The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Homestead hospital

Collection:: Economics Books

there were twenty-five student nurses in training and eleven graduate nurses employed in the hospital. Our greatest need is a nurses’ home. At present the nurses asccupy one wing of the hospital, so that our total bed capacity is reduced until another building is furnished. The following statistics for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1928, are given: Number of full pay in-patients treated, 1199; number of part pay in-patients treated, 72; number of free in-patients treated, 498; total number of in-patients treated, 1769; number of full pay in-patient days, 10,715: number of part pay patient days, 1,556; number of free patient days, 7,082; total number of patient days, 19,353. The names of the present board of directors are as fol- lows: R. H. Watson, president; C. F. Botsford, secretary- treasurer; Hugh O’Donnell, Hugh Nevin, John Bell, Mrs. Virginia Schuchman, Mrs. Nettie LaCossitt, Mrs. F. B. Sheaffer, John Forbes, Morris Half, Thomas Ingram, Harry Wahr, T. J. Jamison, John McConegly, James C. Kuhn. INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN The Industrial Home for Crippled Children was founded by Mrs. Frederick O. Houghton, nee Mary Irwin Laughlin, who desired to ameliorate the condition of crippled children. Mrs. Houghton’s contribution was a memorial to her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin, and to her aunt, Miss Annie M. Bissell. In November, 1902, the Home was founded as the Memorial Home for Crippled Children, with Mrs. William Thaw as its first president. In addition to establishing an endowment fund, Mrs. Houghton gave a piece of land on Denniston avenue on which to build a home. The board of managers, March 31, 1905, voted unani- mously to continue the work in the name of the Industrial Home for Crippled Children. The charter, granted January 20, 1906, states that the Industrial Home for Crippled Child- ren was founded for the purpose of maintaining a home for the care and education of crippled children. In a broader sense this means to provide the best medical, surgical, and physical care; to give the children an all-round education; to prepare them for a vocation; and to help them find suitable

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