid.
2
Occult blood.
2
Blood typings
56
Wassermans taken
60
Widals taken.
7
Icterus index.
3
Autopsy
5
Fluids:
Pleural.
4
Spinal
8
Sputums:
Free H.C.L.
1
Surgical sections
322
NATIVITIES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED, 1930
United States
Foreign
Massachusetts 1117
Canada . 102
Rhode Island
189
England.
34
Connecticut .
24
Ireland. 18
Maine .
27
Scotland
7
New Hampshire
19
Italy
13
Vermont
6
Sweden
14
New York.
21
Norway
2
Pennsylvania
8
Germany
6
New Jersey
4
Poland.
7
Illinois
2 Albania
1
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Texas
3
Azores .
3
Kansa
2
Portugal
4
Iowa. .
2
British West Indies
3
Minnesota.
2
Russia
6
District of Columbia.
1
France
1
North Carolina
1
Turkey
1
Alabama.
1
Austria.
1
Ohio
1
Denmark
1
Washington
2
Virginia
1
Maryland
1
Florida .
1
Nebraska
1
Colorado?
1
Indiana.
1
North Dakota
1
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REPORT OF THE TRAINING-SCHOOL
Twelve pupil nurses were admitted during the year.
The graduating exercises were held in September and eleven nurses received their diplomas. At the present time we have 43 pupil nurses in training.
With great regret I mention the loss of Dr. Laura Conibear, who was chair- man of the Training-School Committee since 1913, the first year we started the Training-School.
At the last meeting of the Training-School Committee, Mrs. Esther Stone was appointed chairman in her place.
*
The Ladies Aid has done their usual amount of good work for which we are very grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N. Superintendent.
To the Board of Managers,
and The Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
The following brief summary of the work done on the surgical service during the year 1930 is respectfully submitted :-
Total number of Surgical patients admitted. . . .... 575
Adults 508
Children 67
Major operations. 340
Minor operations 773
Cystoscopies 14
Transfusions. 10
Total number of Surgical Deaths 21
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Of the 340 cases upon which major operation were performed 10 died, giving an operative mortality of 3.4%. These 10 can be subdivided as follows:
Intestinal obstruction 3 Gall-bladder disease 3
Advanced sarcoma . 2 Senile gangrene of leg 1 Appendicitis. 1
The death from appendicitis was the only one among 154 cases operated upon for this condition during the year, which is in itself a worthwhile achieve- ment.
Of the 773 cases upon which minor operations were performed there were three deaths, which can be subdivided as follows:
Septic abortion 2
Infection of neck. 1
The remaining deaths upon whom no operations were performed, were from the following causes:
Brain injuries due to auto accident . 5 Severe chest injuries and pneumonia. 1
Extensive burns. . 1 Pulmonary oedema, Arterioscerosis and retention. 1
The total operative mortality for both major and minor operations, of which there were 1,113, was 1.16%.
It is of interest to note that pneumonia was a complication which appeared in 7 of the 21 fatal cases.
Thanks to painstaking care and thorough-going attention to all details connected with aseptic methods in the operating department, together with frequent bacteriological check-ups by the laboratory personnel, wound infection continue to be notably infrequent.
Each year since the hospital was opened there has been an appreciable in- crease in the amount of work done. The year 1930 proved no exception to the rule, showing an increase of 30 major and 100 minor operations over the preceed- ing year of 1929.
I should like to take this opportunity to thank my associates on the staff, the superintendent, and nurses for the sincere attitude of helpfulness and co- operation which has existed at all times throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted, John Arnold Reese, M. D. Chief of Surgical Staff.
To the Board of Managers,
and the Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
Gentlemen:
The following report is a summary of the work done in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat department of the hospital for the year 1930 :-
There were 399 tonsil and adenoid operations, of which 286 were private and 113 ward cases. These made up the major part of the surgical work of the depart- ment:
There were, besides these, the following other surgical procedures :-
12 Mastoidectomies
4 Submucous rescetions of nasal septum
1 Excision of nasal polypi
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1 Reduction of fracture of nose
1 Incision and drainage of lid
3 Paracenteses of Aural tympani
1 Excision of Wen of margin of eye socket
There were no deaths and the results were uniformly satisfactory so far as our records show.
I wish to thank here the other members of this service, Drs. R. P. Kent and H. I. Bixby, for their cooperation and assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
Arthur C. Conro, M. D. Chief of E. E. N. & T. Service.
To The Board of Managers,
and the Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
Gentlemen :
I herein give you a brief report of the Medical Service for the year 1930 :-
The decreased sickness during the year 1930 was reflected in the number of patients admitted to the medical service of the hospital. The number admitted during the year was 122; 107 adults and 15 children, a decrease of 24 as compared with the record of 1929.
There were 25 deaths during the year, 9 of which occurred within 48 hours after admission to the Hospital. This mortality rate is practically the same as for the year 1929.
There has been added during the year, a Benedict-Roth recording metabolism apparatus. This should prove of value to us in making accurate diagnosis in many border-line cases. It is to be hoped that members of the Staff may avail themselves of this added means of diagnosis.
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation for the cooperation of the members of the service in the work they have carried on so efficiently and to the nurses who have faithfully cared for the sick, and ask members of the Staff for any suggestions which would help to increase the number of patients admitted to the medical service, or increase the efficiency of the service.
Respectfully submitted, Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D., Chief of Medical Staff.
To the Board of Managers,
and the Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
Gentlemen:
This is the first annual report of the Department of Obstetrics to be sub- mitted to you.
It is gratifying to see the ever increasing tendency of expectant mothers to use the hospital. Without doubt we have been able to saves the lives of mothers and babies that would have been sacrificed had they remained at their homes.
Total number of mothers for the year 274
Total number of babies 271
Boys. . 132
Girls. 139
Normal deliveries 170
Low forceps deliveries 55
Medium forceps. 21
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