Forty-third annual report of the Trustees of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital, for the year ending September 30, 1898.

  • Northampton Lunatic Hospital
Date:
1899
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Credit: Forty-third annual report of the Trustees of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital, for the year ending September 30, 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    preliminary estimates the cost of the building and equipment would be about $15,000. A large saving to the hospital could be made in these prod¬ ucts with such a plant. Improvements. Since our last report several improvements then contem¬ plated have been completed. The addition to the south wing for toilet and bath purposes has been built; the electric pump has been in operation since January, supplying the water for the centre building and wings occupied by patients, rather more than one-third of the total amount used by the institution ; and since February the flat-irons in the laundry, heated by electricity, have been in successful operation. Pavilion. An attractive and spacious pavilion for the use of the patients, with an enclosure 30 by 50 feet, with a large fire-place, is now in process of construction on the hospital grounds. This build¬ ing is the gift of Miss Martha Eastman of Amherst. Financial Statement. The report of the treasurer shows that we have paid from the funds of the hospital during the year : — For ordinary repairs,.$1,448 72 For new work and improvement,. 10,044 84 Cash assets Sept. 30, 1898, ........ 28,380 23 Liabilities, . 12,496 78 Balance, .......... 15,883 45 Personal. There have been several changes in the staff during the past year, as follows : — Dr. Jane R. Baker resigned in November, 1897, to take a similar position in the Tewksbury Asylum, and Dr. Emma W. Mooers, who has had experience at the Kalamazoo, Mich., In¬ sane Hospital and at the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, was chosen to fill the vacancy.
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