Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1919 — HOSPITAL TRUSTEES’ REPORT. [ARTICLE]

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

■Following is the report of the board of trustees of the Jasper county hospital for the year ending July 31, 1919: To the honorable board of county commissioners: Gentlemen: We take pleasure in handing you herewith a report of our stewardship for’the past year: The receipts amount to $11,905.50. The expenditures amount to $12,774.69. We wish to state that the deficit for the period from January 1, 1919, to August 1, 1919, was only $73.96. The expenditures are divided as follows: (Salaries, $7,157.43; supplies, $4,771.33; repairs and improvements, $739.90; permanent equipment, $106.03. The board, superintendent and nurses have tried to give the patrops the very best service and yet as reasonably as possible. We have not raised the prices and feel that we have made a splendid record in the face of soaring prices of supplies and salaries. We have charged off on a|ccount of dharity $386.00. • Number of patients admitted during the year, 461, 164 of which were surgical patients and 297 medical. Influenza patients, 201. Babies born, 28. We are badly in need of more room to care for maternity cases and a nursery. We should also have a cottage for tuberculosis patients. We are using a tent house for this purpose. (Respectfully submitted, Trustee Jasper County Hospital, By J. D. Allman, Chairman.