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Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for 1943. As Sealer of Weights and Measures I have performed the duties of the office in testing, sealing or condemning articles coming under my jurisdiction.
More complaints than usual have been brought to my attention but upon in- vestigation it was found that no violations were in evidence.
As Sealer I was called on by Civilian Defense and State Authorities and co- operated in weighing scrap paper and other commodities.
Respectfully submitted, Dan O'Connell Sealer of Weights and Measures
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ANNUAL REPORT
Sturdy Memorial Hospital 1944
Superintendent-MISS GWENDOLYN G. RICE, R. N.
OFFICERS
HAROLD E. SWEET, President ALBERTA REMINGTON CARPENTER, Vice-President FRED L. WETHERELL, Treasurer RALPH F. PERRY, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
TRUSTEES
H. Dean Baker Lloyd G. Balfour William H. Bannon
Fred E. Briggs Alberta R. Carpenter
Mrs. Annie G. King William J. Luther Frank E. Nolan
C. Wallace Cederberg Dr. Joshua W. Clarke Blanche Daggett
Dr. Frederick V. Murphy
Rev. James M. Quinn
Harold K. Richardson
Joseph Finberg Stephen H. Foley
Ernest D. Gilmore
Victor R. Glencross
Raymond M. Horton
Harold E. Sweet
Walter M. Kendall
Edwin F. Thayer Mrs. Beatrice W. Telford
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS-1944
C. Wallace Cederberg Victor R. Glencross William J. Luther
Harold E. Sweet Samuel M. Stone Edwin F. Thayer
These latter with the following ex-officio members, Mayor John W. Mclntyre Francis J. O'Neil, representing the Municipal Council, and William Marshal City Treasurer, constitute the administrative board of the hospital.
TRAINING SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR NURSES
Mrs. Esther Stone, Chairman
Mrs. Nettie Gilmore Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder Miss Irene Battey
Thomas O. Mullaly Claude C. Smith Mrs. Lillian Briggs
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
Gertrude F. Ryder Mrs. Alice H. Stobbs Samuel M. Stone
Edwin F. Leach
Mrs. Rosella Mason Lester W. Nerney Mrs. Etta F. Kent
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ANNUAL REPORT
CONSULTING STAFF
Surgeons
Harry H. Germain, M. D. 479 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
Howard M. Clute, M. D. 171 Bay State Road, Boston
Medical
Charles H. Lawrence, M. D. 520 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Cadis Phipps, M. D. 587 Beacon St., Boston 264 Beacon St., Boston
Wyman Richardson, M. D.
Garnet P. Smith, M. D. Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, Attleboro, Mass.
SPECIALISTS
Gynecologists
Frederick W. Johnson, M. D. 167 Newbury St., Boston 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Louis E. Phaneuf, M. D.
Urologists
Ernest G. Crabtree, M. D. 99 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
James B. Hicks, M. D. 1101 Beacon St., Boston
Obstetrician
Alonzo K. Paine, M. D. 80 Bay State Road, 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 270 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
James H. Cur ens, M. D.
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 206 Broadway, Pawtucket, R. I.
John F. Kenney, M. D.
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ANNUAL REPORT
VISITING STAFF OF THE STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Staff Organization, January, 1944
William M. Stobbs, M. D. President Vice-President
Harold F. Harrington, M. D.
Herbert G. Vaughan, 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
+Carl J. DePrizio, M. D., F. I. C. S. Associate Surgeon
Milton E. Johnson, M. D. Associate Surgeon ·
Assistant Surgeons
Carlton S. Ford, M. D.
Daniel J. Kiley, M. D.
William J. Morse, M. D. Mitchell Wasserman, M. D.
Medical
Staff
William M Stobbs, M. D. James H. Brewster, M. D. . Chief of Staff Associate Physician
Edward S. Ward, M. D. Associate Physician
Assistant Physicians
+Isadore Altman, M. D. +Joseph H. Colman, M. D.
Harold F. Harrington, M. D. ¡Leonard W. Hill, M. D.
+Raymond G. Ockert, M.D. Obstetrical Staff
Joshua W. Clarke, M. D. Chief of Staff . Associate
Edith Kerkhoff, M. D.
Harold F. Harrington, M. D. William J. Morse, M. D.
+Roy W. Nelson, M. D. +Raymond G. Ockert, M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Staff
Arthur C. Conro, M. D. Chief of Staff Associate
James Holoff, M. D. +H. Irving Bixby, M. D., F. A. C. S. Herbert G. Vaughan, M. D.
Carlton S. Ford, M. D. Anesthesia Staff
Frederick V. Murphy, M. D. Chief of Staff Associate
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
Assistants
+Leonard W. Hill, M. D. +Roy W. Nelson, M. D.
X-Ray Department
Edward B. Perkins, M. D. Chief Radiologist Assistant Radiologist
Daniel F. Kiley, M. D. Physiotherapy Department Head of Department Associate
Edward B. Perkins, M. D.
Jesse W. Battershall, M. D.
Laboratory
James H. Brewster, M. D. Pathologist and Director
Dental Department
Walter F. Briggs, D. M. D .. Chief Dentist
+Anderson S. Briggs, D. M. D. Assistant Dentist
Courtesy Staff
Max Bennett, M. D. Carl V. Lendgren, M. D. Alan R. Howard, M. D.
F. L. Girouard, M. D.
Elsie K. Loeb, M.D. Herbert Loeb, M. D. Michael E. Vance, M. D.
Charles E. Roderick, M. D.
Efficiency Committee, 1944 Milton F. Johnson, M. D. James H. Brewster, M. D. John A. Reese, M. D., F. A. C. S.
+ In the U. S. Armed Services
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ANNUAL REPORT
Superintendent of Hospital and School of Nursing Gwendolyn G. Rice, R. N. Assistant Supertinendent of Hospital and School of Nursing KatherineV. Lloyd, R. N. Night Supervisors Mabel A. Johnson, R. N. Alice R. Brown, R. N. Operating-rooms Helen Webb, R. N .- Supervisor Mabel Love, R. N .- Assistant Emergency Department Doris E. Hennessey, R. N. Surgical Department Evelyn G. Buckley, R. N .- Supervisor Esther H. Harlow, R. N .- Head Nurse Obstetrical Department Gladys M. Anderson, R. N .- Supervisor Margaret M. Boisclair, R. N .- Head Nurse
Pediatric Department Irene S. Kondrotas, R. N .- Supervisor Instructors Olive L. Young, R. N., B. A. Irene R. Brase, R. N. Gracie S. Bacon, R. N. Technicians Anna M. Moore, R. N., Physiotherapy and X-Ray Marjorie F. Grant, B. S .- Laboratory
Dietician Mary C. Casey, B. S Record Librarian Clara H. Rhodes, R. R. L. Book-keepers Freida Solmer Virginia M. Waldron House Mother
Edith W. Morris Housekeeper Ella Batchelor Switchboard Operators Ruth M. Abbott Clara M. Clarke
VISITING COMMITTEE, 1944
January : Mrs. Esther Stone and Claude C. Smith
February : Harold E. Sweet and Harold K. Richardson
March : Edwin F. Leach and Mrs. Lillian Briggs
April : Raymond M. Horton and William J. Luther
May:
Ernest D. Gilmore and Mrs. Gertrude F. Ryder
June : Miss Blanche Daggett and Mrs. Alberta Carpenter
July : Edwin F. Thayer and Frank Nolan
August: Victor R. Glencross and Thomas O. Mullaly
September: Harry Holbrook and Mrs. Beatrice W. Telford October: Lester W. Nerney and Mrs. Tilda B. Stone
November: Fred E. Sturdy and Mrs. Maude F. Tweedy
December: Mrs. Gertrude H. Sweet and Mrs. Rosella Mason
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the Board of Managers
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council
January 10, 1944
and to the Trustees of the Attleborough Hospital:
This report of our 31st year of operation indicates increased activity and more patients than we have ever cared for despite a decrease in doctors, nurses, and service staff, because of war demands. As Miss Rice, our efficient and veteran superintendent, points out in her report, we do not see how we could have gotten along without the volunteer civilian help which we received. The increase in number of patients admitted-3429 as compared with 3328 in 1942-and in babies -886 in 1943, 855 in 1942-is not so marked as in the previous year, but our facili- ties were taxed to their utmost several times during the past year.
Again this year and again at the request of several friends of the hospital, we sent a letter to a number of concerns in our area calling attention to the favorable opportunity from the tax angle, of making a contribution to this charitable organi- zation. Curiously enough, at the time of closing our books for 1943,we had re- ceived $12,090., almost identically the same amount as had come in at the same time last year, with assurance of more to come.
The past year has been particularly fruitful in a financial way. In August, upon the death of Florence Hayward Sweet, one of the original incorporators of the hospital back in 1910, the residue of the estate of her late husband, Joseph L. Sweet, first president and generous friend of the hospital, became the property of this institution, as noted in our Treasurer's report. The Pilgrim Unitarian Church by a gift of $5,000. endowed a permanent bed. The Sweet Manufactu- ring Company gave us another $5,000., this time in memory of William Otis and Sarah Florence Sweet, and the J. M. Fisher Company established a fund of $1,000 as a memorial to John M. and Hannah S. Fisher. Alice I. Wetherell made a gift to the hospital of $1,000., as a memorial to Dr. William O. and Ethel R. Hewitt, and we received additions to several funds previously established. Futhermore, the recent probating of some wills discloses that the hospital is to be the recipient of other gifts in the near future.
All these trust funds, now amounting to over $1,709,000. will be carefully and effectively used for the current operation and improved development of the hos- pital. In most instances, we are restricted to the income, but some capital funds are available for buildings, and already plans have been drawn and estimates se- cured for the much needed maternity wing and a separate building for the laundry now crowded into the basement of the old Sturdy homestead. These have first place in our post-war construction plans.
At the suggestion of the Visiting Staff a committee of three trustees has been appointed to plan, with the Efficiency Committee of the Staff, a program of post- war activities.
Our financial operations for the year 1943 show a balance of $4,111.05 on a cash basis, but we still have a substantial amount of money due us on unpaid pa- tients' accounts, and, as every one knows, the cost of everything we use in the op- eration of the hospital is constantly mounting ..
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ANNUAL REPORT
In these war times, more than ever, we are indebted to the devoted efforts of our doctors, nurses and service staff for the maintenance of Class A hospital ser- vices for the citizens of the Attleboros and surrounding towns. In that accom- plishment they have been nobly aided by the Gray Ladies, Nurses Aides, Canteen Workers, Junior Girl Scouts, Hospital Aid Association, club and church organi- zations, and numerous friends who have contributed cash or food supplies on Do- nation Day. To all of these we make this public acknowledgement of our grati- tude and thanks.
We submit herewith an accounting of our expenditures of the 1943 municipal appropriation and the amounts required for similar purposes in 1944.
Harold E. Sweet, Chairman
Joseph Finberg
Victor R. Glencross
Members Ex-Officio, 1943
William J. Luther
John W. McIntyre, Mayor
Samuel M. Stone
William Marshall, City Treasurer
Edwin F. Thayer
Francis J. O'Neil,
Municipal Council Representative
Board of Managers, Attleborough Hospital, Inc., Operating Sturdy Memorial Hospital for the City of Attleboro.
Appropriated Expended
1943
1943
Requested 1944
Water
1,050.00
1,016.15
1,020.00
Insurance
210.00
198.28
200.00
Hydrant
60.00
60.00
60.00
Fuel and Light
8,065.00
8,110.57
8,335.00*
Treasurer's Bond
25.00
25.00
25.00
9,410.00
9,410.00
9,640.00
* Our coal requirements are based on a yearly consumption of 725 tons. Since making up our 1944 budget there has been an increase of twenty-five (25c) cents per ton.
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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, 1943;
Total number of patients admitted to the Hospital. Male.
1167
Female. 2262
Out patients treated at the Hospital 110-
X-Ray out-patients. 114,
Physiotherapy out-patients.
4
Basal Metabolism out-patients.
4
Total out-patients. 2318
Total number of Private Cases admitted
2836
Total number of Ward Cases admitted . 593
385
Medical patients admitted 369
Adults
321
Children
48
Surgical patients admitted
908
Adults
821
Children 87
E. E. N. and T. patients admitted .
351
Adults .
101
Children
250
Obstetrical patients admitted .
1801
Mothers
915
Babies
886
Total number of births . 907
Total number of live births
886
Total number of stillbirths . 21
Total number of deaths for the year
139
Medical
67
Surgical
46
E. E. N. and T.
0
Obstetrical
3
Newborn
23
Deaths within 48 hours
60
Deaths institutional .
79
Autopsies
20
Maximum number of patients
122
Minimum number of patients
62
Daily average for the year 91.89
Total number of Accidents
130
Automobile accidents
32
Industrial accidents
48
Other accidents .
50
3429
Total number of Children 12 years of age or under.
68
ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the Operating Room
Major operations 474
Minor operations 1044
Transfusions
63
Cystoscopies 13
Proctoscopies
2
Sigmoidoscopies
1
Bronchoscopies
1
Total 1598
Report of the X-Ray Department
Fluroscopic examinations. 164
X-Ray examinations 1673
1837
Total
(1147 Out-patients; 690 House-patients) 86 less patients than last year.
Report of Basal Metabolism
Basal Metabolism recordings .
(44 out-patients) (An increase of 17 over last year.)
Report of the Physiotherapy Department
29 patients treated; (22 out-patients: 7 house-patients.) 11 less than last year.
Treatments given :
Diathermy
279
Massage
338
Infra Red.
234
Ultra Violet, A. C.
3
Total 851
Report of the Laboratory
Blood Work:
W. B. C.
1604
Hemoglobin
946
Differential
312
Coagulations
298
Typings
353
Reticulocyte Counts .
2
Sedimentation Rate
29
Bleeding Tims Hematocrit
4
Prothrombin
3
Fragility Test.
2
Blood Chemistry:
Blood Sugar
326
N. P. N.
192
Creatinine
8
Sulfa-Levels .
126
Van den Bergh
5
Icterus Index
14
Chlorides
2
Tokata-Ara
1
47
R. B. C. 625
8
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cultures
49
Blood
27
Smears
80
Urines
4207
Renal Function
15
Diastase
14
Stool examinations
36
Spinal Fluid .
8
Gastric Analysis
8
Sputum
62
Surgical Tissues
425
Sent to outside laboratories:
Hintons
156
A-Z
6
Widal
5
Undulant Fever
8
Cultures
2
Patients admitted from :
Attleborc
1380
South Attleboro
156
Hebronville
55
Dodgeville
49
1640
North Attleboro
543
Attleboro Falls
58
601
Plainville
63
Wrentham
75
Norton
97
Chartley
37
Mansfield
319
Foxboro
100
Seekonk
127
Rehoboth
100
Franklin
2
920
Other cities and towns
268
268
Total
3429
The Hospital work has been quite a problem to carry on effectually this year. The help shortage is even more acute than it was last year. We are very grateful to the Canteen Workers and other friends of the Hospital who have come almost every evening and washed dishes for us, this has been a great help. The Gray Ladies and Nurses' Aides have also given us valuable help in every way. I really do not know how we could have got along without them. The Junior Girl Scouts too, have been doing their share cf helpfulness by folding binders and putting away clean linen.
We have had quite a lot of painting done in the Hospital during the last three months in the year:
4 Utility rooms
3 Diet Kitchens
2 Bath-rooms
by our regular Janitor
2 Sterilizing rooms
1 Labor-room
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ANNUAL REPORT
The following work was done by regular painters:
Walls (up and down) in the Maternity Building
1 Delivery -room
3 Stairways
4 Connecting Corridors
2 Operating -rooms
3 Utility-rooms
1 Sterilizing room
Main Kitchen
Thus taking care of the painting most needed to be done at the present time. It will be necessary to do the patient's rooms soon. Beds and furniture need re- painting and I hope to be able to get that done shortly.
With great regret I speak of the death in August of our faithful and loyal doctor and friend, Dr. Ralph P. Kent. In the Hospital's hardest days he stood by us in words and deeds, he was, I can say, the most loyal of all our doctors, always willing and ready to respond to any call. I know his place will never be filled here.
Mrs. Kent has donated to the Hospital the Doctor's Physiotherapy equip- ment and his valuable books and book-case; all of which we shall greatly value and appreciate.
REPORT OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Student Nurses in the School, December 31, 1943. 73
Student Nurses admitted during the year 1943. 32
Student Nurses graduated during the year 1943 24
Student Nurses affiliating at Boston City Hospital 12
Student Nurses affiliating at Chapin Hospital, Providence 1 Student Nurses affiliating at Taunton State Hospital. 2
We have admitted a few more than in the previous year, in fact, as many as our housing capacity will permit; at the present time we are really over-crowded in the Home. Four of the Supervisors having to live out as I have no accommo- dations for them.
Many applicants interested in the Cadet Nurses Corps, I have referred to other Hospitals for training.
We have had a great deal of minor illnesses among the nurses this year, keep- ing them off duty from four to eight days.
Dr. Kent's death has meant the loss of a personal friend and champion of the Training-school. In the early and difficult days of the School, he gave willingly of his knowledge and time to help with the training of the girls; he wanted the "best of training" given to them, and he expected the "best of work", in return from them. Always he preferred to have the "Sturdy Nurses" on his cases.
Respectfully submitted,
Gwendolyn. G. Rice, R. N. Superintendent
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ANNUAL REPORT
NATIVITIES OF PATIENTS
United
States
Foreign
Massachusetts
2,475
Canada
109
Rhode Island
386
England
36
Maine
64
Italy
29
New York.
50
Portugal
19
New Hampshire
33
Ireland
18
Vermont
30
Sweden
17
Connecticut
34
Poland
14
New Jersey
18
Scotland
8
Pennsylvania
14
Germany
7
Illinois
8
Greece
3
Ohio
7
Russia
2
Florida
5
Norway
2
Texas
4
Turkey
1
Indiana
3
Chile
1
Iowa
3
Albania
1
Minnesota
3
Bulgaria
1
North Carolina
3
British W. Indies
1
Michigan
3
Finland
1
Virginia
3
Armenia
1
Wisconsin
2
Maryland
2
Tennessee
2
West Virginia
2
Missouri
1
Alabama
1
California
1
Nebraska
1
Colorado
1
Montana
1
Georgia
1
South Carolina
1
Kansas
1
3,158
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REPORT OF THE HOSPITAL LIBRARIAN, 1943
Library service at the hospital did not vary from other years Bedside ser- vice was given as usual twice a week with a total of 103 days for the year. 3,222 books and 1,208 magazines were circulated making a total circulation of 4,430. This is an increase of 903 volumes over the previous year.
Approximately 38 per cent of the total circulation was to nurses and other em- ployees, 40 per cent to patients on the surgical and children's floors and 225 to patients in the Maternity Department.
22 Magazines were received currently. These are all gift subscriptions from people interested in the hospital library.
There are at present 530 books in the hospital library, part of which are a per- manent collection, and part of which are brought down from the Central Library at regular intervals.
Supervisors and instructors were as in the past very helpful and their co- operation has been appreciated by the librarian.
Respectfully submitted, Marion Moore Hospital Librarian
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Board of Managers and Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hosptial.
Gentlemen:
The following is a brief summary of the activities of the Surgical Service for the year 1943:
Total number of surgical patients admitted 908
Adult
821
Children 87
Major operations performed .
474
Minor operations performed .
1041
Transfusions
63
Cystoscopies
13
Total number of surgical deaths
43
These figures quite closely parallel the preceding year of 1942. The failure to show our customary yearly increase in surgical patients can probably be ex- plained by the absence of a rather high percentage of our normal population ser- ving in the armed forces, or engaged elsewhere in defense plants.
Among the 474 cases upon whom major operations were performed ther were 26 deaths, giving an operative mortality of approximately 5.5 per cent, a large majority of which were among oid debilitated people with grave surgical conditions that demanded operation in the forlorn hope of prolonging their lives. In many instances the condition which finally drove them to the hospital had been present for a long time, and had they sought relief earlier many could have been saved.
There were 1044 minor operations performed, with one death, which could in no way be ascribed to the operation.
The total number of operations, both major and minor, performed during the year was 1518, with a combined operative mortality of 1.75 per cent. Of the re- maining 16 fatal cases, accidental injuries were responsible for the death of nine, four of which were due to automobile accidents. In the other five cases no opera- tive treatment was carried out.
The loss of our Associates, Dr. Bixby, Dr. DePrizio and Dr. Nelson, to the Armed Forces has been keenly felt by the remaining members of the Surgical Staff, and in order to meet the added burden we have found it necessary to establish a system of continuous year around service, which has quite successfully met the ex- isting situation.
The Surgical Staff has suffered a serious loss during the past year in the death of one of our most valuable and highly esteemed members, Dr. Ralph P. Kent, who had served as a member of the Visiting Staff continuously since the hospital first opened its doors to the public, and had been a member of the surgical group since the different services were organized in 1925. No one could have had or shown a more loyal and unselfish interest in the welfare of the hospital than did Dr. Kent, and those of us who were fortunate enough to be closely associated with him will cherish the memory of an honorable and upright physician and friend for many years to come.
The professional work has gone along very smoothly during the past year, thanks to the never failing interest of my associates on the Surgical Staff, and in closing we should like to express our thanks to the members of the other Staff groups, the Board of Managers, the Superintendent and the nurses for their kind help and cooperation, which has been manifest at all times.
Respectfully sunbmitted,
John A. Reese, M. D. Chief of Surgical Staff.
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Board of Managers and Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
Gentlemen ·
The following is a summary of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Service for the year 1943.
A total of 308 Patients were treated by this service as follows:
Tonsillectomies and Adenoidectomies 279
Mastoidectomy
1
Submucous resection nasal septum 4
Iridectomies 3
Paracentesis of Eye
1
Hotz's Operation for Entropion .
1
Ethmoidectomies
3
Minor procedures . 16
The year, for this service, was uneventful. There were no deaths.
I wish here to extend my thanks and appreciation to the other members of the Service and to the nursing and Administrative Staffs.
Respectfully submitted, A. C. Conro, M. D. Chief of Eve, Ear, Nose and Throat Service.
To the Board of Managers and Members of the Staff of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
Gentlemen:
The following report of the work of the Medical Service of the hospital for the year 1943 is submitted to you for your approval.
The work of the year may be summarized as follows:
Medical patients admitted 369
Adults 321
Children 48
Medical deaths .
67
Deaths within 48 hours 26
Deaths institutional 41
Medical autopsies 12
The recent prolonged illness of the Chief of the Service, Dr. Herbert L. Rich, has been to us an unfortunate loss which, we trust, will be only temporary. We have also missed the presence of Dr. Leonard W. Hill who was called to active duty in the U. S. Navy in November.
Due to the fact that several of its members are in the armed forces, the re- maining members of the Medical Service have been on active duty throughout the year.
We wish to thank the other services for their continued assistance with our patients requiring consultation and special care.
Respectfully submitted, William M. Stobbs, M. D. Acting Chief of Medical Service
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ANNUAL REPORT
To the Board of Managers and Staff of Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Gentlemen:
The following report of the Department of Obstetrics is respectfully sub- mitted:
Total number of patients in 1943
1801
Mothers
915
Babies 886
Total number of births 907
Live births
886
Stillbirths 21
Deaths
26
Mothers
3
Babies
23
With the increase in number of annual births, and the exigencies of war re- ducing the personnel of the Staff and Nursing group, it is with a true sense of ap- preciation that I commend the tirelessness of the remaining members of the Staff and the Supervising nursing group, all of whom have cheerfully devoted long hours of duty that we might be able to carry on the greatly increased work in servicing this department.
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