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Less Sinking Funds applicable to debt. 228,777.02
$1,068,222.98
Debt outside Debt Limit
Water Bonds
482,500.00
Sewer Bonds
137,000.00
St. Ry. Bonds
7,000.00
School Act of 1921 Bonds
112,000.00
Tax Notes
300,000.00
$1,038,500.00
Less Sinking Funds applicable to
debt. 228,777.02
$ 809,722.98
Leaves Net Debt, within the Debt Limit $ 258,500.00
Borrowing capacity January 1, 1933.
$ 405,772.25
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the City Clerk
To His Honor, the Mayor and the Municipal Council:
I herewith submit the annual report of the clerk of the City of Attleboro for the year ending December 31, 1932.
Receipts
Licenses and Permits
Sale of second hand motor vehicles $ 26.00
Hackney carriage and express licenses 45.00
Sale of articles on Lord's day
405.00
Victuallers' and Innholders'
113.50
Bowling alleys and pool tables
188.50
Auctioneers
24.00
Junk.
100.00
Dealers in second hand furniture
2.00
Theatre
200.00
Circus
15.00
Sunday entertainments.
118.00
Storage and sale of gasoline
83.50
Awnings and signs
70.00
Marriage
143.00
Transient vendor
81.27
Sale of firearms.
1.00
Carnival.
10.00
Wrestling bouts
16.00
Miniature golf licenses
15.00
Motor Cycle Races
5.00
Driving Range
15.00
Sundry permits
54.75
$1,731.52
Recording mortgages, etc.
$261.00
Certified copies of records
71.50
Registration in Medicine.
.50
Transfer of dog licenses and notices.
1.10
Sale of Voting Lists
79.90
Fees for issuing dog licenses
304.60
Fees for issuing sporting and trapping licenses
179.00
Interest on daily balances
4.51
$ 902.11
$2,633.63
Paid to City Treasurer
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ANNUAL REPORT
The sum of $3,826.00 was received for dog licenses and paid to the County Treasurer and City Treasurer, less fees retained by City for issuing same.
The sum of $2,053.50 was received 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
182
Deaths
332
Births
445
Conforming to the requirements of Section 17 of the Charter, I submit herewith a record of the attendance of members at the meetings of the Municipal Council during the year 1932:
Names of Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Total number of meetings
34
Russell V. Blaine.
27
H. Winslow Brown .34
James A. Freeman
29
Arthur F. Gehrung
30
G. Dallas Jencks
31
Edwin H. Money
.34
John B. Morin
32
Francis J. O'Neil.
28
Earle L. Swift
.31
John A. Thayer
30
Henry E. Wright 27
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE A. WHEELER,
City Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report OF
THE ATTLEBOROUGH HOSPITAL OPERATING THE
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
FOR THE CITY OF ATTLEBORO 1932
Superintendent-Miss G. G. Rice, R. N.
OFFICERS
*JOSEPH L. SWEET, President ALBERTA REMINGTON CARPENTER, Vice-President HAROLD E. SWEET, Treasurer
FRANCIS G. RUGGLES, Clerk
FRED L. WETHERELL, Assistant Treasurer
TRUSTEES
William H. Bannon Randolph E. Bell
Fred E. Briggs
Alberta R. Carpenter
Ruth W. Clap
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D.
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Blanche Daggett Rosella M. Dimond Joseph Finberg
Gertrude F. Ryder
Ernest D. Gilmore
Samuel M. Stone
Florence MI. Sweet
Victor R. Glencross William O. Hewitt, M. D.
Harold E. Sweet
Raymond M. Horton Walter M. Kendall
Etta Kent Annie G. King
William J. Luther
Martha C. McRae
Geneva E. Murphy
Rev. James M. Quinn
Edgar A. Remington
*Joseph L. Sweet Edwin F. Thayer
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Joseph Finberg Edwin F. Thayer Victor R. Glencross
William J. Luther Samuel MI. Stone Harold E. Sweet
These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor Stephen H. Foley, H. Winslow Brown representing the Municipal Council and William Marshall, City Treasurer, constitute the administrative board of the hospital.
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ANNUAL REPORT
TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR NURSES
Mrs. Esther Stone, Chairman
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore
Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder Miss Irene Battey
*Deceased
Thomas O. Mullaly Claude Smith Mrs. Lillian Briggs
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
CONSULTING STAFF
William M. Conant, M. D. 636 Beacon 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 Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
Medical
Herman 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
Louis E. Phaneuf, M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., 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
Douglas A. Thom, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Neurologist
Henry E. Utter, M. D. 122 Waterman St., Providence Pediatrician
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
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ANNUAL REPORT
VISITING STAFF OF THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
STAFF ORGANIZATION
William O. Hewitt, 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.
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D.
Roland L. Smith, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Ralph P. Kent, M. D. Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
MEDICAL STAFF
Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D. Chief of Staff
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
James H. Brewster, M. D.
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
William M. Stobbs, M. D. Edward S. Ward, M. D. Fernande Longpre, M. D.
OBSTETRICAL STAFF
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D. Chief of Staff
James A. Bryer, M. D. William O. Hewitt, 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. Head of Dept.
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
William M. Stobbs, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Head of Physiotherapy Department
Edward B. Perkins, M. D. James H. Brewster, M. D. Radiologist Pathologist
Walter E. Briggs, D. M. D. Dental Service
EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE
John A. Reese, M. D. Chairman
Herbert L. Rich, M. D. H. Irving Bixby, M. D.
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ANNUAL REPORT
ASSOCIATE STAFF
Newell C. Bullard. M. D. Elmer W. Clarke, M. D. Carl J. DePrizio, M. D. Carlton S. Ford, M. D.
Willis L. Hale, M. D. Benoni M. Latham, M. D. Charles E. Roderick, M. D. Michael E. Vance, M. D.
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 and X-Ray-Anna M. Moore, R. N. Laboratory-Ruth P. Douglas
Dietitian Alice Sheil
Historian Clara H. Rhodes.
Housekeeper Mrs. Luella Lee
Bookkeeper Mary L. A. Kinton
Switchboard Operators Doris P. Lefebvre Elsie G. Rhodes
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VISITING COMMITTEE, 1932
January : Milford E. Bliss and Dr. W. O. Hewitt
February : Harold E. Sweet and Dr. F. V. Murphy
March : Dr. R. P. Kent and Mrs. Rosella Mason-Dimond
April : William J. Luther and Raymond M. Horton
May:
Ernest D. Gilmore and Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder
July :
June : Mrs. Florence M. Sweet and Miss Blanche Daggett Francis G. Ruggles and Edwin F. Thayer
August: Victor R. Glencross and Thomas O. Mullaly
September: Mrs. Beatrice W. Wilmarth and Harry Holbrook
October: Mrs. Tilda B. Stone and Joseph Finberg
November : Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy and Fred E. Sturdy
December: Mrs. Gertrude H. Sweet and Edgar A. Remington
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ANNUAL REPORT
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 main- tenance 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.
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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 in- dividual 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, 1925. 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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ANNUAL REPORT
The death of Joseph L. Sweet in July. 1932, ended the services of one who has been active in the management and expansion of the hospital from its be- ginning. For more than twenty years, he was president of the corporation, and to that office he brought not only an executive ability, but the financial support which the institution needed so badly. He was intensely interested in seeing first, that the hospital was well equipped to meet the needs of the community, and second, that it was endowed and fortified against financial stress.
Up to the time of his death, his donations exceeded $207,000, not counting various annual gifts given from time to time for needed equipment or special purposes. Under his will, he generously provided for further gifts, of which $155,000 has already been received and added to the permanent funds. Further- more, his will directed that the residue of his estate, after the termination of the life interest of his widow, should be paid to the hospital.
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 Hospital 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.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
January 9, 1933
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:
You will note from the accompanying reports of our nineteenth year of operation of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital a reflection of the present period of economic stress.
The Superintendent's Report discloses that the total number of patients. though less by 85 than in 1931, a decrease of about 5%, showed an increase in ward patients of 106, nearly 25%, and in free work the number nearly doubled. Likewise we continue to serve the same substantial number of patients outside the city of Attleboro, as in former years, almost indentically, the same percentage 47%, coming from the surrounding territory, with notable increases in the number received from Mansfield and Seekonk.
The report of the Treasurer indicates a mounting deficit now accumulated to $18,134.66, but the loss for the year 1932, $4,740,32. affords some negative satisfaction that it is not larger, in view of the present plight of so many hospitals.
President of the Attleborough Hospital from the time it was chartered in November, 1910, to the day of his death on July 21, 1932, Joseph Lyman Sweet regarded this institution as his chief concern among his many beneficent interests. His energy, his courage, his confidence in the public spirit of the people of this community, and. to a considerable extent his generosity, made possible the suc- cessful consummation in 1925 of the remarkable campaign for funds to enlarge the hospital and its facilities.
In his will he made liberal provision for the hospital both as a direct and residual beneficiary, thus largely assuring the helpful service of this institution to our community for years to come, as an enduring memorial to him who was such a factor in its development.
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ANNUAL REPORT
The following additions to our permanent fund were received in 1932: a life membership from the Graduate Nurses' Club; Estate of Elizabeth S. Haynes $2,200.00, estimated as the value of our share of a real estate bequest; a balance of $512.73 remaining in the fund raised in 1925 for Norman Lund by the Attleboro Sun, the income thereof to be used for needy children's cases at the hospital; a bequest from Joseph L. Sweet of $5,000.00 for maintaining a perpetual bed to be known as the Florence M. Sweet Bed; an unexpected recovery of $125.00 from some old assets of the Winsor Estate.
Because of the devoted and skillful services of our staff of physicians and nurses, we are able to maintain our rating as a Class A hospital, which means that we conform to the standard requirements of the American College of Surgeons, which insure the best care of the patient.
We attach reports of the Treasurer duly audited, the Superintendent of the hospital, and the Hospital Aid Association, which continues its assistance, both in personal service and financial help, with unflagging zeal.
Also you will find herewith a list of the payments by the City of Attleboro for the account of the Hospital in 1932, together with our estimate of require- ments for 1933.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Finberg, Chairman
Stephen H. Foley
H. Winslow Brown
Victor R. Glencross
William J. Luther
William Marshall
Samuel M. Stone
Harold E. Sweet
Edwin F. Thayer
Board of Managers
Appropri- ated and Expended 1932
Requested 1933
Coal.
$3,862.98
$3,500.00
Insurance .
821.28
1,125.00
Water.
1,128.04
1,150.00
Hydrants
60.00
60.00
$5,872.30
$5,835.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
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, 1932 :-
Total number of patients admitted .1592
Male . 635
Female 957
Total number of Private Patients 1038
Total number of Ward Patients. 554
Total number of children, 12 years, or under 312
Medical patients 109
Adults 89
Children 20
Surgical patients 605
Adults 534
Children 71
E. E. N. & T. patients .330
Adults . 109
Children 221
Obstetrical patients. .548
Mothers 279
Babies 269
(Total births 280)
Live births 269
Stillbirths 11
Total number of deaths 82
Medical 22
Surgical 48
E. & T. 1
Obstetrical 1 Newborn. 10
Stillbirths 11
Autopsies 16
Daily average for the year 48.5
Maximum number of patients. 69
Minimum number of patients 32
State Cases 3
City of Attleboro cases 82
Town of North Attleboro cases 14
Town of Mansfield cases 20
Town of Seekonk cases 13
Town of Norton cases
5
137
Free cases 130
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ANNUAL REPORT
Total number of accidents .100
Automobile accidents 44
Industrial accidents. 26
Other accidents 30
REPORT OF THE OPERATING ROOM
Major operations 363
Minor operations. 658
Cystoscopies 14
Transfusions
28
Pyelograms. 2
1
Total 1066
REPORT OF THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT
X-Ray examinations 900
X-Ray treatments. 22
68
REPORT OF BASAL METABOLISM
20 examinations. (19 less than previous year.)
REPORT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Number of patients admitted to the department. 63
Number of visits to the department. 938
Number of treatments given :-
Massage. 479
Diathermy 364
Ultra Violet A. C. 304
Ultra Violet W. C.
Sinusoidal 41
86
Infra Red 476
23
Electro Dessication
3
Galvanism 15
Total 1791
(This exceeds previous year by one patient, and by 296 treatments.)
Diseased conditions treated :-
Cervical adenitis
3
Toxic arthritis
6
Asthma .
1
Subdeltoid bursitis 2
Bronchitis.
1
Contusions
3
Facial Paralysis 2 Fractures. 20
Impetigo
4
Myositis
3
Phlebitis
1
Proctoscopies
Fluoroscopic Examinations (14 less than the previous year.)
Heliotherapy
Peri Arthritis 3
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ANNUAL REPORT
Pneumonia 2
Sacro Lumbar strain. 1
1
Sacro Iliac strain. Synovitis. Granulating wounds
1
10
64
LABORATORY REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1932
Hemoglobins. 338
White Blood Counts. 1662
Red Blood Counts 225
Differentials
163
Coagulations
308
Urines-
Routine
3596
Renal functions
37
% Sugar
66
% Albumin.
1
% Urea.
2
Acetone .
5
Diacetic Acid.
2
Fixation Test
1
Blood Chmistryl ----
Sugar
92
N. P. N.
72
Creatinine
25
Cultures-
Blood
32
Organisms.
49
Nose
34
Throat .
37
Smears-
Malaria
1
Organisms
67
T. B.
17
G. C ..
31
Vincent's Angina
23
Nose.
29
Throat
35
Feces-
Typhoid.
8
Occult blood
31
Microscopic.
2
Bile.
15
Amoebae.
1
Stomach-
Free HCI
5
Lactic Acid
1
Occult Blood
2
Total Acidity
2
Microscopic
1
Blood Typings. Wassermans taken
108
97
Widals taken
22
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ANNUAL REPORT
Spinal fluids
15
Icterus Index . 6
Undulant Fever Agglutination (taken) .
11
Fragility Test.
1
Guinea Pig Innoculation
2
Autopsies.
16
Surgical Sections
330
PATIENTS ADMITTED
from
Attleboro
735
South Attleboro
57
Hebronville
34
Dodgeville.
16
North Attleboro
272
Attleboro Falls
30
Plainville.
39
Wrentham.
24
Nortor
64
Chartley
28
Mansfield .
126
Foxboro.
11
Seekonk
54
Rehoboth
16
Franklin
Other cities and towns
81
1592
NATIVITIES OF PATIENTS
United States
Foreign
Massachusetts
1065
Canada
99
Rhode Island .
159
England.
27
Maine. .
29
Ireland.
23
Connecticut .
20
Italy
19
New Hampshire.
19
Portugal
11
New York.
16
Sweden
10
Pennsylvania .
10
Poland.
10
Vermont .
9
Scotland
8
New Jersey
7
Germany
8
Virginia
5
Russia .
8
Ohio.
5
Turkey
3
Georgia.
2
Norway.
2
Michigan
1
Austria.
2
Colorado.
1
B. W. I.
2
Wisconsin
1
France
1
North Carolina
1
Hungary
1
Illinois.
1
Greece
1
Alabama.
1
Armenia
1
Iowa.
1
China
1
Nebraska.
1
India
..
1
Indian
1
1354
238
5
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Sixteen pupils were admitted to the School for training, out of this number one had to leave, being unable to meet the necessary theoretical requirements, and one had to be dismissed for misdemeanor.
From the 1931 class one had to be dismissed also for misdemeanor. Seven nurses were graduated in October, two of this number are still in the Hospital making up time. Our total number of nurses in training at present is 36. We have had a great many applications for training during the past year. There is quite a waiting list now for the September class, the February class is quite full.
During the year all the nurses' rooms in the Nurses' Home and the Sturdy Building have been renovated-walls washed and floors scraped and refinished, they were in quite poor condition. This work was all done at just the cost of material and one, part-time helper. I feel that just now our Homes are in fairly good condition.
The main kitchen of the Hospital and the Operating-wing have also been repainted this year.
Before closing my report I want to say a few words on behalf of the Nursing Staff of the Hospital: We very deeply feel the passing away of our President, Mr. J. L. Sweet, which occurred this year. We have indeed lost a valuable friend and patron. In the earliest, and to me, the hardest and most trying days of our Hospital and Training School he always stood ready to help and advise, and I feel that whatever we stand for to-day is entirely owing to him. We shall greatly miss him, but I feel sure that his place will be worthily filled.
Respectfully submitted,
Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N., Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY HOSPITAL SERVICE, 1932
Circulation-
Adult fiction . 2,705
Adult non-fiction 287
Juvenile fiction . 363
Juvenile non-fiction 51
Total. 3,406
Thirty-one new titles were purchased for Hospital Service and 189 books were loaned from the central library.
Number of days Hospital was visited. .107
Dorothy I. Hannaford
To the Trustees and Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Gentlemen :
The following is a brief outline of the work done on the surgical service during the year 1932:
Total number of surgical patients admitted. . 605
Adults . . 534 Children 71
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ANNUAL REPORT
Major operations 363
Minor operations. 658
Cystoscopies 14 Transfusions 28
* *
Total number of surgical deaths.
48
Of the 363 cases upon whom major operations were performed 32 died giving an operative mortality of 8.8%. This figure respresents a considerable increase in the percentage over the figures of recent years, which I believe can be explained to a large extent by the tendency among people to postpone operation on account of their inability to finance themselves during the existing wide-spread economic distress. As a result of this postponement there has been a marked increase in the number of serious and advanced cases seeking relief as a last resort, and often times too late for it to be of any avail.
During the past year we have been able to procure a group of professional donors for blood transfusions, made up of twelve strong, healthy young men, who have been given careful physical examinations, and their blood tested and grouped, thereby making it possible to give transfusions without delay when indicated, which is often of the utmost importance. This service has already proven its worth and has been of material help in a number of cases since being instigated.
The addition of a graduate nurse as assistant to the operating room supervisor has filled a long felt need in this department, and has facilitated the operative work to an appreciable extent.
I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Superintendent, nursing staff, and the other members of the surgical group for the splendid spirit of co- operation and helpfulness which has been present throughout the year.
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