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151.00
Storage of gasoline.
63.75
Awnings and signs 91.00
Marriage
450.00
Sale of firearms
1.00
Carnivals. 1.00
Motorcycle races.
20.00
Shuffle Board and Golf Driving Range.
30.00
Sale of Voting Lists 82.00
Sundry Permits.
40.50
Wrestling bout.
2.00
$1,952.25
Recording mortgages, etc.
$260.00
Certified copies of records
162.85
Dog tags and Transfer of dog licenses .
5.35
*Fees for issuing dog licenses.
290.80
¿Fees for issuing sporting licenses
208.25
$927.25
Paid to City Treasurer
$2,879.50
*The sum of $3,512.00 was received for dog licenses and paid to County Treasurer less fees retained by city for issuing same.
¿The sum of $1,862.75 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.
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ANNUAL REPORT
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows:
Marriages 296
Births 495
Deaths 325
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 1936:
Name of Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Total number of meetings. .33
Russell E. Brennan. 30
*H. Winslow Brown 14
James A. Freeman.
31
Arthur F. Gehrung
28
G. Dallas Jencks
31
David Lyon 28
Francis S. Manchester 31
John W. McIntyre.
29
Edwin H. Money.
32
William H. Sargeant 16
Earle L. Swift.
29
James L. Wiggmore 28
*H. Winslow Brown became Acting-Mayor on May 27, 1936.
TWilliam H. Sargeant elected on June 2, 1936 to fill vacancy caused by H. Winslow Brown becoming Acting-Mayor.
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
William J. Luther
Fred E. Briggs
Geneva E. Murphy Frederick V. Murphy, M. D.
Alberta R. Carpenter
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D.
Rev. James M. Quinn
Blanche Daggett
Rosella Mason Joseph Finberg
Edgar A. Remington Gertrude F. Ryder Alice H. Stobbs Samuel M. Stone
Stephen H. Foley
Ernest D. Gilmore
Florence M. Sweet
Victor R. Glencross
Harold E. Sweet
William O. Hewitt, M. D.
Edwin F. Thayer
Raymond M. Horton
Beatrice W. Wilmarth
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Joseph Finberg Edwin F. Thayer Victor R. Glencross
William J. Luther Samuel M. Stone Harold E. Sweet
These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor H. Winslow Brown, Earl L. Swift, representing the Municipal Council and William Marshall, City Treasurer, constitute the administrative board of the hospital.
TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR NURSES
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder Miss Irene Battey
Mrs. Esther Stone, Chairman Thomas (). Mullaly Claude Smith Mrs. Lillian Briggs
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
Walter M. Kendall Etta F. Kent Annie G. King
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ANNUAL REPORT
CONSULTING STAFF
Surgeons
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. 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. Phaneuf, M. D. 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Urologist
Ernest G. Crabtree, M. D. 99 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Obstetrician
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.
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ANNUAL REPORT
VISITING STAFF OF THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Staff Organization, January, 1937
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
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D. Ralph P. Kent, M. D.
William O. Hewitt, M. D. Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
Carlton S. Ford, M. D .. Assistant Surgeon Assistant Surgeor
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.
James H. Brewster, M. D. Allan R. Howard, M. D. Edward S. Ward, M. D.
Isadore Altman, 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.
Anesthesia Staff
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. . Chief of Staff 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 .. Chief of Service
Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
Laboratory
James H. Brewster, M. D. . Pathologist and Director of Laboratory
Dental Department
Walter E. Briggs, D. M. D. Dentist
Efficiency Committee
G. Adelbert Emard, M. D .. Chairman
William M. Stobbs, M. D. Herbert Lowell Rich, 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. Leonard W. Hill, 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 Emma Pillsbury
Historian Clara H. Rhodes
Housekeeper Mrs. Luella Lee
Bookkeeper Mary L. A. Kinton
Switchboard Operators Ruth M. Abbott Hector Gibeault
VISITING COMMITTEE, 1936
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 $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 side 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, 1936. 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 and 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 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 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 11, 1937
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:
You will find herewith reports which cover the twenty-fourth year of opera- tion of Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
Twenty-five years ago next May-on May 14, 1912-the Town of Attle- borough at a special meeting accepted the offer of the Attleborough Hospit il, an incorporated charitable organization, to take in trust the property so generously bequeathed to the town by Mrs. Ellen Winsor and her husband, in memory of her parents, James H. and Adah S. Sturdy.
The original property, both real and personal, was valued at $123,000.00 and has now grown to approximately $950,000.00.
Although 1935 established an all time high in the number of patients cared for-1718-the hospital admitted 1927 in the year just closed-an increase of 12%-including a substantial addition to our population represented by 371 babies!
We had slightly fewer patients from Mansfield and Franklin, the same number from Foxboro, but a substantial increase from the six other communities we serve-North Attleboro, Plainville, Wrentham, Norton, Rehoboth and Seekonk.
The Town of Mansfield, Rehoboth and Seekonk, again contributed $250.00 each, financial support of the hospital which is much appreciated and assures minimum ward rates for their citizens.
For three consecutive years now our cash receipts have exceeded our dis- bursements-the excess in 1936 being $2,695.16, so that our accumulated deficit has been reduced to $13,199.82.
However, we are faced immediately with some substantial and extraordinary expenditures because of the pressing need of re-equipping our X-Ray department, the installation of a mechanical stoker which should result in a material saving of fuel, and a new washing machine.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Most of our present apparatus in the X-Ray room has been in use since 1926 some even prior to that date. A careful study of the matter by our consulting radiologist, Dr. Arial W. George, and a committee of the staff, has resulted in recommendations, the fulfillment of which will give us a finely equipped and up-to-date X-Ray department. Nearly half the cost of the new apparatus for this department has already been provided by generous friends of the hospital, the order has been placed, and we hope to have the installation completed by March 1st.
During the year we received a gift of $500.00 being half the bequest of Mrs. Ellen B. McCabe, sister of our late Mayor Brady, actively interested in the hospital for many years.
Through the years the hospital authorities have noted with much satisfaction that material support on the part of the public can be relied upon with assured confidence, but the management bespeaks a larger personal interest and a willing- ness to participate ir the conduct of the business affairs of the hospital.
We are confronted with a parking problem because of the large number of cars that are parked in front of the hospital and on both sides of Sturdy Street during visiting hours, constituting a grave menace in case of fire. We suggest that this troublesome situation be referred to the Superintendent of Public Works, confident that he, possibly by making some slight changes in the grade in the rear of the hospital, will work out a safe and satisfactory plan.
We also invite your attention to the desirability of improving the present street lighting facilities in front of the hospital.
We continue to maintain our fully approved Class A rating by the American College of Surgeons, very largely because of the faithful and efficient service of our professional, supervising and nursing staff and we gratefully acknowledge continued benefits from the Hospital Aid Association and the public.
We list below the 1936 payments by the City of Attleboro for the account of the hospital with our estimate for the same items in 1937.
Respectfully submitted,
H. Winslow Brown, Mayor
Harold E. Sweet, Chairman
Joseph Finberg
Victor R. Glencross
William J. Luther
Samuel M. Stone
G. Dallas Jencks
Edwin F. Thayer
President Municipal Council Members Ex-Officio
Board of Managers, Attleborough Hospital, Inc., operating Sturdy Memorial Hospital for the City of Attleboro
CITY OF ATTLEBORO APPROPRIATION Attleborough Hospital, Inc.
Requested Expended Requested
1936
1936
1937
Water.
$1,200.00
$1,113.00 803.30
530.00
Hydrant Service
60.00
60.00
60.00
Fuel and Light.
4,500.00
4,602.87
4,795.00
Bond.
25.00
25.00
25.00
$6,610.00
$6,604.17
$6,610.00
Appropriation
6,610.00
Balance unexpended .
$ 5.83
$1,200.00
Insurance
825.00
William Marshall City Treasurer
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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, 1936 :-
Total number of patients admitted to the hospital
1927
Male
Female 1.191
Number of out-patients treated at the hospital 426
Total number of Private Cases. 1141
Total number of Ward Cases. 786
Total number of children 12 years or under 327
Medical patients 158
Adults. 136
Children 22
Surgical patients 645
Adults. 570
Children 75
E. E. N. & T. patients.
368
Adults . 138
Children 230
Obstetrical patients. 765
Mothers. 394
Babies 371
(Note: of these patients 9 were treated on two services.)
Total number of births. 386
Total number of live births 371
Total number of stillbirths.
15
Total number of deaths 88
Medical. 35
Surgical.
39
E. E. N. & T.
1
Obstetrical.
3
Newborn 10
Autopsies
6
Daily average for the year .54.50
Maximum number of patients 74
Minimum number of patients .33
Total number of accidents 102
Automobile accidents 43
Industrial accidents 24
Other accidents
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REPORT OF THE OPERATING ROOM
Major operations 349
Minor operations 824
Transfusions.
27
Cystoscopies
14
.Total 1214
736
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT
X-Ray examinations. 1006
Fluroscopic examinations. 57
X-Ray treatments.
1
Total.
1064
REPORT OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Number of patients admitted to the department Number of visits to the department. 429
Treatments given :
Massage 242
Diathermy 163
Ultra Violet A. C .. 61
Ultra Violet W. C. 12
Infra Red 316 . . . . . . . . ..
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802
Diseased conditions treated :
Arthritis .
5
Cervical adenitis .
1
Bursitis, subdeltoid 4
Contusions
8
Fractures .
10
Granulating wounds.
2
Sacro-iliac strain .
6
REPORT OF BASAL METABOLISM
18 Basal Metabolism tests.
LABORATORY REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1936
Routine Blood Work:
WBC ..
1412
RBC
315
Hemaglobin
382
Differentials .
254
Coaggulations
322
Typings.
141
Reticulocyte counts.
2
Blood Chemistries :
Sugar.
159
N. P. N.
103
Creatinine.
23
Icterus Index .
4
Van den Bergh
1
Routine Urines 3873
Special Urines:
396
24-hour
231
Renal-function.
43
Fermentation test.
2
Cystoscopy
9
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36
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Bacteriological Examinations: Cultures :
Blood.
39
Organisms.
89
Nose and Throat. 20
Typhoid . 12
Smears:
G. C ..
48
Organisms
49
T. B. 44
Vincent's
6
Trichomonas Vaginalis
1
Sputum :
T. B. 18
Organisms.
6
24-hour specimen
1
Pneumococcus-typing .
20
Guinea Pig Inoculation
2
Stool Examinations :
Occult blood
14
Parasites
4
Gastric Analysis:
Free HCL
6
Total acidity
1
Occult blood
5
Lactic acid .
3
Microscopic
1
Spinal Fluid:
Cell count
8
Globulin
8
Sugar.
3
Culture
2
Von Pirquet.
1
Ascheim-Zondek to Leary Laboratory
1
Sent to State Laboratory:
Widals.
19
Undulant Fever.
15
Hintons, (blood)
60
Hintons (spinal fluid)
3
G. C. Complement-Fixation .
2
Feces for Typhoid.
13
Urines for Typhoid .
10
Feces for Dysentery
1
Surgical Tissues
341
State Cases.
15
City of Attleboro cases.
112
Town of North Attleboro Cases
17
Town of Seekonk cases ..
21
Town of Rehoboth cases
24
Town of Mansfield cases 19
17
Town of Wrentham cases
1
Town of Plainville cases.
3
City of Malden cases
1
Town of Chilmark cases
1
Free cases
37
Town of Norton cases.
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REPORT OF THE TRAINING-SCHOOL
Student nurses in the School December 31, 1936. .40
(This includes the 12 away affiliating)
Students admitted during the year. 19
(5 of these were dismissed during the preliminary period as unsatisfactory students)
Students graduated 11
Through the efforts of Mr. H. E. Sweet, our President, an affiliation of 7 months with the Boston City Hospital, was secured. We send 8 of our students there every 7 months in order to get Medical, Pediatric and Dietetic work; our own hospital not having patients enough of that type to meet the State Board requirements. An affiliation has also been secured with the Chapin Hospital, Providence, for 12 weeks, this is for Contagious work. We still have the Taunton State Hospital affiliation which takes two nurses every three months, making a total of 12 nurses away from the School all the time. It has made it very hard to carry on the work successfully under these arrangements for it is difficult to get graduate nurses to stay steadily on Floor Duty and they are changing constantly. We employed 16 graduate nurses during the year. If we can succeed in getting enough students for training to take the place of the 12 away, we can do away with the graduate nurses altogether, but the ertrance requirements are so high that we have to turn away many as unsuitable regarding their education.
The following lectures have been given by the doctors on our staff:
Bacteriology Dr. Brewster
Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Dr. Conro
Materia Medica Dr. Ford
Medical Diseases Dr. Stobbs
Contagious Diseases Dr. Hewitt
Surgical Diseases Dr. Vaughan
Obstetrics Dr. Kerkhoff
Psychiatry Dr. Varden
Public Sanitation Dr. Johnson
We feel greatly indebted to them for the great interest they have taken in this work.
The year has been a very busy one for the hospital and I feel that a great deal has been accomplished in it. 209 more patients were admitted than in the previous year and the departments have been very active in their various ways.
We have some very loyal workers in the departments and I much appreciate their good work. Our ambulance service is very efficiently taken care of by Arthur J. Houle; he is very prompt in answering all calls and especially careful in the handling of patients. The doctors all feel that we could not find a better man for this work.
A new bathroom was installed in the third floor of the Sturdy House for the use of the nurses, and four other bathrooms in the Nurses' Home were remodeled. The W. P. A. workers have done a great deal of painting for us, the hospital supplying materials; following is a list of the work they have done.
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10 patients' rooms, top floor
1 utility room
2 bathrooms
2 sun-parlors
Front lobby Basal Metabolism room
Sewing-room Laboratory Kitchen
10 Nurses' rooms
Part of Basement corridor and the floor in basement of Obstetrical Building.
The Hospital Donation Day was the best we have ever had, we are still using supplies donated to us such as sugar, flour and canned goods.
To the Ladies Aid we again tender our sincere thanks for the many useful gifts which add so much to the comfort of the patients.
Respectfully submitted,
G. G. Rice, Superintendent.
PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM
Attleboro
849
South Attleboro
102
Hebronville
26
Dodgeville.
15
992
North Attleboro
314
Attleboro Falls
28
342
Plainville.
63
Wrentham
29
Norton
92
Chartley
28
Mansfield
111
Foxboro
19
Seekonk
103
Rehoboth
50
Franklin .
3
498
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