... Annual report of the Presbyterian Hospital in the city of Chicago, with the constitution, by-laws and charter. (1917) (14784119132)

Identifier: annualreportofpr35pres (find matches)
Title: ... Annual report of the Presbyterian Hospital in the city of Chicago, with the constitution, by-laws and charter.
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago
Subjects: Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago --History --19th century Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago --History --20th century Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago. Ladies’ Aid Society Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago. School of Nursing Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago. Woman’s Auxiliary Board Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago. Woman’s Board Rush University Medical Center. Woman’s Board --History --19th century Rush University Medical Center. Woman’s Board --History --20th century Women Societies and clubs --Chicago Chicago (Ill.)
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago Shepard
Contributing Library: Rush University
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois



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ue and im-portance, and is accomplishing what its sponsors and devoted laborers for ithave claimed. Sincere thanks are due and gratefully tendered to our Superintendent,who has labored so incessantly, patiently and successfully to overcome themany seriom, difficulties of the past year; to the Medical Staff; to the headof our training school and her assistants; to our resident doctors and internes;and to our pupil nurses and employes, all of whom have given us that loyalservice which alone has brought us whatever success we have attained. The year upon which we are entering is sure to be beset with great diffi-culties, some of which we can foresee and others which do not now appearto us, incident to the changed conditions of everything about us. Whether atits close, we can speak with gratification as we do upon the year now underreview, will depend to a large degree upon the support which is given us bythis community, whose interests we are trying to serve. Albert M. Day, President. 12
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Our Service Flag represents those who were in the service ofour country at the close of our fiscal year: Attending physicians 6 Associate physicians 8 Assistant physicians 12 Internes 15 Nurses 25 Orderlies 3 Employes 9 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT Patients admitted during the twelve months ending December 31, 1917— Adults 7,933 Children 1,517 Maternity babies 313 Attendants (relatives of patients) , 442 Total admitted 10,205 CLASSIFIED Patients admitted to private rooms (40 per cent) 3,922 Patients admitted to wards (60 per cent) 5,841 Patients remaining in hospital 297 Medical patients (38 per cent) 3,745 Surgical patients (49 per cent) 4,796 Gynecological patients (10 per cent) 909 Obstetrical patients (3 per cent) 313 Patients died (including all emergency cases who died within 24 hours after admission) (3 per cent) 282 days treatment of patients Number days treatment of full-pay patients (27 per cent) 32,737 Number days treatment of part-pay patients (43 per cent) 52,137 Number daysannualreportofpr35pres