I MAY 21, ms FINANCE

(continued from P086 1)

_-—-""-____-__’-_-__—_-‘--— me so acute that the Trustees be“ compared w proceed without 21:11:; to provide a new hospital- “rhe new building at Brighton, which we Plan '=° °P°“ °“ ‘hi’ m‘ a‘, Jul“ 15 the result. Thehofllllill [fps been carefully P18111194 and the vkry latest ideas in building and mulpmmt have been carried out. j have 104 beds besides accom- lfimmon for 20 nurses arid when Q demand for hospitalization reaches our bed limit a nurses‘ hbme will likely baerected thus Napkin“; more accommodation for patients. 3A, the reports of the different committees, which cover the prir1- pipe], activities of the hospital for mg, past year, have been received and adopted further comment is unnecessary. The report of Mr. S. A, McLeod, of the Building Com- mjttge, gives you the fullest par- ticulars regarding the new hospi- tal, The matter of financing how- ever, calls for some serious think- ing.

When we started the construction of this building we had the cash which had been paid in as a result of the campaigns of 1923 and 1930 and the promises to pay the un- paid balances of subscribers in these t\vo campaigns. Many sub- , ibers in both campaigns had

_id to usz-"We will not pay any ‘more until the hospital is under

construction and you nccd the

money, then we will pay." On the strength of these promises we went ahead and have erected a hospital oi which any community may fecl proud, erected and equipped it at

a lower cost per bed than that of

any modern hospital erected in

Canada in the last twenty years.

Now we must ask all contributors to take care of their obligations under their pledges given in the

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cellcnt medical and nursing staff . vious year, viz: 1,485 patients with of the Prince Edward Island Bos-| 14,655 patient days, B8 888111814 1.633 pital, the speaker said that the one patients with 15,019 patient days thing lacking had been the inade- the your before. Patients’ fees, quacy of the building. This lack is , however, show a decrease of over now being supplied by the erection $5,000 being 935,012 as against $40,- of the splendid modern up to date 194 in 1931-82. This is due to pres- hospital. In touching on the cost ent financial conditions, many

Mlllan stated that the amount oi| bills who in other times would pay charitable work now carried on in, in full. Notwithstanding this very the three hospitals has so greatly heavy extra demand on the re- increased that unless they get as- sources of the hospital your Trus- sistancs to pay off the overdraft tees are pleased to report that we

of running a hospital Dr. Mac-Ipeoplc being llnflblo W Ply their I

load to carry for some time but with the co-operation of all our people this can be overcome. rc- member w¢ have built for the fu- 'ture.

The site on which the hospital stands will always be removed from noise or interference of any kind and I believe that this will be worth many times the cost of the building to future generations.

We were fortunate indeed in.

Clmrlln:

having Mr, J. E. Harris as associate architect and Mr. Albert Baker as Clerk of Work: our interests were well looked after.

1n closing I wish to thank all members of the Committee for their loyal support at all times, es- pecially Dr. J. A. Clark who has acted as Secretary for over two years and did a tremendous lot of work,

Report

and deficits they must go out of business. He trusted that the time would soon come when out of the funds of the Province there should be set aside a sufficient amount to maintain the hospitals, or as they do in otheryrovinces, give an ade- quate per capita. amount to meet the living expenses oi’ those who ‘come in as ward patients. The pres- ent governmental grants the speaker explained amounted to only $2,000 each.

Hon. W. M. Lea in following Dr. Maclvlillan, said:

Hon. Mr. Lea congratulated the Board of Trustees, the Committees and all others concerned on the courage and self sacrifice they dis- played during the present econom- ic conditions in going ahead and beginning the erection of the Hos- pital. Previous speakers had re- ferred to the necessity of a. state construction. He said that he be- lieved the opposition would be ready to support any reasonable proposition put forward by the government. While Premier he had been visited by important delega- tions ln connection with health ac- tivities, and could not but recog- nize the Justice of their claims. He lnstnnced the provision made for the treatment of tuberculosis. Why should not the Province supportto a greater extent, the needs of the Hospitals? he asked.

While the House was in session, your Trustees waited on the Govy

two campaigns. You must surely see that this is due to the Trustees

ernment and asked them to Who!- extent we might expect our hi)?“

have paid every bill up to date, paid off the deficit of $1,411.83 and closed the year with a small surplus 0f $18.83.

The Act of Incorporation was amended at the last session, The new act obtained in i932 incor- porated the Trustees only, the amended Act incorporates the members of the corporation. A new set of bye-laws has been prepared and passed at a general meeting.

We regret that owing to ill health, Mr. J. E. Bell has not been able to attend meetings of the Board for the last two months. We hope he will soon be restored to his usual health.

We regret that the grant of $500 per year for the H. J. Crowe Schol- arship has been withdrawn, we hope only temporarily.

The Ladies‘ Aid has worked dill- gcntly during the year and the ‘Trustees are most appreciative of their efforts on behalf of the hos. pital.

The Trustees would like partlcu- larly to make the public conscious

of the great service rendered by‘

the medical staff. Do you ever stop

to think that when we report free '

Work o! $18,000 it means that amount is only hospital charges? All the medical and surgical work ifs rendered tree by the hospital staff and amounts probably to as much as the hospital charges Any of those free patients receive the same care and treatment as those who are ablc t0 pay.

The clergy of the different de-

in order that, they may be able to 9° be T9913“ and w” were Md the nominations have as usual 1am“ take care o; the flnanclal nmmgb Government would give no further fully visited the sick in the hospi-

ments they have made. We have. 1155151941169 14° K059114915 this Yea“ n’

borrowed $75,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada on the credit of the Hospital and we are obliged to borrow further amounts necessary to complete the work, to finance all of which we are putting out an issue of bonds amounting to .000 at 515% with which to pay g5 the bank loan. We were very disappointed that the Provincial Government this year refused us the further grant which they had practically prom- ised us. At the laying of the corner stone the following letter from Premier J. D. Stewart was read by tion, Dr. Lina-Millenni-

Message from the Premkr

"In embracing this opportunity of congratulating you and your as- sociated trustees of the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital upon reach- ing this milestone in the history of your institution, may I express my great disappointment that I am deprived of the privilege of being Present and personally taking part ln this function. The advancement of civilization and refinement .:an best be measured by the progress made by the community in the care Ind amelioration of tho sick and unfortunate. If that proposition be otpted then our advancement in

by the history of our hospitals, and the credit for this invancement be- iimss to citizens who have given their time and means to that end and among whom are the members 9i your Board and their predeces- sors. The Prince Edward Island 3°5i1ltal has for many years been lhousehold name throughout the, kflsih and breadth of the Province,| but lately our Provincial require- mlllls have grown beyond it and "F" Board t- ceived the‘ erection °Nhls new institution. I cannot ,_ ine any greater evidence of the Willie, determination and public "PM oi’ the members of your Bord. than the undertaking and “Wills forward thus far this '15“°'“N especially under condi- "flu such as have existed during We!“ times. How all these eclec- MWRTY institutions have been '1 lalned so successfully up to “wit. no one knows, except

. Who have undertaken to find

. “"58- If I may personally be m“ 1° rXbress an opinion, I

V5 tlic time is near at hand the state will rind acornmon

c Wt of which all these institu- tgill be maintained. Let us m? the time is at hand when “m. I1! will cast aside all petty hi‘, “ "fli-lments, and unite as P°°D1o with the ambition to

o! 5 Physical and moral stand- u" cmzfll-Bhlp to the top of

ici

3 Faithfully yours,

‘std-l 1. n. s-rewsrtr,

M. _ Premier.

h“ immm llllihorted the ° "is Premier, saying:

'2’

l.

t ' community must be measured

is most difficult roi- your Trustees to understand this action on the; part of the Government. For fifty‘ years these three general hospitals; built and equipped altogether by generous and Duplic spirited m‘ divlduals, have taken care of the sick of this Province with practis- ally no Government assistance for maintenance, us the trifling "Yearly grant docs not more than pay half of one month's bills of cit-her of the two city hospitals. l

Since the doors of these three

' hospitals were opened they have

ucvcr refused hospital care to any- onc regardless as to whether they were ablc to pay or not. For several year's the amount of free worki done by thg two Charlottetown hos-

pitals has amounted to from $15,- 000 to $19,000 per year and the

Prince County Hospital in about

the same proportion. All of this

work should be paid for by the

Provincial Government and the in-

corporated towns and cities having

thc power of taxation. The refusal

of furtheruisslstance to the gen-

eral hospitals by the Government

appears scarcely fair or wise, in

view of the large grant given to tho Provincial Sanatorium and the. further increase of this grant by: $6,000 this year, the increase total-

ling the entire ‘grant to the three

hospitals.

There is no disposition on the part~of your Trustees to do other than giirc the Government credit, for strongly supporting the Sanat- orium but we wish to point out that where only 135 patients were taken care of in this institution last year, the three general hospi-

"Yiur truiutsto the ex-

P"

- Canadian ladder."

tals took care of 4,000 patients suf- ' fering from all kinds of diseases and accidents and were obliged to keep their doors open day and night for emergency cases. Further the medical and surgical staff of the different hospitals gave their services free to all patients who were unable to pay whereas all medical services rendered to thc Sanatorlum are paid for by the

Government.

We have dwelt at, some length on this situation because it is of vital importance to thc general hospitals that present conditions be remedied at once. If this is not done a most serious situation will arise, indeed it is already here, and if the general hospitals are obliged to close their doors to any but pa- tients who can pay in full or pep- haps even worso close them to all, the responsibility must rest on the

tal.

The following nurses graduated: Bernice Louise Mutch.

E119- Jflflotbo Edwards.

Marion Jean Wilson.

According to the bye-laws J. E. Bell, James Paton and H. D. John- son retire as Trustees all of whom are eligible for re-election.

Building Committee

The following report was present- ed by Mr. S. A. MacLeod, chairman _0f the Building Committee:

The past year has been a very busy one for the building commit- tee of the New Prince Edward Is- land Hospital.

During this period there were forty-six meetings held at all of which there was importanbbusi- rzcss to transact, besides there were several sub-committees appointed which did splendid work. New plans were submitted and after holding several meetings a number of changes were made and tenders called for, there being eighteen firms tendering, on the 6th of August the tender of A. F. Byers Co. of Montreal was accepted on a. cost plus, basis $204,300 plus fee $3,- 000, making a total of not more than $212,300. The work was start- ed shortly after and by December the building was closed in.

oh Thanksgiving may, October 10th, the laying of the Corner Stonc took place, the ceremony

Z being performed by Robert A. Gor-

don, Most Worshipful Grand Mas- tcr, A. F. and A. M., there being a large attendance of Masons from all parts of the Island. The large number of people present enjoyed the ceremony very much and many favourable comments were heard. Mr. James Paton was Chairman of Committee and

shoulders of those whose duty it is l0 Provide Proper assistance, such as is furnished by every Qovgm. merit, Municipality, City and town in Canada.

We expect to be obliged to go back to thc system of making yvflfly collections to cover opera- tion deficit as was done every year prior to. 1923 since which time we

have always paid our way. - The work of the hospital wag

The following report on the hos- pital campaign from Oct, 23, 1930, to April 30, 1933, was presented by Mr. W. F. Tldmarsh:

Cash balance transferred from 1923 Cash received to date and credited Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . Contribution by Services . Bank Interest

campaign t 4,101.02 by Royal

By

B)‘ 124,412.39 35.00

3,227.93 $131,836.34

BY BY

To Salaries . . . . .. . 2,776.93 To Printing and Stationery . 247,51 To Postage .. . . . . . . . . 377.69 To Travelling Expenses: v Jas. Paton . S. A. McLeod Dr. Houston . . . . . Miss Mair‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00 090.2.) ‘To Sundry Expenses: Provincial. Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Rent, Light, Advertising, etc. 122.41 147.41 To survey of Hospital Grounds 35.00 To Bank Charges for Exchange, Postage, Tele- grams, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 120.93 To Hospital Building Committee 126,869.95 131,264.57 Bank Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 571.77 $131,836.34

STATEMENT 0F PLEDGES AND CASH CONTRIBUTIONS

Cash received at outset of campaign for which no

s01 scours INANNUAL ultuuimtu

Action and comedy, intermingled with a bit of pageantry featured the annual Boy Scout Display and Con- cert in the Prince oi‘ Wales College Hall last evening. The programme which consisted of choruses, play‘- cttes, and demonstrations of thc forms of Scouting was greeted with the applause of a. well pleased audi- ence. Mucli credit ls due to till‘ leaders, Mr. Wm. Warren, M1". R. C. Parent, and Mr. Fred Driscoll, of thc Scouts and Mrs. Pareutiiid Miss Ruby Campbell who are 111 charge of the Zion Cubs.

Tribute was paid to Mrs. A. B. Cosh and Mr. Lee Dlngwell by Mr. Warren in his closing remarks for their valued help in arranging the musical part of the programme.

‘Ilia Concert was put on not only to raise enthusiasm for Scouting, but to raise funds for their Summer Camp and it was successful in both respects. A party of Cubs, under the leadership of Mr. Stephen Pond came down from Summerside on purpose to see what the Charlotte- town troops were doing.

The two playettes, and “Up the ladder," by the Zion Wolf Cubs, were especially pleasing to the audi- ence as examples of the training rc- ‘ ceived by the boys in this Associa- tion.

Boy, Bill Burnett; Miner,

J . Trade Between

C a n a d a A n d

Brit. West Indies

UITAWA, May 26-(C.P.)—-’l‘rade between Canada and the British West Indies is governed by a. trade treaty which established the tar- iff rates on ‘West Indies goods en- tcring Canada.

“No change can be made in t-hc treaty without the consent of both parties," lion. H. H. Stevens, Min- ister of Trade and Commence stat- ed tonight. “Canada. has never sug- gested s, variation in the terms ct the treaty and will not do so ivith- out first consulting thc Wes: I11- dian colonies."

helium-he To case anothefs heartache, is to forget ones own-Lincoln.

Leigh; Mcunty, Mainland Owen; Lumbermau, Niall Burnett; Cow Harry Pincau; Fisherman, Bill 'I‘rainor; Habitant, Ivan Walsh; Airman, Charles Batt; Sound Artist, Philip Stewart; Camp Fire Scene-Songs, Dances, Demonstrations, Badge Presentation, etc, etc, God‘ Save the King,

BIRTH S

FOSTER-At Dunstaffnage, May 24, 1033, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Foster, a son.

DEATHS

The following was the programme:

Opening Choruses.

The Three Branches of Scouting‘ Illustrated.

Up the Cub Ladder - zioh Wolf Cubs Pack.

Playette—Arrested - Kirk Troop of Scouts. _

Demonstration of Games — Si.

, receipts were issued . . . . . . . . . .. $ 350.00 Cash contributions for which receipts were issued 11,426.54 Total pledges in cash, in foxes and in services 199,449.96 199,226.20 Less anticipated loss on foxes 1,200.00 197,026.20 l Less Cash received $124,412.39 Less Services rendered .. 35.00 124,447.39

Balance of pledges unpaid 872,579.91

Following is the financial statement for the year ending March 31st, 1933:

RECEIPT S

Anaesthetic Fees Patients Fees .

. . . . . . 2,314.00 .. 29,525.56

iX-Ray Fees ............. ......... 3,173.00 Scholarship, H, J. Crowe Estate . .... 600.00 Provincial Government, Grant 2,000.00 City of Charlottetown-Grant . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00

Prowse Bros. Anniversary Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 87.50 Masonic Collection (Laying of Corner Stone . 53.78 Donation, Harry MacLean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. 15.00 * Donation, (Friend) . . . . . . . . . .. 20.69 Inter-est on Endowment Fund . 2,923.40

, Scout Troop.

1 ‘s Scout Troop. First Aid Demonstration — Zion

PART I

Pyramlcls—Kir1gs Own and Kirk Troop of Scouts.

The Awkward Squad-Baptist and Central Christian Scout Troop.

Skinning the Snake-St. Paul's Wolf Cub Pack.

Playlet-Scouts of the Most Holy Redeemer Troop.

Game —Kings Own Wolf Cub Pack.

INTERMISSION SALE OF CANDY

PART II

Canadian Rover Pagcai1t~1st Charlottetown Rover Crew. Char- acters: Interpreter, John Denny; Acorousta, the Indian, Lorne Call-

Ivicc at 2 p. m. Interment Vernon

beck; Pa-Nik-Pn, Eskimo, Stewart

Interest to December 31st, 1932

Following is schedule for year ending March, 1933:

Medical Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.01 Metabolism Fees . . . . . . . . . . . 327.00 Pathological Dept. » Fees . . . . 1,478.40 Nurses Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.50

...................... 15.00

Rent of Field, Exhibition Association

Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . ..

American Exchange .. iSetofscalessold..... .. 5 J. 11'. Bell (Campaign Fund 192a)

Special‘ Nurses Board . . . . . . . . , . . .

EXPENDITURES

To Balance March 31st, 10:12 ...... .............. .. . ..s r,4i1.as|' Scholarship, H. J. Crowe Estate (Miss Linnie Platte) 600.00 Electric Power 905.05 Expenses General ................... 1,426.95 Fuel . . . . . . . . 4,344.44 Groceries . . . . . . . . 7,372.59 Milk 6r Cream . 1,791.90 Meat 8c Fish . . 2,137.99 Insurance . . . . . ..