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297.60
#Fees for issuing sporting licenses
201.00
Interest on daily balances
.59
$ 770.69
Paid to City Treasurer
$2,875.02
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*The sum of $3,713.00 was received for dog licenses and paid to the City Treas- urer less fees retained for issuing same.
#The sum of $1,912.25 was received for issuing sporting and trapping licenses and paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game, State of Massachusetts, less fees retained by city for issuing same.
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows:
Marriages. 266
Deaths 318
Births 451
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 1933:
Names of Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Total number of meetings 32
Russell E. Brennan 32
James A. Freeman. 30
Stephen H. Garner 26
G. Dallas Jencks 31
John W. McIntyre
24
Edwin H. Money
32
Joseph F. Rioux. 27
.30
Thomas G. Sadler.
George A. Sweeney 32
Earle L. Swift 27
James V. Toner 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
1933
Superintendent-MISS G. G. RICE, R. N.
OFFICERS
HAROLD E. SWEET, President ALBERTA REMINGTON CARPENTER, Vice-President FRED L. WETHERELL, Treasurer FRANCIS G. RUGGLES, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
TRUSTEES
H. Dean Baker Lloyd G. Balfour William H. Bannon
Randolph E. Bell
Etta F. Kent Annie G. King William J. Luther
Rev. Thomas McNulty
Fred E. Briggs Alberta R. Carpenter
Geneva E. Murphy Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D.
Blanche Daggett
Rosella M. Dimond
Joseph Finberg Ernest D. Gilmore
Rev. James M. Quinn Edgar A. Remington Gertrude F. Ryder Alice H. Stobbs Samuel M. Stone
Victor R. Glencross William O. Hewitt, M. D.
Harold E. Sweet
Edwin F. Thayer
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Joseph Finberg Edwin F. Thayer
Victor R. Glencross
Florence M. Sweet
Raymond M. Horton Walter M. Kendall
William J. Luther Samuel M. Stone Harold E. Sweet
These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor Stephen H. Foley, George A. Sweeney, 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
Mrs. Esther Stone, Chairman
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore
Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder
Miss Irene Battey
Thomas O. Mullaly Claude Smith Mrs. Lillian Briggs .
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
CONSULTING STAFF
Surgeons
William M. Conant, M. D .. 636 Beacon St., Boston
Daniel Fiske Jones, M. D. 195 Beacon St., Boston
Harry H. Germaine, M. D .. 475 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Wymam 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. .605 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Medical
Herman F. Vickery, M. D 26 Chestnut St., Brookline
Richard C. Cabot, M. D .. 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
Sylvester McGinn, M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Cardiologist
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 Consulting Pathologists
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VISITING STAFF OF THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
STAFF ORGANIZATION
William O. Hewitt, M. D. President Vice-President
Edward S. Ward, M. D.
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D. Secretary
SURGICAL STAFF
John A. Reese, M. D., F. A. C. S. Chief of Staff Associate Surgeon
H. Irving Bixby, M. D., F. A. C. S.
James A. Bryer, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D.
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D.
Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
Ralph P. Kent, M. D. Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
MEDICAL STAFF
Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D. Chief of Staff
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
William M. Stobbs, M. D.
James H. Brewster, M. D.
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Edward S. Ward, M. D. Fernande Longpre, M. D.
OBSTETRICAL STAFF
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D. Chief of Staff
Edward S. Ward, 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., F. A. C. S.
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 Radiologist Edward B. Perkins, M. D. Pathologist
James H. Brewster, M. D.
Walter E. Briggs, D. M. D. Dental Service
EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE
Herbert Loewll Rich, M. D
Chairman
H. Irving Bixby, M. D., F. A. C. S.
Arthur C. Conro, M. D.
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ASSOCIATE STAFF
Newell C. Pullard, M. D. Elmer W. Clarke, M. D. Carl J. DePrizio, M. D. Carlton S. Ford, M. D. Allen R. Howard, M. D.
Willis L. Hale, M. D.
Benoni M. Latham, M. D. Charles E. Roderick, M. D. Michael E. Vance, M. D. Garnet P. Smith, M. D.
Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N.
Assistant Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing Catherine V. Lloyd, R. N.
Night Supervisor Mabel A. Johnson, R. N.
Operating Room Supervisor Helen Webb, R. N.
Floor Supervisor Effie Brooks, R. N.
Instructors Olive L. Young, R. N. Doris G. Hinds, 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 Ruth M. Abbott Elsie G. Rhodes
VISITING COMMITTEE, 1933
January : Milford E. Bliss and Randlph E. Bell
February : Harold E. Sweet and Mrs. Marion P. Carter
March : Edwin F. Leach and Mrs. Rosella Mason-Dimond
April : Raymond M. Horton and William J. Luther
May: Ernest D. Gilmore ard Mrs. Gertrude I. Ryder
June : Mrs. Florence M. Sweet and Miss Blanche Daggett Edwin F. Thayer and Francis G. Ruggles
July :
August : Victor R. Glencross and Thomas O. Mullaly
September: Harry Holbrook and Mrs. Beatrice W. Wilmarth
October: Joseph Finberg and Mrs. Tilda B. Store
November: Fred E. Sturdy and Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy
December: Mrs. Gertrude H. Sweet and Mrs. Mary A. Toner
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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 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.
Again in July, 1914, another addition was made, known as the Nurses' Home, with provisions also for maternity cases, thus making 30 beds 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, 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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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. Futher- 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
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:
January 9, 1934
We have completed twenty year's operation of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital and again have to report red figures, although appreciably less than in 1932. Although we had a substantial increase in endowment during the year 1933, the increased income therefrom was offset by a loss in donations and in receipts from patients; a total of 1,586 having been cared for, only six less than in 1932, but with an increase of more than 100 ward patients and correspondingly less private patients. This accounts very largely for the decrease in our receipts from patients.
It is worthy to note that while we had fewer patients from Norton and Mansfield, there was an appreciable increase in the number received from South Attleboro and Rehoboth.
Our present accumulated deficit of nearly $21,000 is a matter of very real concern, but it doesn't appear to be a favorable time to attempt to do anything about it just now except to venture the hope that improved business conditions are in the offiing and that our collections will improve as a result. It is our firm conviction that there are a very considerable number who could take care of the financial expense of services rendered by the hospital and not ignore this and their doctor's fee until the last of their obligations. Undoubtedly, we suffer something in the matter of collections because our institution is necessarily not operated with the rigidity of a private enterprise. Nevertheless, if many of those who have received hospital care and are able to pav for it would meet this obliga- tion with more regularity and promptness, it would go a long way towards solving our current financial problems.
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The following additions to our permanent funds were received in 1933 and are gratefully acknowledged:
Bequest of $5,000 from Mabel I. C. Thayer in memory of Helen and Henry Wexel; Gertrude E. Kendall Fund of $11,250; Joseph L. Sweet Fund of $150,000.
The material assistance rendered by the Hospital Aid Association is provid- ing many items of equipment, and the professional services rendered by a com- petent and conscientious staff of physicians and nurses, contribute very sub- stantially to our rating as a Class A hospital.
We attach reports of the Treasurer, duly audited, the Superintendent of the Hospital, and the Hospital Aid Association, together with a list of payments by the City of Attleboro for the account of the Hospital in 1933 and our estimate of 1934 requirements which we have not increased over previous years despite our financial condition and the small amount of municipal funds appropriated for the use of the hospital as compared with the funds provided by neighboring communities for similar purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
Harold E. Sweet, Chairman
Joseph Finberg
Stephen H. Foley
Victor R. Glencross William J. Luther William Marshall
Samuel M. Stone
George A. Sweeney
Edwin F. Thayer
Board of Managers
Appropri- ated and Expended 1933
Requested 1934
Water.
$1,191.18
$1,200.00
Insurance.
810.57
450.00
Hydrant Service
60.00
60.00
Fuel and Light.
3.744.40
4,265.00
Bond
25.00
25.00
$5,831.15
$6,000.00
Appropriation. .
5,835.00
Balance Unexpended
$3.85
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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, 1933 :-
Total number of patients admitted . 1586
Male. . 632
Female 954
Total number of Private Cases 923
Total number of Ward Cases. 663
Total number of children, 12 years or under . 311
Medical patients 126
Adults 102
Children. 24
Surgical patients .562
Adults 481
Children 81
E. E. N. & T. patients.
.314
Adults 108
Children 206
Obstetrical patients 584
Mothers 298
Babies 286
Total births
298
Live births 286
Stillbirths 12
Total number of deaths 83
Medical . 30
Surgical 39
E. E. N. & T. 1
Obstetrical 1
Newborn. 12
Autopsies. 5
Daily average for the year 48.75
Maximum number of patients .85
Minimum number of patients .26
State cases 3
City of Attleboro. 120
Town of Mansfield. 22
Town of North Attleboro 14
Town of Seekonk. 27
Town of Norton. 7
Town of Rehoboth. 10
Town of Wrentham 1
1
Town of Plainville.
Total free cases 42
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Total number of accidents. .92
Automobile accidents 51
Industrial accidents. 23
Other accidents . 18
REPORT OF THE OPERATING ROOM
Major operations
337
Minor operations 641
Transfusions
18
Cystoscopies
17
Pyelograms
3
Litholapaxies
1
Total 1017
REPORT OF THE X- RAY DEPARTMENT
X-Ray examinations. 754
X-Ray treatments. 13
59
(164 less than previous year.)
REPORT OF THE BASAL METABOLISM 19 examinations (1 less than the previous year)
LABORATORY REPORT
Hemoglobin
316
White blood counts
1393
Red blood counts
270
Differentials
212
Coagulations.
313
Bleeding time
4
Urinalysis .
3479
Renal function
94
% Sugar
60
Fixation test
3
Blood Sugar
82
Non Protein Nitrogen.
174
Creatinine.
47
Blood Cultures.
17
Cultures for organisms
180
Cultures for K. L. .
79
Smears for T. B.
27
Vincent's Angina.
15
Smears for K. L.
57
Smears for organisms
40
Feces:
Typhoid
3
Occult Blood.
19
Microscopic organisms
1
Amoeba
2
Parasite
4
Bile
4
Stomach :
Free HCL
3
Lactic acid .
2
Occult Blood
7
Fluroscopic examinations
Smears for G. C. 31
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Blood typing.
82
Wasserman taken
92
Widal taken. .
20
Icterus Index .
5
Undulant Fever Agglutination.
7
Guinea Pig Innoculation.
5
Peritoneal Fluid.
1
Pleural Fluid .
3
Spinal Fluid .
27
VonPirquet Test
2
Autopsy
5
Surgical Tissues
318
PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM
Attleboro.
730
South Attleboro
80
Febronville.
23
Dodgeville
20
North Attleboro
262
Attleboro Falls
29
Flainville
39
Wrentham
31
Norton.
52
Chartley
27
Mansfield.
101
Foxboro.
16
Seekonk
55
Rehoboth
44
Franklin .
6
Other cities and towns
71
1586
NATIVITIES OF PATIENTS
United States
Foreign
Massachusetts
1111
Canada
73
Rhode Island
166
England
20
Connecticut
19
Ireland
27
Maine
22
Scotland.
New Hampshire
17
Sweden
S
Vermont
3
Germany
7
New York.
19
Italy
16
Pennsylvania
12
Russia
5
Washington, D. C.
1
B. W. I.
2
New Jersey
5
Portugal
11
Kansas.
1
Greece
3
Illinois
1
Czecho-Slovakia.
1
Virginia
2
Finland
Ohio.
1
Turkey
California
1
Palestine
Florida.
3
Wisconsin
3
Georgia .
1
South Carolina
1
Minnesota.
1
Washington
1
West Virginia
1
Iowa
3
North Dakota
1
1396
190
22128 1 2 3
Armenia
Poland
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REPORT OF THE TRAINING-SCHOOL
At the present time there are twenty-nine pupil nurses in the Training- School. This is a comparatively small number but we have tried to admit as few as possible for training so as to avoid graduating more nurses to add to the number of unemployed Graduate Nurses already at large.
We admitted eighteen for training during the year-seven of these could not meet the requirements and had to leave. Of the previous classes five had to leave, (three were dismissed and two were married.)
There has been very little illness among the nurses this year. We continue to affiliate with the Taunton State Hospital for medical work and the Children's Hospital in Portland, Maine, for pediatrics. We keep two nurses at each of these hospitals all through the year. The various lectures to the students have been given as usual during the year by some of the doctors on our Staff-to these doctors we are very grateful for their time and patience in doing this.
The Nurses' living-room, dining room, sun-parlor and serving room have been repairted during the year.
Respectfully submitted, Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N., Superintendent.
ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSPITAL SERVICE, 1933
The value of books as therapeutic agents is definitely recognized. The books for hospital use are chosen with care a' d with special points in mind. Not just any book will do, for each individual patient must always be considered. The right book for the right person is a new problem and the librarian should be able to prescribe and fill his needs from her collection.
The physical make-up of the book must be considered. Good print, con- venient size ard weight are important as well as bright, fresh bindings.
Often there ue requests for books not in the hospital collection, but which are available at the main library. In this case the request is filled on the next hospital day. For example, a man studying for civil service examinations was supplied with books on steam boilers; another asked for books on the high school reading list.
A gift of books from D1. Roland L. Smith was much appreciated.
To the members of the Staff and others connected with the Sturdy Memorial Hospital I wish to express my thanks for their courtesy and cooperation.
Circulation Statistics :-
Adult non-fiction . 236
Adult fiction.
2,049
2,285
Juvenile non-fiction
21
Juvenile fiction
347
368
Grand Total .2,653
Deposits from main library (in addition to the permanent hospital collection)
220
Adult
Juvenile. 28
248
Respectfully submitted, Dorothy I. Hannaford.
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Trustees and Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital,
Gentlemen :-
The following condensed summary of the work done on the surgical service during the year 1933 is respectfully submitted :
Total number of surgical patients admitted
562
Adults. 481
Children
Major operations 81
338
Minor operations
641
Cystoscopies
17
Transfusions. 18
Total number of surgical deaths
39
Of the 338 cases upon whom major operations were performed 19 died, giving an operative mortality of 5.6%, which compares very favorably with previous years.
Of the 641 cases upon whom minor operations were performed there were two deaths, neither of which could in any way be connected with the operations as a cause.
The total operative mortality for both major and minor operations of which there were 979, was 2.1%. The remaining 18 deaths upon whom no operation was performed were composed largely of accident cases, a great majority of which were caused by automobiles.
There continues to be an increase of ward cases and a dropping off in the number of private cases, which is the inevitable result to be looked for under existing conditions, and it is reasonable to expect and hope the present year may see the pendulum begin to swing in the opposite direction.
In closing, 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 cooperation which has existed at all times throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted, John A. Reese, M. D., Chief of Surgical Service.
To the Board of Managers,
and Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital,
Gentlemen :-
The following is the report of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Department for the year 1933.
A total of 314 patients were treate by this department; 308 operations were performed by the members and others of the staff under its supervision as follows :-
Tonsillectomies and Adenectomies 280
Mastoidectomies. 19
(Double-2) 1
Foreign body of eye
Paracenteses. .. 3 Submucoys resection of nasal septum. 4 Ether examination of nose. 1
There was one death from mastoidectomy with complications.
I wish here to extend my thanks to the other members of the service for their willingness to help at all times.
I wish also to thank, the nursing and executive staffs for their cooperation and heplful service.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. Cono, M. D.,
Chief of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Staff
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To the Board of Managers, and the Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital,
Gentlemen :-
I herein submit to you a short report and summary of the work done on the medical service during the year of 1933.
There was admitted to the medical service, 123 patients as compared with 111 for 1932. This small increase indicates that the public still fails to appreciate the value of hospital treatment in cases requiring medical care.
The following is a brief statement of the work done by the service during the year 1933:
Total number of medical cases admitted 123
Adults . 100
Children under 12 years of age 23
Total number of deaths
which may be sub-divided as follows :
Bronchitis 5
Lobar-Pneumonia 5
Chronic Valvular disease (aortic). 1
Chronic endocarditis. 1
Arteriosclerosis. 4
Myocarditis (chronic) 2
Coronary thrombosis . 1
Cerebral hemorrhage 1 Acute nephritis 1
Chronic myelogenous leukemia. 1
Gastro-enteritis
1
Diabetes mellitus 1
Acute alcoholism, Cerebral hemorrhage 1
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