Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1935, Page 14

THLDHOSPTALS AGTNITES ROV Fifty-Seven Annual Mem- bers Are Rechosen and 8 More Added to List. Continuous increase in the number of children treated at Children’s Hospital and in the scope of activi- ties of agencies working in conjunc- tion with the hospital were empha- sized yesterday in reports at the an- nual meeting of the hospital's incor- porators and members, held in the hospital building. Fifty-seven annual members of the hospital were re-elected at the meet- ing and eight additional persons elected to annual membership. Six directors were re-elected for five-year terms. The assemblage was advised of the added expense involved with the in- crease in the number of cases and told of the hospital's increased deficit by Thomas B. Sweeney, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. 6,327 Children Patients. A total of 6,327 children, bed pa- tients, were cared for during the year Just closing, Mr. Sweeney said. Their care covered 52,564 hospital days. In addition it has cared for 56,681 cases in the dispensary, making a total of 63,008 children treated during the year, The gross cost per patient per day has climbed to $4.06, he said, from & low of $3.60 during the first half of the hospital year of 1934. This added cost has helped increase the deficit, which has now reached $216,500, Mr. Sweeney pointed out. “Included in our expenses,” he said, *“is interest on our debt of $156,500,” incurred in connection with the new building erected 10 years ago. Miner Honored MRS. STULL GUEST OF WOM- AN'S PARTY. MRS. IDA MAE STULL, The Cadiz, Ohio, coal miner, was guest of honor yesterday at a luncheon closing the national con- ference of the Woman's party. She described her long court fight for the right to dig coal in her own mine, which she won, and said she now works alongside her men employes. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. would establish & memorial by taking | over the cost of the new wing, built | 10 years ago, adding: “This is still a I our hoped-for plan materializes, which will prevent further deficits, the hos- Mr. Sweeney said he had hoped at | pital would be free to carry on its dream, which may yet come true. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, “The cost of caring for these pa- tients is $4.06 per day,” he said, “and yet, despite our efforts, the District of Columbia only pays us $2.48 per day for the care of such patients.” O. H. P. Johnson, president of the board of directors, told of the number of cases cared for at the hospital and praised the several agencies and indi- viduals who have worked for the hos- pital's welfare. He expressed pleasure over appropriation of $100,000 by Congress for a new heating plant and laundry at the hospital. Mr. Johnson announced he would be unable to serve as president another and advice from lessen the amount of his work. He said he would continue, however, as chairman of the Finance Committee and member of the board of directors. The annual election of officers of the board is to be held in Januar.y. 13,959 Visited Health Center. Mrs. Frederick deC. Faust, president of the Chily Welfare Soclety Board, reported a total of 13,950 visits made to the health center at the hospital during the year by well children for examinations. At its annual meeting the Child Welfare Board voted to set aside $1,- 000 for immunization against dip« theria at its center. Some 570 children were immunized at the cen- ter during the six and a half months, beginning May 1, against 592 for the entire preceding year. Mrs. Faust told also of studies being conducted in Dr. Montgomery Blair’s clinic to determine the value of whooping-cough vaccine. Miss Lucia Murchison, director of the Junior League Social Service De- partment, reported a total of 2,101 visits made in behalf of patients and a total of 5,059 cases worked on. Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, president of the Board of Lady Visitors, re- ported among the outstanding needs for the improvement and extension of the hospital during the year were one time that some philanthropist | great beneficent work for humanity, | the Hard of Hearing Clinic; the pur- _AT THE NATIONAL FURNITURE/COMPANY 7t+h AND H STREETS N. W. This valuable 52-Piece Dining Room Group given FREE with the purchase of any Din- ing Room Suite during this sale! Ten-Piece Duncan Phyfe Dining Room Suite con- structed of high-grade Walnut Veneers with Chair seats of rich quality Tap- estry. China Cabinet with linen drawer. FREE GROUP INCLUDED WITH THIS SUITE matched fronts. Roll Top Streamline Velocipede s10 Club Chair. chase of an anesthetic machine, new inhalators and oxygen tents, several hundred dollars’ worth of beds and mattresses. Through Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann's Dispensary Committee, Mrs. Brooke pointed out, the Ladies’ Board provides a fund for emergency reliet, Dr. Frank Leech, chairman of the hospital’s medical staff, pointed out there had been a decrease of 15 per cent in the number of deaths at the hospital during the year as com- pared with 1934, despite a 10 per cent increase in the number of patients in the past year. Statistical Report Given. Miss Mattle M. Gibson, superin- tendent of the hospital, gave a statis- tical report of the work of the hospital during the past year. A report of Mrs. Philip O. Coffin, president of the Ohildren's Country Home, was read at the meeting by Miss Edith Torkington, superin- tendent of the home. Last year the home gave a total of 12,728 days care to 187 children, 98 of whom were sent to the home by the hospi the report showed. = i R. B. 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