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
