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Armory, City Stable, Free Public Library, City Farm, Water Works Shop, City Shop, City Hospital,
On School-house lot.
Niagara Hose No. 4, Yankee Hose No. 5, Myrtle St., Tiger Hose No. 6, Pleasant St., Protector Hose No. 7, Lamartine St., John St., Babcock Extinguisher, Hook and Ladder No. 1, Bigelow Court, Hook and Ladder No. 2, Thomas St., Pleasant St.,
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THE CITY HOSPITAL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1877.
Alderman -SUMNER PRATT,
BENJAMIN WALKER,
Term Expires 1877. Councilmen JOHN R. THAYER,
At Large-DR. JOSEPH SARGENT, Term Expires 1877. ALBERT CURTIS, 1878.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR., " 1879.
DR. F. H. KELLEY,
66 1880.
ORGANIZATION.
President - DR. FRANK H. KELLEY. Secretary - STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.
Auditors- 5 ALBERT CURTIS, SUMNER PRATT.
Superintendent and Resident Physician.
DR. J. BARTLETT RICH.
Board of Commissioners of the Jaques and other Funds of the City Hospital.
DR. F. H. KELLEY, Term Expires 1878.
ALBERT CURTIS,
1879.
BENJAMIN WALKER, 66 66 1880.
MEDICAL STAFF, 1877.
Consulting Physicians. 4
Joseph Sargent, M. D, Frank H. Kelley, M. D. Bernard D. Eastman, M. D.
Visiting Physicians.
Rufus Woodward, M. D.
George A. Bates, M. D.
Oramel Martin, M. D.
Henry Clarke, M. D.
Joseph N. Bates, M. D. John O. Marble, M. D.
Thomas H. Gage, M. D.
J. Marcus Rice, M. D. Albert Wood, M. D.
Emerson Warner, M. D. George E. Francis, M. D.
Leonard Wheeler, M. D.
Oculist and Aurist- Lewis S. Dixon, M. D. Pathologist - William H. Workman, M. D.
ORGANIZATION.
President - ORAMEL MARTIN, M. D. Secretary - LEONARD WHEELER, M. D.
ALBERT WOOD, M. D.
Committee on Report EMERSON WARNER, M. D. GEORGE A. BATES, M. D.
Committee on Conference
THOMAS H. GAGE, M. D.
GEORGE E. FRANCIS, M. D.
RUFUS WOODWARD, M. D.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
To Hon. C. B. Pratt, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Trustees of the City Hospital respectfully present their Seventh Annual Report.
CONDITION OF THE HOSPITAL.
The record of the past year, without offering topics for special notice, is filled with evidence of the beneficent operation of this institution, and shows a great amount of work accomplished, with no larger outlay than in former years. Indeed, the gen_ eral administration has been so managed as to materially dimin- ish the running expenses, while the comfort and convenience of patients has not been diminished.
During the past municipal year 248 patients have been treated, which makes an aggregate of 1,149 since the opening of the hospital in 1871. For a detailed account of the separate cases, attention is called to the appended report of the Superintendent and Resident Physician, Dr. J. Bartlett Rich, an officer who merits high commendation for his successful and economical ad- ministration of this branch of the city's charities.
The gratuitous services of the medical staff of seventeen phy- sicians have been cheerfully given, and it would be safe to assert that the patients receive professional aid from associated advice and practice which could not be obtained by any private patient in this city outside the walls of the hospital.
Two of the Visiting Physicians, in succession, have charge of the patients for each two months of the year, in which duties
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they are assisted by the Resident Physician. For capital opera- tions, or those of special exigency, the advice and assistance of the whole staff is summoned, thus offering in critical cases the ‘ highest scientific treatment.
THE PAVILIONS.
Since the opening of the new wards G and F, in 1876, they have been uninterruptedly used, with the most satisfactory re- sults. By this arrangement of isolated buildings, a better class- ification of patients is secured, and an improved ventilation is obtained, while in the judicious selection of the location of the buildings, all the inmates enjoy the healthful influences of a south-eastern exposure. The two pavilions are now used for male patients exclusively, thus leaving the whole of the main building for the females. The Trustees are unanimous in their approval of the system of isolated pavilions, and while they regard a central building for offices and general administration as indispensable, they consider the most favorable opportunities for the successful treatment of disease are offered by a system of entirely separate wards, of not too large proportions, in build- ings of one story in height, which may be connected with each other and with the central building by open passages, for con- venience of administration.
SPECIAL GIFTS.
In the month of August, Mrs. M. Anna Capron presented the hospital with an excellent portrait of Mr. George Jaques, painted by herself, together with an oil picture of the Jaques estate in 1845.
Appropriate votes of thanks were passed by the Trustees, and communicated to Mrs. Capron.
The following note, enclosing $20, was received in October. It came anonymously, and like gifts of a similar amount in for- mer years, was not only valuable in itself as a contribution, but particularly grateful to those interested in the hospital, and to
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the Trustees, as a manifestation of kind thoughtfulness for the happiness of the patients.
" A gift from a friend, to purchase a few books for the Patients' Library. Worcester, October 29th, 1877."
The money has been invested as follows :
Fourteen volumes of Dickens' Works, $14 00
Appleton's Art Journal, eight months, 6 00
$20 00
The want of a safe for the preservation of records and impor- tant papers belonging to the hospital, as well as to provide a secure depository for money or articles of value belonging to patients, has been frequently considered by the Trustees, and has been unexpectedly supplied by a very liberal gift from one of their number. In December, Mr. Benjamin Walker procured a large and elegant Morris & Ireland safe, which he caused to be placed in the Reception Room of the hospital as a gift to the institution. The President, in behalf of the Trustees, offered the following votes, which were unanimously adopted :
Voted, That the thanks of this Board be tendered to Benjamin Walker, Esq., one of our associate members, for the gift of a large and elegant safe of the manufacture of Morris & Ireland, to the Hospital, for the safe keeping of the records and valuable papers of this Board.
Voted, That the Secretary be instructed to communicate this vote to Mr. Walker, and to enter the same upon the records.
Voted, That a silver plate be attached to the safe, with the name of the donor and the date of the gift engraved thereon.
HOSPITAL FUNDS.
The control and supervision of all the funds given or be- queathed to the Hospital has, thus far, vested in the Trustees, who have placed the securities in the care of the City Treas- urer, Wm. S. Barton, Esq., to invest the income safely and productively, in accordance with the express directions of the donor, or at the request of the Trustees.
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Of the three funds belonging to the Hospital, the Jaques Fund, consisting of the Real and Personal Estate of the late George Jaques, together with the interests and accumulations resulting therefrom, was given to the city of Worcester, in trust, to be applied to the use and benefit of the institution known as the City Hospital ; to be set apart as a separate fund, the in- come from which alone can be applied to the use of the Hospital. The homestead estate is now occupied by the institution for hospital purposes, and the general depression of the value of real estate has prevented the sale of any considerable portion of the land received from Mr. Jaques.
A sale of 8,905 square feet of land on Austin street has, how- ever, been made, and the sum of $2,269.87 has been added to the cash credit of the Fund.
JAQUES FUND.
Value of Fund December 1st, 1876, $18,084 45
Income since added, 3,677 44
$21,761 89
Hon. Isaac Davis gave $1,000.00 to the Hospital in 1873, with the provision that this sum should be allowed to accumulate until it becomes $2,000.00, when "the income is to be applied to the support of poor and destitute persons who are admitted to the Hospital and are unable to pay their expenses while there."
ISAAC DAVIS FUND.
Value of Fund December 1st, 1876, $1,256 21
Income since added, . 93 86
Total amount of Fund, $1,350 07
Albert Curtis, Esq., gave the Hospital $1,000.00 in 1875, as a fund, the income from which is to be devoted to replenishing the Medical and Surgical Library which he had previously presented to the Hospital. After maintaining this fund at
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its maximum, the interest is to be expended by the Trustees in procuring books, maps, plates, and apparatus useful in medical and surgical operations.
CURTIS LIBRARY FUND.
Value of Fund December 1st, 1876, $1,049 53
Income since added, . 52 56
$1,102 09
Expended for books,
63 72
Total amount of Fund,
$1,038 37
Mr. John B. Shaw gave, by will dated March 22d, 1872, a bequest to the City Hospital of one-fifth part of his property, subject to a life interest, and use of the same. As the posses- sion of this property has not yet vested in the city, its owner- ship being contingent, the value of the fund cannot be estimated.
An income of $61.50 has been received from the executor, and has been paid to the City Treasurer, to the credit of this Fund.
JOHN B. SHAW FUND.
Value of Fund December 1st, 1877, $61 40
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.
In accordance with Section 5 of the Ordinance relating to the City Hospital, the Trustees present the following report in de- tail of the receipts and expenditures of the Hospital during the past year :
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, 1877
$10,000 00
Board from State for care of Patients
1,091 00
Board from paying Patients
927 12
Sale of Cow and Swine
294 46
Sale of Produce
46 75
Sale of Furniture &c.
21 00
Storage, &c.
12 25
-$12,392 58
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EXPENSES.
Salaries and Pay Roll
$2,735 47
Groceries and Provisions
3,356 51
Carpets, Bedding, Table Linen, &c. 167 88
Crockery, Tin-ware, &c.
27 74
Furniture and Fixtures
44 85
Repairs .
104 99
Surgical Instruments and Repairing
43 70
Medicines
711 18
Coal and Wood
478 95
Gas
225 49
Advertising
2 50
Printing
43 75
Stationery, Postage, Express, &c.
43 49
Hay and Grain
249 61
Ice
114 91
Cow and Swine
180 00
Horse
150 00
Seeds, &c.
21 11
Tools and Hardware
33 83
Hack Hire
22 55
Water Rate
50 00
Furnace Regulator
20 00
Refrigerators
165 16
Earth Closets
22 50
Harness and Repairs
31 73
Veterinary Services
6 00
Carriage and Repairs
108 50
Horse Shoeing .
7 90
Shoes and Clothing
9 90
Balance of 1877 to Sinking Fund
3,212 38
--
-$12,392 58
The Trustees having carefully considered the probable cost of maintaining and conducting the Hospital during the ensuing year, would respectfully ask for an appropriation of $8,000.00 to meet those expenses.
The following gifts were received during the year and are . gratefully acknowledged by the Trustees. (December,), A Friend, magazines; Mrs. Bancroft, pieces; Dr. Rufus Wood- ward, magazines. (January), Mrs. E. L. Davis, children's cloth- ing; Mrs. Wm. F. Eames, shirts and pieces ; Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, clothing and pieces ; Mr. Salisbury, pieces. (February), Miss Sarah Whittaker, pieces ; Mrs. Edward Earle, shirts and stock- ings; Mrs. Jeremiah Bond, pieces. (April), Mrs. Luther White, pieces ; Mrs. Joseph Howe, pieces and magazines ; Mrs. Dunn,
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pieces ; Mrs. Whittemore, pieces; Mrs. David Fanning, shirts ; Mrs. Milton Baker, pieces; Mrs. O. Schofield, pieces; Mrs. David Tainter, pieces; Flower Mission, pieces; Mrs. C. O. Brown, pieces; Mrs. Geo. E. Francis, pieces ; Mrs. Underwood, bottles; Mrs. Chas. Mecorney, shirts and pieces ; Mrs. Wm. H. Mecorney, shirts ; Mr. W. W. Cook, flowers. (May), Mr. Sal- isbury, pieces ; Mrs. P. L. Moen, flowers and pieces ; Mr. S. H. Bowker, reading matter; Bemis & Co., slippers; Mrs. J. B. Rice, books and linen. (June), Mrs. Mary T. Green, reading matter; Mrs. H. N. Albro, pieces; Flower Mission, flowers and reading matter; Young Men's Christian Association, reading matter; Mr. Wm. W. Cook, plants ; Mrs. P. E. Aldrich, shirts ; Mrs. H. E. Richardson, linen; Mrs. P. L. Moen, flowers; Mrs. M. F. Green, illustrated papers ; Mrs. N. Harkness, illustrated papers. (July), Mrs. Jabez Rice, pieces; Flower Mission, linen and flowers; Mrs. J. S. Rogers, shirts; Flower Mission, illus- trated papers and flowers; Miss Bliss, flowers. (July), Mrs. Smith, pieces; Flower Mission, shirts, night-gowns, pieces and papers ; Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, underdress, night-gowns and pieces; Mr. Philip Hensel, flowers; Mr. S, H. Bowker, illustrated pa- pers ; Dr. Leonard Wheeler, book. (August), Mrs. George W. Gill, berries ; Mr. Chas. Libbey, shirts; Flower Mission, flowers and papers ; Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, preserves, magazines; Flower Mission, flowers and pieces ; Mr. Chas. Cawood, pieces; Flower Mission, pieces. (August), Mrs. P. F. Aldrich, shirts and dressing-gown; Flower Mission, flowers and pieces. (Septem- ber), Flowers and pieces; Mrs. Geo. W. Gill, watermelons ; Flower Mission, pieces. (October), Mrs. Lee Sprague, pieces ; Mrs. W. W. Rice, shirts and magazines ; Flower Mission, pieces and magazines; Mrs. J. Henry Whitcomb, shirts and pieces ; Mrs. J. H. Walker, books. (November), Mrs. Adin Thayer, pieces ; Mrs. Whitney, pieces ; Mrs. C. M. Lamson, shirts ; Mr. M. N. Reynolds, bottles.
The administration of the Hospital is believed to be entrusted to faithful agents, and with an increased amount of labor, the duties connected with the institution are discharged, as hereto- fore, by the Resident Physician and Superintendent, Dr. J. Bartlett Rich, the Matron, Miss M. A. Hales, a cook and assist-
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ant, a male and female attendant, a night watch, a janitor, and a laundress.
COMMISSIONERS OF THE JAQUES FUND, AND OTHER FUNDS, OF THE CITY HOSPITAL.
The City Council passed an ordinance, October, 1877, estab- lishing a Board of three Commissioners, to take charge of the Jaques and other funds, now or hereafter belonging to the City Hospital, the management of which is not otherwise determined by the conditions of gift.
Section 1 provides for the number of Commissioners, and the name and style of their office.
Section 2 provides for the manner of election of said Commis- sioners, and the duration of their term of office.
Section 3 provides for the powers and duties of said Commis- sioners, in regard to the care, management, and control of all the property, real, personal, or mixed, now in possession or hereafter received, directly or indirectly, by gift, bequest or otherwise, for the benefit of the City Hospital.
Section 4 provides for the disposition of the income derived from the various funds.
Section 5 provides for the duties of the Commissioners in regard to effecting sales of such real property as may be placed ' in their care, the conditions connected with which are not inconsistent with such disposition.
Section 6 provides for an annual report, in the month of December of each year, of the doings of said Commission, to the City Council.
Section 7 provides for the funding of all property and estate received, by gift or otherwise, unrestricted by conditions, into a permanent fund, the principal of which is not to be dimin- ished, and the income thereof to be devoted to the uses of the Hospital.
Upon the 12th of December the City Council made choice of the first Board of Commissioners of the Jaques Fund and other funds of the City Hospital, appointing as such officers Dr. F. H. Kelley, for the term of one year, Albert Curtis, Esq., for the term of two years, and Benjamin Walker, Esq., for the term of
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three years. As provided in Section 2 of the ordinance estab- lishing this Commission, the newly appointed officers were, at the first election, selected from the Board of Trustees.
The Executors of the late George Jaques, Esq. transferred the custody of personal securities belonging to the estate of the deceased, to the amount of $20,852.79, to the Board of Trustees of the City Hospital, November 7, 1874. They were deposited with the City Treasurer by the President of the Board, and have remained in the care of the City Treasurer since that time.
An accurate and systematic account of the several invest- ments of this fund, and the income arising from, dividends, interest and rents, has been kept by Wm. S. Barton, Esq., the City Treasurer, subject to the inspection and direction of the Trustees.
The real estate of the Jaques Fund belonging to the City of Worcester, in trust for the City Hospital, is represented by the following parcels of land :
1. Estate on Wellington street, 6 5-6 acres.
2. Land South of Chandler and West of Piedmont streets, 3 acres.
3. Lot corner of Austin and Piedmont streets, 10,037 square- feet.
4. Land between Chandler and Austin streets; several par- cels West of Newbury and East of Bellevue streets ; amounting to not over 7 acres.
5. North side of Prince street, between King and Queen streets, 12 acres.
6. Land South-east side of Woodland street, extending from Butman's land to Woodland street, and also to Kingsbury street, 46,000 square feet.
7. Land North-west angle of Austin and Bellevue streets, about 12,500 square feet.
8. Land East side of Queen street, both sides of Prince street- two corner lots - 3 acre.
9. Estate corner of Crown and Pleasant streets.
The above real estate was inventoried by Appraisers, April 19, 1873, by order of the Judge of Probate of the County of Worcester, at an aggregate value of $181,100.
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Since that time but one parcel of land has been sold, the house lot containing 8,905 square feet, on Austin street, already mentioned, which was sold for $2,269.87.
The Personal Estate of the Jaques Fund, now in the hands of the Trustees, and deposited by them with the City Treasurer, has been allowed to accumulate since the date of its transfer, November 7, 1874, and has been drawn upon only in payment of a mortgage to the Worcester County Institution for Savings, to the amount of $4,657.50 on September 30, 1875.
It is now represented by the following items of investment :
Notes secured by mortgage, $3,200 00
Bank stocks, par value, 1,500 00
Railroad stocks, par value,
1,300 00
Gas stock,
1,400 00
City Bonds, 5,000 00
Savings Banks Deposits,
9,361 89
$21,761 89
The other funds to be transferred to the new Commission are,-the Isaac Davis Fund, consisting of :-
1. Railroad Bonds, par value, $1,000 00
2. Savings Bank Deposits, . 350 07
$1,350 07
and the John B. Shaw Fund, consisting of :-
Savings Bank Deposits, . $61 50
The newly appointed Commissioners of the Jaques and other Funds of the City Hospital have accepted the trust reposed in them, and will enter upon the discharge of their duties at the commencement of the approaching municipal year.
An important communication from the President, Dr. Kelley, is presented and forms a part of this Report.
In behalf and by order of the Trustees,
STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.,
Secretary.
WORCESTER, December 15, 1877.
REPORT
OF
SUPERINTENDENT AND RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
To the Trustees :
GENTLEMEN :- Since the Hospital was opened, 1,149 patients have been admitted. Of this number 235 suffered from acci- dental injury, and 100 have died; 212 have been refused admission, as follows :
Admitted. Refused. Accidents. Died.
1871. Five weeks ending November 30:
16
0
1
1
1872.
Year
66
66
162
44
34
24
1874.
"
174
32
54
14
1875.
66
198
57
33
12
1876.
66
66
191
16
23
11
1877.
66
66
66
248
34
52
19
In the Hospital December 1, 1876: Males, 5; Females, 5 ; Medical, 1; Surgical, 9; Paying, 1; Free, 9. Total, 10.
Admitted from December 1, 1876, to December 1, 1877 :
Males, 148. Females, 100. Total, 248.
Medical, 134.
Surgical, 114.
Paying, 30.
Free,
218.
66
66
160
29
38
19
1873.
Of these 15 paid $10 per week, and 15 others paid various smaller amounts. Average price paid per week, $7.75. Num- ber of accidents admitted, 52.
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Treated during the year:
Males, 153. Females, 105. Total, 258.
Medical, 135. Surgical, 123.
The largest number of patients in the Hospital at any one time was 26; smallest number, 10; daily average number of patients, 17.11. Males, 9.30; Females, 7.81.
Average time of patients in the Hospital, 22.6 days ; of pay- ing patients, 21.7 days ; of free patients, 19.95 days.
Discharged during the year :
Well,
98
Much relieved,
67
Relieved,
32
Not relieved,
7
Not treated,
8
Died, .
19
Eloped,
5
Total,
236
CAUSE OF DEATH :- Railroad accident, 4; Typhoid Fever, 4; Cancer of the Tongue, Cancer of the Chest, Phthisis, Pneu- monia, Rheumatism, Ascites, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Injury, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Alcoholism, 1 each. Death rate, 7.66.
Remaining November 30, 1877 :
Males, 7. Females, 5. Total, 12.
Medical, 7. Surgical, 5.
Paying, 2. Free, 5.
RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS.
Worcester,
216
Other Towns in Massachusetts, 29
Other States, .
3
Total,
248
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BIRTHPLACE.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Massachusetts,
42
32
74
Other States,
20
17
37
Ireland,
62
37
99
England,
12
7
19
British Provinces,
4
7
19
Other Countries,
8
0
8
OCCUPATION.
Males.
Females.
Laborers,
64
Domestics, .
58
Mechanics,
36
Housekeepers, .
24
Minors,
12
Minors,
7
Clerks, .
9
Operatives,
6
Shoemakers,
9
Cooks,
2
Operatives,
7
Dressmaker,
1
Blacksmiths,
3
Teacher,
1
Railroad Employes,
4
Nurses,
1
Tailors,
4
100
Hostlers,
2
Barber,
1
Bookbinder,
1
Sailors,
3
Clergymen,
1
148
CIVIL CONDITION.
Males.
Females.
Single,
76
Single,
52
Married, .
56
Married, .
32
Widowers,
16
Widows,
16
148
100
ADMISSION REFUSED.
Pulmonary disease, .
2
Delirium Tremens, .
1
Injury,
4
Paralysis,
1
Ulcer,
2
Insanity,
2
Cancer,
2
Venereal disease,
2
Debility,
5
Other diseases,
3
Epilepsy,
1
Pregnancy,
7
Coxalgia,
1
Erysipelas,
1
Total,
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The death rate (7.66) is comparatively low, and is quite near the best results of other Hospitals. Six patients died within 24 hours after admission.
The daily average attendance of patients (17.11,) has been larger than last year, (12.11), which has added to the interest as well as the responsibility of those connected with the man- agement.
The number of applications for admission for women about to be confined has been larger than ever before.
The State partially aids in support of those who have no legal settlement. Patients received from other towns are charged full rates. Those having no settlement in Worcester are charged to the towns to which they belong, and those who have no settlement, to the State. Patients are required to pay wholly or in part for board, as far as their circumstances will admit. The majority are necessarily free patients, but there are some who ought to pay, and usually are willing to do so. The average price paid the past year has been $7.75 per week.
Many persons have shown continued interest in the Hospital by useful and pleasing contributions, especially the ladies of the Flower Mission, whose visits are always welcome. All interest in and donations to the Hospital are gratefully appre- ciated, and have added much to the comfort and pleasure of the sick.
In admitting patients, it is carefully kept in view that this is in no respect a home for the unfortunate, but a place to help . and cure those afflicted by disease and injury. A great amount of misery has been relieved, lives have been saved and pro- ' longed by the change from wretched abodes to the healthier conditions and care of the Hospital, of which no adequate estimate can be given in a mere statistical report.
While there is reason for congratulation in the results accom- plished, we may hope that the Hospital will still receive the support and encouragement essential for the furtherance of a work only fairly begun.
My grateful acknowledgements are due to the gentlemen of
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the Hospital Staff for their consideration and cordial co-opera- tion in the work of the year.
While endeavoring to secure the best possible results in the management of the Hospital, the Board of Trustees could have given me no more gratifying aid and encouragement than the many evidences of its continued confidence.
Respectfully Submitted.
J. BARTLETT RICH,
Superintendent and Resident Physician.
WORCESTER, Dec. 1, 1877.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT.
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To the Trustees of the City Hospital :
GENTLEMEN :- The ordinance recently passed, creating the Commission to have charge of the Jaques bequest, and other property held in trust by the City for the benefit of the City Hospital, makes an important change in the original ordinance establishing this Institution, and thereby greatly simplifies the duties of the Trustees.
During the somewhat heated discussion in the Council and in the daily papers upon the policy of this change, the Trustees have purposely stood aloof, and have regarded it as no part of their duty as a board, to express opinions in the matter.
A schedule of the real estate and personal property which came into the hands of the Trustees from Mr. Jaques' execu- tors, with such changes as have since occurred, and all other property, called for by the ordinance, is being prepared, and will be turned over to the Commissioners in due form, to date with the commencement of the present municipal year; and in doing this, the Trustees desire to express the hope that the change will be advantageous to the Hospital, and prove the wisdom and foresight of the Council in the interest of this great charity.
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