Machinery and equipment. Special and miscellaneous repairs and alterations.. Special and miscellaneous expenses, rubbish and ash removal.. Equipment: Surgical appliances and instruments. Furniture, furnishings, and fixtures.. Heat and power equipment.. Pathological laboratory Refunds, pay patients Total. $52,920. 61 2, 436. 63 15, 094. 93 145. 81 22, 178. 66 1, 414. 72 138. 34 51, 234. 27 4,092. 70 2, 197. 37 6.59 890. 44 53. 32 .55 4,345. 00 1, 302. 04 3, 371. 09 524. 71 7, 090. 43 4, 761. 03 2, 472. 09 59, 932.90 1, 323. 00 237, 927. 23 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Board of Charities account, July 1, 1923, to June 30, 1924 Allotment of appropriation for salaries (Under requirement of act of Congress approved June 25, 1909 (35 Stat. 992).) Surgeon in chief.. Anesthetist 1, 200 Orderlies (4, at $300) 1, 200 480 Pharmacist.. 780 Do... 420 Appropriation, District of Columbia act (under contract with the Board of Charities-Amount earned) Pay patients.. Total... $45, 800. 00 67, 000. 00 60, 000. 00 172, 800. 00 41, 947. 00 27, 498. 00 242, 245. 00 Disbursements: Miscellaneous (fuel, light, clothing, medicine, forage, etc.). $63, 228. 84 8, 325. 83 42, 592. 70 9, 141. 89 45, 325. 27 7, 595. 34 1, 323. 00 59, 932. 90 237, 465. 77 2,071. 16 1, 054. 30 474. 73 67. 10 1, 111. 94 4, 778. 63 The one great and pressing need is a larger home for the nurses. We should not endanger the health and comfort of our nurses by overcrowding as at present. The question of efficient service is so coupled with the health of the nurses that they can not be separated without injury to both. In some instances there are three nurses occupying one room, while others are quartered on the third floor of the main building, opposite the operating room. This situation can only be remedied by enlarging the home, thus making it possible to receive healthy women into the school without crowding them beyond the limits of healthy surroundings. Additional space is also urgent to house the female internes, who are now required to lodge outside of the hospital at their expense, while the male internes enjoy comfortable rooms in the hospital without expense. It is estimated that $50,000 will be required to remodel and enlarge the home, giving sufficient room to properly house all the nurses and female internes needed for the care of the number of patients treated in the hospital. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES The work of the school has gone on steadily in spite of many difficulties. The pressure of the work in the wards, the illness of the nurses, question of class-room accommodations, and proper recreation are some of the factors that contributed to the problem of the school. In looking back over the year, it would seem as if we had not developed all of our plans, but considerable progress has been made. The graduating exercises were held May 8, 1924, in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel; 13 nurses received diplomas, making a total of 392 having graduated from the school. Superintendent of nurses. Officers of the training school Assistant superintendent of nurses. Night supervisor. Head nurses_ 113 |