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Paid to City Treasurer $2,721.9
*The sum of $3,653.00 was received for dog licenses and paid to County Treasure less fees retained by city for issuing same.
#The sum of $1,889.25 was received for issuing sporting and trapping license and paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game, State of Massachusetts, les fees retained by city for issuing same.
$1,868.8
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ANNUAL REPORT
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows:
Marriages 295
Births 455
Deaths 357
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 1935:
Names of Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Total number of meetings.
34
Russell E. Brennan 34
H. Winslow Brown. 34
James A. Freeman
33
Arthur F. Gehrung
26
G. Dallas Jencks.
33
David Lyon.
34
Francis S. Manchester
32
John W. McIntyre
28
Edwin H. Money
32
Earle L. Swift.
32
James L. Wiggmore
33
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
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 Fred E. Briggs Alberta R. Carpenter
Etta F. Kent Annie G. King William J. Luther
Geneva E. Murphy
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D.
Blanche Daggett
Rev. James M. Quinn Edgar A. Remington
Rosella Mason Joseph Finberg
Gertrude F. Ryder Alice H. Stobbs Samuel M. Stone
Ernest D. Gilmore
Florence M. Sweet
Victor R. Glencross
Harold E. Sweet
William O. Hewitt, M. D.
Edwin F. Thayer
Raymond M. Horton Walter M. Kendall
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Joseph Finberg Edwin F. Thayer Victor R. Gleneross These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor Frank R. Sweet, H. Winslow Brown, Representing the Municipal Council and William Marshall, City Treasurer, constitute the administrative board of the hospital.
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder Miss Irene Battey
William J. Luther Samuel M. Stone Harold E. Sweet
TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR NURSES Mrs. Esther Stone, Chairman Thomas O. Mullaly Claude Smith Mrs. Lillian Briggs
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
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ANNUAL REPORT
CONSULTING STAFF
Surgeons
William M. Conant, M. D. 636 Beacon St., Boston
Daniel Fiske Jones, M. D. 195 Beacon St., Boston
Daniel Fiske Jones, M. D. 195 Beacon St., Boston
Harry H. Germain, 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. 101 Brattle St., Cambridge
Charles H. Lawrence, M. D. . 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Cadis Phipps, M. D .. . .587 Beacon St., Boston
Wyman Richardson, M. D .. 264 Beacon St., Boston
Garnet P. Smith, M. D.,. . Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, Attleboro, Mass.
SPECIALISTS Gynecologists
Frederick W. Johnson, M. D. 167 Newbury St., Boston Louis E. Phanuef, M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Ernest G. Crabtree, M. D. Urologist
i 99 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Obstetr cian
Frederick C. Irving, M. D.
221 Longwood Ave., Boston
Orthopedic Surgeons
Charles F. Painter, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
John G. Kuhns, M. D. 372 Marlborough St., Boston
Nose. Throat and Ear
George Loring Tobey, Jr., M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Ophthalmologist
Edwin Blakeslee Dunphy, M. D. 101 Bay State Road, Boston Neurologist Douglas A. Thom, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Cardiologist Sylvester McGinn, M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Pediatrician
Henry E. Utter, M. D. 122 Waterman St., Providence, R. I.
Consulting Radiologist
Arial W. George, M. D. 43 Bay State Road, Boston Consulting Pathologists
Timothy Leary, M. D. .818 Harrison Ave., Boston John F. Kenney, M. D. 206 Broadway, Pawtucket, R. I.
Wyman Whittemore, M. D. 475 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
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ANNUAL REPORT
VISITING STAFF OF THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Staff Organization, January, 1936
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D .. President
H. Irving Bixby, M. D., F. A. C. S. Vice-President
James H. Brewster, M. D. Secretary-Treasurer
Surgical Staff
John A. Reese, M. D., F. A. C. S. Chief of Staff
H. Irving Bixby, M. D., F. A. C. S. Associate Surgeon
James A. Bryer, M. D .. .Associate Surgeon
Ralph P. Kent, M. D.
Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D. G. Adelbert Emard, M. D.
Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
Carlton S. Ford, M. D .. Assistant Surgeon Assistant Surgeon
Milton E. Johnson, M. D.
Medical Staff
Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D. Chief of Staff
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D. William M. Stobbs, M. D.
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. James H. Brewster, M. D. Allan R. Howard, M. D.
Isadore Altman, M. D.
Edward S. Ward, M. D.
Obstetrical Staff
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D .. Chief of Staff William O. Hewitt, M. D. Edith Kerkhoff, M. D.
Leo Varden, M. D. Assistant Obstetrician
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.
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D.
Department of Anesthesia
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. Head of Department Jesse W. Battershall, M. D. William M. Stobbs, M. D.
Department of Physiotherapy
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Head of Department
Department of X-Ray
Edward B. Perkins, M. D. Radiologist
Daniel J. Kiley, M. D. Radiologist
Laboratory
James H. Brewster, M. D. Pathologist
Dental Department
Walter E. Briggs, D. M. D Dentist
William O. Hewitt, M. D ..
Efficiency Committee Chairman G. Adelbert Emard, M. D. William M. Stobbs, M. D.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Associate Staff
Newell C. Bullard, M. D. Carl J. DePrizio, M. D.
Charles E. Roderick, M. D. Michael E. Vance, M. D.
Edward Blank, M. D.
Elmer W. Clarke, M. D. Benoni M. Latham, M. D. Daniel T. Sullivan, M. D. Harold F. Harrington, M. D.
Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N.
Assistant Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing Katherine 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-Marjorie F. Grant, B. S.
Dietitian Alice Sheil
Historian Clara H. Rhodes
Housekeeper Mrs. Luella Lee
Bookkeeper Mary L. A. Kinton
Switchboard Operators Ruth M. Abbott Irene Liberty
VISITING COMMITTEE, 1935
January : Milford E. Bliss and Randolph E. Bell
February : Harold E. Sweet and Mrs. Marion P. Carter
March: Edwin F. Leach and Mrs. Rosella Mason
April : Raymond M. Horton and William J. Luther
May: Ernest D. Gilmore and Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder
June : Mrs. Florence M. Sweet and Miss Blanche Daggett
July : Edwin F. Thayer and Francis G. Ruggles August : Victor R. Glencross and Thomas O. Mullaly
September: Harry Holbrook and Mrs. Beatrice W. Wilmarth October: Joseph Finberg and Mrs. Tilda B. Stone November: Fred E. Sturdy and Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy December: Mrs. Gertrude H. Sweet and Mrs. Mary A. Toner
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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 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 $3:2,000, 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 facilites in the country.
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The death of Joseph L. Sweet in July, 1932, ended the services of one who had been active in the management and expansion of the hospital from its beginning. 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 of 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:
We are submitting herewith reports covering the operation of Sturdy Memorial Hospital for the twenty-third and most active year in its history.
A record number of patients was admitted-1718-an increase of 149 over 1934-with decreases noted in Norton and Wrentham only.
The towns of Mansfield, Rehoboth and Seekonk contributed $250.00 each, thus helping to support the hospital and assuring minimum rates for their citizens.
For two years now, largely because of the increase in our endowment and consequent addition to our income therefrom, we have been able to show a margin of cash receipts above expenses, reducing our deficit to $15,894.98. However, this deficit requires us to restrict our expenditures to mere necessities and does not permit the purchase of equipment which is not only desirable but well nigh indispensable in providing the latest and most approved methods of caring for the ill and injured.
Another of the generous gifts provided in the will of the late Charles C. Wilmarth came to us this past year, the Maroger fund amounting to $5,357.87.
The report of the Superintendent calls attention to two matters of immediate importance, the marked increase-almost double-in the number of out patients (498) treated at the hospital last year, which emphasizes the need of early atten- tion to the suggestion made in his 1934 report by Dr. Reese, Chief of Surgical Service, that the services of an interne are needed.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Of pressing importance, however, is the problem of continuing our Nurses' Training School. Stiffening of the requirements of the curriculum, effective this coming year, and a tendency to concentrate these training schools in the large centers where there is a wealth of clinical opportunities, make it increasingly difficult for a school like ours, unavoidably limited in its facilities, to carry on. We can offer plenty of sugical and obstetrical experience, but we are compelled to go outside for a sufficiency of medical and children's work. Already several hospitals in this vicinity and elsewhere throughout the state have closed their training schools, but we feel that our school has a very definite and worth-while place in this community, and we are, therefore, making earnest efforts to secure the additional affiliations which may enable us to continue.
The skillful and loyal service of our professional, supervising and nursing staff, the beneficial support of the Hospital Aid Association and the public, all share in securing for this hospital a continuance of our fully approved Class A rating by the American College of Surgeons.
You will find below a list of payments by the City of Attleboro for the ac- count of the hospital in 1935 and our estimate of 1936 requirements for the purposes indicated.
Respectfully submitted,
Harold E. Sweet H. Winslow Brown Joseph Finberg
Victor R. Glencross William J. Luther William Marshall
Samuel M. Stone
Frank R. Sweet
Edwin F. Thayer
CITY OF ATTLEBORO APPROPRIATION Attleborough Hospital, Inc.
Expended Requested 1934 1935
Expended Requested 1935
1936
Water
$1,139.78
$1,140.00
$1,192.27
$1,200.00
Insurance.
488.30
825.00
831.70
825.00
Hydrant Service
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
Fuel and Light .
4,485.36
4,500.00
3,892.63
4,500.00
Bond.
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
$6,198.44
$6,550.00
$6,001.60
$6,610.00
Appropriation
6,200.00
6,001.60
Balance unexpended
$ 1.56
0.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees and Managers, of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital,
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my annual report of the Hospital for the year ending December 31, 1935 :-
Total number of patients admitted to the hospital. 1718
Male
664
Female 1054
Number of out-patients treated at the hospital. 498
Total number of Private Cases. 1052
Total number of Ward Cases. . 666
Total number of children 12 years or under 333
Medical patients 130
Adults. 107
Children 23
Surgical patients 629
Adults 549
Children 80
E. E. N. & T. patients
320
Adults . .
90
Children 230
Obstetrical patients. 650
Mothers 352
Babies 318
Total number of births. 327
Live births 318
Stillbirths 9
Total number of deaths 97
Medical.
30
Surgical.
53
E. E. N. & T
0
Obstetrical.
2
Newborn.
12
Autopsies 5
Daily average for the year 51.75
Maximum number of patients. 70
Minimum number of patients 26
Total number of accidents. 115
Automobile accidents 56
Industrial accidents 38
Other accidents 21
REPORT OF THE OPERATING ROOM
Major operations 347
Minor operations 747
Transfusions 36
Cystoscopies
15
Total 1145
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT
X-Ray examinations 1004
Fluroscopic examinations 82
X-Ray treatments 4
Total 1090
REPORT OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Number of patients admitted to the department .
41
Number of visits to the department . 477
Treatments given :
Massage.
241
Diathermy 180
Ultra Violet, A. C. 120
Ultra Violet, W. C. 20
Infra Red 300
Total 861
Diseased conditions treated :
Cervical adenitis .
1
Bursitis, subdeltoid.
7
Contusions
3
Empyema 1
Fractures. 18
7
Intercostal neuralgia.
1
Osteomyelitis . 2
1
Total. 41
REPORT OF BASAL METABOLISM
16 Basal Metabolism Tests.
REPORT OF THE LABORATORY
Blood Work-
WBC 1265
RBC 367
Hemaglobin . 387
Differentials. 224
338
Bleeding Time.
1
Typings.
139
Reticulocyte count . 3
Blood Chemistry-
77
Sugar
100
N. P. N.
28
Creatinine.
1
Uric Acid
3
Icterus Index.
Van den Bergh
3
Granulating wounds.
Sciatica.
Coagulations.
33
ANNUAL REPORT
Urines-
Routine 3775
24-hour 30
%-sugar. 68
Renal function 42
Fermentation. 2
Cystoscopy .
6
Feces-
Occult Blood 24
Microscopic
2
Ova .
1
Bile . 2
Gastric Analysis-
Occult Blood
4
Free HCL.
2
Total acidity
2
Sputum-
T. B. 29
Organisms.
4
Occult Blood .
1
24-hour specimens (lung abscess) 30
5
Cultures-
Blood.
25
Organisms
73
Nose and throat. 58
Smears- -
G. C. K. L.
58
Organisms.
59
Vincent's Angina
6
Malaria. .
1
Trichomonas Vaginalis.
2
Spinal Fluid-
19
Differential
1
Globulin 10
Albumin . 1
2
Cultures
2
Occult Blood
1
Von Pirquet Test
Surgical Tissues 316
Sent to State Laboratory-
Wassermans (or Hinton's)
Blood .
77
Spinal Fluid
2
Widal's .
8
Undulant Fever Agglutination
6
Complement-fixation for G. C.
1
Pneumococcus Typing . 2
Feces for Dysentery . 1
35
Cell Count
Sugar
2
Pneumococcus typing
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Student Nurses in the School December 31, 1935. .37 Students admitted during the year . 17 (Four of these were dismissed during the pre- liminary period, as unsatisfactory students.)
Students withdrawn (to be married) 2
Students graduated. 8
The graduating exercises were held October 1, 1935, and the Hon. Joseph Martin gave a very interesting address to the graduating class. Diplomas were presented by the Hon. Frank R. Sweet, Mayor of Attleboro. The Nurses' Alumni Association gave a very emjoyable banquet to the graduating class.
The affiliations for three months Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital in Portland and three months Psyschiatrics at the Taunton State Hospital still continue.
Several doctors of our Medical and Surgical Staff give yearly lectures to the nurses and to these doctors we extend our thanks for their great help.
The State Inspector of Training Schools visited us again this year. In the revised Nurses Curriculum required by the Board of Registration of Nurses, there are many new rules which we will have to adhere to if we desire to keep up the Training School.
There have been 216 days illness among the students in the past year.
A very nice piano and four chairs were donated by Mrs. Annie King to the nurses' sitting-room, and a table from Mrs. E. D. Gilmore.
PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM
Attleboro
798
South Attleboro
93
Hebronville.
21
Dodgeville
32
944
North Attleboro
254
Attleboro Falls 35
289
Plainville.
50
Wrentham
20
Norton.
51
Chartley
20
Mansfield .
116
Foxboro.
18
Seekonk
62
Rehoboth .
40
Franklin
6
383
Other cities and towns.
102
102
Total
1718
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ANNUAL REPORT
NATIVITIES OF PATIENTS
United States
Foreign
Massachusetts
1148
Canada
104
Rhode Island .
196
England.
30
Connecticut
30
Ireland.
25
Maine .
27
Portugal
13
New York
20
Sweden
10
New Hampshire
17
Italy
8
New Jersey
11
Scotland
7
Vermont .
9
Poland .
4
Pennsylvania
8
Germany
3
Michigan.
5
Finland .
3
Ohio
5
B. W. I.
2
Illinois
3
Holland.
2
Washington, D. C.
3
Armenia
2
Georgia.
2
Russia
1
Virginia
2
Jugo-Slavia
1
Oregon .
2
Brazil
1
Wisconsin .
2
France.
1
Missouri
1
Greece
1
Indiana.
1
Australia
1
Mississippi
1
Belgium
1
Arizona.
1
Nebraska
1
Colorado
1
Califorina .
1
Maryland
1
1498
220
State cases
31
City of Attleboro cases.
110
Town of North Attleboro cases
5
Town of Seekonk cases.
22
Town of Rehoboth cases
10
Town of Mansfield cases
21
Town of Norton cases
5
Town of Wrentham cases
3
Bristol County cases
1
Free cases.
41
We have had an increase of 149 patients over the previous year, and though not supposed to have an out-patient department, we have a number of people coming in daily for minor things to be attended to, and the total of these patients for the year 1935 was 498. In the majority of these cases there is no income to the hospital, but they use material and the services of nurses and doctors. Some of them are Ward patients returning for the doctors to check up on and perhaps do a dressing, small fractures to be set, and various other minor things. They come in at all times of the day and quite freqeuntly we have to call a doctor from North Attleboro or Mansfield who is on call for Emergency Work that day, to suture a small cut. I feel that an Interne will soon be very necessary to the Hospital. The major operations increased 48 over the previous year, minor operations 40 and the out-patients 248.
The various departments have functioned very satisfactorily during the year. We have had a great many Ward patients making the work very hard for the Visiting Staff, but they have willingly responded to our calls and I feel truly grateful to them for their very efficient service.
.
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The Ladies' Aid have given us some very valuable additions to our equip- ment and I wish to speak especially about the Window Ventilators. All the Wards have been equipped with these-it was so very hard perviously to have good ventilation in the wards without having the wind blow directly on the patients. These ventilators take care of that and they really are a wonderful help in making the patients more comfortable and the wards more sanitary. A great many other valuable articles of equipment have been given by the Ladies' Aid which have been greatly appreciated and welcomed by all the workers in the hospital.
Mr. Harry W. Fisher of North Attleboro donated to us a very valuable splint. The Ladies of the Moose donated some baby clothes. There have been various donations of books and scrap-books from kind friends of the Hospital. We are always grateful for any gifts, there is always use for them in the various departments of the Hospital.
Respectfully submitted, G. G. Rice, Superintendent.
REPORT OF LIBRARY SERVICE
The eagerness and enthusiasm with which the patients greet library day at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital are outstanding factors in proving that the year 1935 has been very successful. The increase of 1,102 in the circulation figures for the year is a very concerte form of evidence to be pointed out when considering the success of this enterprise.
The response made by the patients in the Children's Ward this year has been most gratifying. To fill the requests of long-time patients was often much of a problem, for these youngsters once on the road to recovery, were able to make use of a great deal of books, especially those of a pictorial nature.
At this time I wish to express my appreciation to all who cooperate in making the hospital library possible and to thank those who were generous with their gifts of magazines and books.
Statistics for the year 1935 are as follows:
Books circulated:
Adult fiction
2197
Adult non-fiction.
603
Juvenile fiction . 210
618
Juvenile non-fiction
Total . 3628
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