Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1936.

  • Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Date:
1936
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Credit: Annual report of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital : 1936. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    same time. Through his resignation, the hospital has lost the services of a wise and devoted trustee. On September i, 1936, Dr. Reginald Fitz, who had been with us since 1922, resigned to become Wade Pro¬ fessor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medi¬ cine. He has our best wishes for success in his broader field. We wish also to record the loss of Miss Mary C. Gil¬ more, our Assistant Superintendent of Nurses. A Brig¬ ham graduate, she served in many capacities in the School of Nursing, and always with great efficiency. She left to become Principal of the School of Nursing of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. Our best wishes for her success go with her. In the Dietary Department, there were no changes in personnel. Miss Gertrude McDonald and her assistants, Miss Margaret O’Neil, and Miss Evelyn Nichols, have carried a heavier load than in the previous year, and most efficiently. The total diet days for the year was 14,033 in comparison with 12,139 last year. The outstanding diets were Diabetic, 24,011; High Caloric-High Vita¬ min, 3,925; Obesity, 1,927. Cafeteria service for doc¬ tors and nurses has been successfully continued through¬ out the year. We shall look forward to the time when waitress service for dinner at night can be re-established. Six student dietitians have completed the ten month course during the year, and all of these have been placed in satisfactory positions. We have completed the modernizing of all of the utility rooms throughout the hospital through the instal¬ lation of stainless steel work tables and complete modern sterilizing equipment, both for utensils and instruments. Modern sterilizers have been placed in all diet kitchens for sterilizing dishes of all patients on precautions. This