Report of the Board of trustees of the Massachusetts general hospital, presented to the corporation, at their annual meeting, January 26, 1848.

  • Massachusetts General Hospital.
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1848
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Credit: Report of the Board of trustees of the Massachusetts general hospital, presented to the corporation, at their annual meeting, January 26, 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    was ^2,555.85, and that the whole invested property of the Corporation, real and personal, including said balance, was ^168,092.88. The cost of the Hospital and Grounds in Boston, to that date, is ^249,572.38; and the cost of the M'Lean Asylum for the Insane at Somerville, ^246,850.98; as also appears by the accounts of the Treasurer. Besides these invested funds and these two estates, it will be remembered that there will ultimately be receivable, under the will of the late John Parker, Esq. the sum of ^10,000, in addition to what may be realized from the bequests of Mr. Redman and Mr. Oliver, before referred to, and from any provisions, in favor of this Corporation, contamed in the charters of the various Life Insurance Companies of this commonwealth. It will also be remembered, that The Province House Estate, the noble gift of the commonwealth, which was leased in 1817 for ninety-nine years, and is therefore of little present value, will revert to this institution in A.D. 1916. The accounts and reports prepared by the Superintend- ent of the Hospital in Boston are herewith submitted, which contain several mteresting details. The current expenses of this department of the institution have, durmg the past year, required the payment from our general funds of ^20,710.25 ; being ^1,898.38 more than in the year 1846, and ^7,785.80 more than in the year 1845. The whole number of patients who have been under treatment durmg the year was 741,* of whom 340 have recovered, and 57 died. There remained in the Hospital, Dec. 31, 1847, — 114. The entire number of patients * Sixty-seven being in the house, Jan. 1, 1847 ; and 674 being received during the year.