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]PAGE SIX Learn of Financial Losses at Annual Hos pifai Board Meeting Losses on indigent patients possibility nt the present time. nursing assistants. "I feel we and increased wage rates were Mr. Dilling's report showed have a very good staff", she the two factors responsible for that revenue in almost every declared. *-There is a good spirit a deficit of $15,920 on the 1954 department in the hospital wvas of co-operation and ail the staff operations of the Memorial greater in 1954 than in 1953. members work well together"l. Hospital. Bowmanviile, it was Roomn rents amounted to $98,211 Miss Shaw expressed her ap- revealed et the annual meeting -an increase of $8.376. Scr- preciation for the excellent of the Hospital Board of Direc- vices such *as operating rooin, work done by the Women's tOrs held in the Town Hall on delivery room, laboratory anid Hospital Auxiliary on behaîf of Wednesday evening of lest X-ray brought in $61 .738-an- the hospifal. and thanked the week. increase of $6,937. Total operat- Board of Directors for their Reports of Chairman Joie ing revenue at the hospital was cooperation and assistance. O'Neill and Treasurer Ray j. 5176,450-an increase of $12,117 A total of $9,878 liad been Dilling showed that the loss on ?ver 1953. In addition, a prov- setdrn 94 o e indigent patients was $13,71-i incial building grant of $15,- spenturing 1954 ncldnw resulting from 1,262 indigent 900, and $5,500 for sale of eour -pment, se said includiga patient days for which the building lots on Prince St. own- fu aki erî'aos hospital received only $4.50 per ed by the hospital brought in new kitchen range and a new1 dey instead of the actual cost an additional $21,400 in re- washing machine. She outlin-1 of $5.37 Wihoutthislos, veue.ed new hospital equipment of $537 Witoutthislos, veuewhich will be needed in the they pointed out, the deficit Total expenditures of $192,- future, including a new X-ray on the year's operation would 370 were greater by $33 ,768 machine, an obstetrical table, only have been $2,203. than in 1953. Taken from re- fracture*table, oxygen tent and They also pointed Out thâ,t venue of $176,450 the resuit was microscope. This and other salaries and wages paid to the a deficit of $15.920 on the year's needed equipment, she said, staff during 1954 was $113,001 operations. Mr. Diiling pointed would cost a total of $16 009. -an increase of $16.720 over out, however, that if it were the $96,281 paid during 195:3. not for the loss on indigent Sums Up Hlghllghts c "This is a large sumn for wa- patients, the deficit on the year Chairman O'Neill in his ad-1 ges". Chairman O'Neill said, would have been only $2.203. dress summed up the mainc "but we have to keep inistep nraeI PtetDy events of the hospital year, de- with the times and wvage rates The report of Miss Irene votin g a good deal of it to thet Pro going Up ail over Ontario". Shaw, Reg. N., Superintendent problemn created by' indigentC He also pointed out that during of the Mernorial Hospital, show- patients. He first paid tributc the past year the hours of the ed that 1954 xvas a busier year to the wonderful work donc by it nurses and the other staff mem- than 1953 in practicaîîy al ca- the hospital staff and the Su-C bers wcrc reduced from 48 to tegories. There werc 13,217 perintendent, Miss Shaw, dur-9 44 per wcek. patient-days-an increase of ing 1953. "There is a wonderful Beds Needlessly Occupied 250 over 1953. Admissions of atmospherc of co-oiperation andn On the subject of indigent 1,891 were 50 greater than in friendliness at the hospitals patients, Mr. O'Neill declared; the previous year, and t'41 which cannot help but be pass- g "We must keep our hospital average number of patient,, ed on ta the patients them- c from becoming a boarding house daily was 36.21: slightly higli- selves"', he declared. He stated i for indigent patients who do er rate of occupancy than the that the high standard of cf- p flot actualiv need special medi- 1953 average of 35.52. - ficiency et the hospital haed beena cal treatment". He stated that Attlo 7 ao n i maintained under the efficient c et the present time, and often nor operations were performcd giac fMs hw in the past; beds occupied by during the year, Miss Shaw re- Costs had increased duringC patients of this type have been ported, which was 35 more than the year, he seid, but this is u needed for people who were in 1953. There were 456 births, a condition which is common t( actually sick. The losses Of whicb was 20 more than in 1953. to ail hospitals in Ontario. Wa- i $10.87 for every indigent pa- Her figures also showed that ges take a very large bite from a tient-day is the big reason for there were more patients from hospital income, he pointed b the fact that the hospital is Durham County than from out, and salaries of $113,001 ir showing a deficit, he said. Bowmanvîîle. The total num- were nearly $13,000 more thcn The chairman pointed out ber of patients from Durham the amount earned for rent of that he has approached Town County discharged during the hospital rooms. "This is a lot Council on the matter of trying year was 1,041, while the num- pfmney, but we have to meet to have indigent patients who ber of Bowmanvilie patients increasing rates c o m m oi n ti are not actually sick, but mere- discharged was 690. Patients throtighout the province", Mr. tl ly showing the effects of old discharged from other counties O'Neill stated. tl age, admitted to nursing homes of Ontario numbered 153. Turning to consideration of I rather thon the hospitai so The Superintendent reported the future, he pointed out that b that they cen be cared for that she bas a staff of 70 on while the Memorial Hospital is Pl mnuch more cheaply. He stated the pay-rolI at the hospital, 27 a modern, up-to-date hospitalii a that counicil is working on thisio! whom are nurses and five equipment is becoming obsoles- ti cent ail the time. Figures show t that any hospital becomes out or o! date in 20 years' time and H some of the X-ray equipment re I Â ÂP r et the hospital is ledob- PREV NT M TH D MAGE lete. In addition, the office !n space is now too small to be i adequate. Mr-. O'Neill stated s Larvex Spray - 93o - 1.43 D.T. Moth Killer -___ 59e that X-ray is important at the th Mot Boak - 15e- 5e ieiordehospital, bringing in a revenue h MOthBlOks 15o- 2a Dchloide750 of $16,000 during 1953, and the w Moth Proofer Bomb - 1.49 FIy Tox Bomba - 98c-1.39 purchase of new equipment ge Softex Bombs -___ 1.69 Larvex Bombs -___ 1.50 cannot be too long deleyed. t ---i -Fraises Women's Auxlllary va The chairman peid tribute to YE Bankers Waterman's Paper Northrlte the fine worlc of Engineer sa Pen Fai Mae enDow, and i introducing Mrs. t 49C-79e-980 1.9 5 1.98 350 Wesley Cawker, President o! ar the Women's Hospital Auxil- gr iary, he had very great praise Pep Up for Spring BRYLCREEM and COMB for the ladies who make uip this e: pgBoth for 69c organization. "Our hospital t Geriol _ 1.5, 329, .49would be in vcry bad shape if 4 th Gertol 1.5, .2, 549 75o size LADY ESTHER it were not for the funds rais- inh Phospholecethin -__ 1.50) CREAM SPECIAL 63e cd by the Auxiliary and great y amount of purchasing and sew- a- Wampole's Extract 1.25 2 tubes IPANA FASTE ing o! supplies o! ail kinds IDE Keper' Exrac 1.0, .75which they do on behaîf o! the ed Kepers Etrct .0, 175 59c size - Both for 89e hospital". he declared. Mr. sta Scott's Emulsion 1.00, 2.00 .00AUMR O'Neill stated that he appre- an Scott's Caps ____ 1.65 2.0A AARN cieted their fine efforts all the na NeoChmial oo- LOTION - Now 1.25 more after attending a district ce' NeoCheica Fod-hospital meeting et which he dh' Capsules 1.65, 2.95, 6.60 WILDROOT CREAM OIL had a chance to compare the Su LliquId 1.55, 3.35, 5.90 and DISPENSER 98o work they do with thet donc ini - by Hospital Auxiliaries In Port op, Hope, Cobourg and other near- sta Chocolale Easier' Novelfies (boxed) byows. Cwel excellent re- port on the ectivities o! the 1 Auxiliamy is given elsewhcre ma Willard's Chocolales (Easier wrapped) in this issue. n Mr. 'Neil reortd tht th en 1.00 - 1.25 - 1.50 - 2.50 - 3.00 Mrht h _________________________________________ been used in the purchase of brc the much-needed new equip- cor NYAL CREOPHOS stops stubborn coughs ment. The new refrigerators Jar No door-to-door canvass wiIl be made You are asked to send your donations to Mr. M. Roenigk, Dowmanville, Ont ario or c The Bank of Montreal or The Canadian Bank of Commerce The local quota in this national campaign is $2,000. You cen serve - in this worthy cause - by giving your dollars to help in 'Sc disaster work and the many other humanitarian services carried on by__ Your Red Cross. I CHAS. H. CARTER, j President Bowmanville Brandi, Canadien Red Cross Society. P seid. The Chairman thanked the members of the Board for their regular attendance et meetings during the year and for their efforts on behaif of the institution. He also express- ed bis gratitude to The Cana- dian Stetesman and its Editor, George W. James, for the splen- did publicity given to the hospital affairs during the past year. "Mr. James has flot oniy given us good publicity but has elso persuadcd several people to make contributions to lie support of the hospital", he said. New Refrigerators Valu-ible Harry Cryderman, Chairman of the Finance Committee, re- ported that the institution had flot had very great success in collecting overdue accounts lest year, but that Mrs. Murie] Dunn will shortly take over this work and better results are expectcd. He pointed out that the new refrigerators purchas- cd had kept food costs to ;in increase o! only $481 over 1953 in spite of the fact there were many more patient-days dur- ing 1954. Lloyd Preston, Town Couîî- cil's representetive on the board, reported for property chairman Jack Lander that the hospital is in good shape but that the exit doors at the ends o! the corridors will need re- placement soon. He also paid tribute ta the effective work of Mr. Dow, the hospital en- gineer. Reeve Sidney Little. chair- man o! the grounds committee, stated in regard ta the indi- gent patient pmoblcm that couni- cil has no authority to remove indigent patients fromn the hos- pital ta a nursing home. They are preparing a resolution ta cover the situation however, and if the United Counties Council approves o! this resol- ution, then steps may be taken to relieve the situation. He ex- pressed the opinion that an auxiliemy power plant should be purchased for the hospital in the near future. Relations Wlth Publie Good Public Relations Chairman Ivan Hobbs reportcd that rela- tions betwcen the public and he hospital are good and also hat there seems to be good re- ations among the staff mem- bers et the hospital. Some peo- ple feel that the hospital rates are high, but he pointed out that the hospitel is flot trying to make money on patients but only to break even. The Ontario à Hospital Association recently1 celeased figures showing that sicc 1941 hospital wages haver increased 125%, food costs havre increased 200%7 and drugs andÉ surgical supplies 114%. He felt 1 that food and other costs at the1 hospital have been kept down weil In view o! these large gencrali ncreases. Mr. Hobbs pointed out that the hospital bas not hed a ceni- vass for funds in the last two cears but one mey be neces- sary in the future. A few peo- ple had rememnbered the i.nsti- tution In their wîlls, ha said, nd for this the Board is very reteful. Dr. Harold Ferguson, repres- ntative to the Board fromn 1e medical staff, pointed out 'at there have been changes n the staff during the pest car. Dr. Birks had passcd iway and is greatly misscd. Dr. erry Hubbard had been add- Id to the staff. The medical ta!! is being organizcd. be said, id Dr. V. H. Storey bas been iamcd President o! the mcdi- :al staff and Dr. Howard Run- le secretary. He thanked the ;uperintendent and the nurs- .g staff for their very fine co- jeration with the medical ta!f. Directors Re-Elected Following the reports, Chair- an O'Neill turncd the meet- g over ta Mr. Dilling for the lection of directors for 1955. Ir. Dilling read the - slate ought in by the nomination ommittee made up o! Stuart ames, Norman Scott and Mark îcenigk. This slate was Mr. NeilI, Mr. Little, Mr. Cryder- lan, Mm. Hobbs, Jack Lender, .~. . THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANV'ILLE ONTARIO INTI TUED U m