Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1930.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Date:
1930
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1930. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    duty) was $7.68+ as compared with $7.41 last year. Deduct¬ ing the cost of operating the private ward and out-door depart¬ ment, the per capita cost was $6.45. It was $6.35 in 1929. The per capita cost of provisions remained the same, $.49—. In the Out-Door Department, the number of new patients treated was 7,784, a slight decrease over the previous year, while the total number of visits to the department was 76,523 as compared with 73,593 the previous year. 'There was an increase in the per capita cost for out-patient visits to $.71— as compared with $.66+ the previous year. Other comparative figures will be found in .Table II on page 26. The hospital has always had a dentist on the consulting staff, but no regular dental work has been done at the hospital. The Executive Committee of the staff felt that many of our patients require dental work and, therefore, recommended to the Cor¬ poration the appointment of a dentist for the visiting staff and a dental interne. Both appointments were made and we now have in our out-door department twice a week a dental clinic to which patients from other departments may be referred. In addition, we have this service available to any of our patients, whether in the open or private wards. It is our feeling that it has materially added to the efficiency of our work. Dr. Leslie H. Wright, wrho has been an assistant superin¬ tendent since December, 1924, left us July 1st to become Direc¬ tor of the Genesee Hospital in Rochester, New York. We were sorry to have Dr. Wright leave us as he has been a faith¬ ful and progressive administrator. He well deserved his ad¬ vancement. Dr. Norbert A. Wilhelm was appointed on August 1st as second assistant superintendent, Dr. Charles L. Clay hav¬ ing been advanced to Dr. Wright’s post as first assistant super¬ intendent. Miss Carrie M. Hall, Principal of the School of Nursing and Superintendent of Nurses, was given a six months’ leave of absence by the Corporation to do field work for the Harmon Association for the Advancement of Nursing, an organization