Annual report : 1919 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.

  • Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.
Date:
1919
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Credit: Annual report : 1919 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT ♦ OP THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS . *' OF THE WOMAN’S HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK The Board of Governors of the Woman’s Hospital presents the following report for the year ending September 30, 1919. It is a great satisfaction to be able to report that the revised and more centralized organization of the Surgical Staff introduced into the Hospital a little over a year ago by the Chief Surgeon, Dr. George Gray Ward, Jr., to whose report attention is especially called, is proving a success. Under this System the procedure in the care of patients has been simplified and standardized, and the responsibility centralized as much as possible, resulting in greater efficiency. The Follow-Up System has been rendered more efficient. It is now pos¬ sible to keep in touch with a greater number of patients after they have returned to their respective homes, to continue to give them surgical advice when needed, and thus to assure them as far as possible favorable results of their surgical treatment in the Hospital. Dr. E. L’H. McGinnis, who as Electro-Therapeutist served the Hospital faithfully for thirty-three years, and whose connection with the Hospital began as early as 1884, when he was appointed to the House Staff, has resigned. The Board of Governors wish to record here their appreciation of Dr. McGinnis’ long and faithful services and of his unwavering loyalty to the interests of the Hospital. A Special Clinic of Gastro-Enterology has been added to the Elec¬ tro-Therapeutical Department and has been placed in charge of Dr. Dudley Roberts. The statement immediately following page 34, of the report of the Superintendent, shows the comparative statistics of patients treated during the years ending Sept. 30, 1919 and 1918. From this state¬ ment it will be noted that 3,102 women and 887 babies were cared for in the wards and private rooms of the Hospital, an average of 146 women and 35 babies, or a total average of 181 patients per day. 787, or about 35y2% of the patients cared for in the Hospital wards were unable to pay for treatment and were therefore treated free. In the Obstetrical Department there were 876 births, an increase of 63 over the previous year. A considerable increase will be noticed on the statement in the average cost per patient per day, due to the increased costs of ma¬ terial and supplies, and to numerous increases in rates of pay of em¬ ployees which it was necessary to grant during the year in order to meet the higher costs of living. The somewhat more thorough and elaborate treatment of patients, due to improved methods during the past few years, is also partly responsible for increased costs of Hos¬ pital care. In the Out-Patient Department it will be noted that during the