Annual report : 1949 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.
- Woman's Hospital in the State of New York.
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1949 / Woman's Hospital in the State of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE WOMAN’S HOSPITAL The Board of Governors of the Woman’s Hospital in the State of New York presents the following report regarding free care given by the Hospital for the year ending December 31, 1949: Patients Days of T reated Treatment Ward Service: Adults . 2,521 22,931 Infants . 1,234 11,135 Total . 3,755 34,066 Total Cost of Adult and Infant Ward Service. $506,180.16 Income from Ward Patients . 295,311.55 Total Cost of Free Ward Care Rendered. $210,868.61 or 42% of this service was FREE Out-Patient Departments Visits. 35,109 Cost of Rendering O.P.D. Service . $101,281.52 Income from O.P.D. Patients . 60,879.34 Cost of Free O.P.D. Service. $40,402.18 or 40% of this service was FREE Net Cost of Charitable Activities for the Year. $251,270.79 The year 1949 has been one of real progress at the Hospital. The Board inaugurated in 1948 a three-year plan to bring the physical plant of the Hospital entirely up to date. We believe that the work done during 1948 and 1949 places our Hospital in first class condition for the basic care of the patient. Our program for 1950 will add to the comfort of our patients and to the attractiveness of the Hospital for all who come to it. The greatest expense in 1950 will be the modernization of our heat¬ ing system and the completion of our plumbing and wiring renewals and improvements. New equipment is needed continually to accord with the latest sur¬ gical practice. Such equipment has been purchased, and will be pur¬ chased in the future whenever required. It is vitally important that this great teaching Hospital, where such fine care is given to our patients, should always have the best kind of facilities to make this work most effective. The cost of this essential program is great, and the Board believes the full cost should be amortized over a reasonable period, so that our endowment may not be depleted. [5]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31713816_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
