Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1935.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1935
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1935. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    President’s Report The resignation of Mr. Harry L. Bailey, a member of the Corporation since 1925, was accepted with regret. Dr. C. Sydney Burwell, recently appointed Dean of the Harvard Medical School, accepted the position of Physician on September 1, 1935. Dr. Alvah H. Gordon, Visiting Physician to the Mon¬ treal General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medi¬ cine at McGill University, served as Physician-in-Chief pro tem from April 14 to 20, 1935. During the past year, many meetings were held by public-spirited persons and representatives of the hos¬ pitals and charitable societies of Boston to consider the adoption of a permanent joint form of raising funds for the support of the charities of Boston. Following these meetings, the Community Federation was formed, and through its efforts, a large fund was subscribed. The Trustees here place on record their gratitude to these public-spirited citizens who gave so much of their time and effort to obtain subscriptions to this Community Federation Fund. The staff and employees of the hos¬ pital subscribed a substantial sum, and in addition, they voluntarily accepted a large reduction in wages which went far to enable the hospital to continue its charitable work. We thank the members of the Ladies’ Social Service Committee for their work in helping support the So¬ cial Service Department which has become so essential to the successful treatment of patients in the hospital. There are 247 beds in the hospital, of which 187 beds, or 76%, on the average were occupied by patients dur¬ ing the past year. It is worthy to note that the beds