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Show WHAT THE UtJUHMHO HOSPITAL HAS 001 DU RWC THE PAST YEAR IKUM.iiHrHBlfliDSIIlQiHHtei?" 1 Tho annual meeting of tho stockholders stock-holders of tho Utah-Idaho hospital was hold on Tuesday, January 30th, 1917, with a good representation of stockholders present. The main foa-turo foa-turo of tho meeting wa3 tho reading of the president's annual roport which goes Into detail on tho work accomplished by tho hospital during tho past two years. The report Is as follows: Tho President' Iteport of tho Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Hospital for the Year 101(1. The services rendered at the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho hospital as well as by Its Btaff of physicians and surgoons havo Insured In-sured the public of Its equipment nnd ability to take caro of any and all cases subject to hospital treatment, treat-ment, due to which .fact thero has beon a great Increase In tho number of patients treated at the 'institution during the year 191C over that of 1915. During tho year of 1915 there was treated four hundred and fifteen pationts, and out of' this number two hundred and seventy-five patients were operated on and ono hundred nnd flfty-nlno were treated for tho various kinds of Internal ailments with tho death rate of 2.7 per cent (two and seven tenths per cent) from any nnd nil causes, a record which wo wore proud of considering tho fact that only tho most severo cases aro sent to hospitals. During tho year 191C thoro was treated at tho Institution four hundred hun-dred nnd eighty-six cases or nn increase in-crease of sovonty-ono patients over tho year of 1915. Thero was threo hundred nnd slxty-ono pationts operated oper-ated on and ono hundred and twenty flvo medical cases treated with a total tot-al death rato of less than two nnd one-half per cent, which record shows that pationts worn treated moro successfully than during tho previous year. So far aa I am nbte to learn the success nttalncd at this Institution Is oaual to that of- any hospital East or West, a fact which I nm very pleased to call to your attention. at-tention. Whllo hospitals aro comparatively new In our locality, yet, woll equipped equip-ped hospitals aro recognized to ho tho safest placo obtainable for the treatment of any and all cases subject sub-ject to treatment by scientific moth-ods. moth-ods. Duo to tho modern facilities afforded af-forded at modern Institutions built for tho purpose of making a correct diagnosis, tho treatment of pntlents, and particularly tho equipment for tho porformanco of surgical operations opera-tions has mado operations in our homes a thing of tho past, as people nowadays atop and think of whero such things can bo porformed the best and safest and then act according accord-ing to tho dictates of their own conscience con-science TImo or space will not permit me to go Into dotnll as to tho kinds of operations performed hero, but after following tho work of tho Institution Institu-tion all during tho past two years I am safe In saying that tho various kinds of operations performed at this hospital compare favorably with thoso of Eastern institutions. Thorp nro only ono or two fireproof fire-proof hospital buildings In tho West i and I am very glad to state that this in one of them which makes It absolutely abso-lutely safo for patients. I am told from visitors who are In a position to know that our hospital Is ono of the most modern in tho United States, Sta-tes, and considering tho pure air surrounding sur-rounding it gives us a groat advantage advant-age over othor hospitals of larger c!tlo3, all of which lessons our death rate to a minimum. In my annual report of a yoar ngo I stated that this Is destined to be-conio be-conio a medical and surgical center, which fact Is fast being realized by the people of this section. It is Interesting to noto that people peo-ple nre coming from nil over the In-termountnln In-termountnln country for treatment at this institution. During tho year 1916 patients havo conio from the following localities to bo troatod by our staff and cared for In our hospital: hospi-tal: Salt Lake, Ogdon, Provo, Coder City, Sprlngvlllc, Centervllle, Brig-ham, Brig-ham, Garland, Garden City, Taylor.v vlllc, Ulandlng, Whelnn, "Hatch, Or-dervlllo, Or-dervlllo, Logan, Hyde Park, Smlth-fleld, Smlth-fleld, Richmond, Lewiston, Cornish, Cove, Tronton, Clnrkston, Newton, Denson, King, Cacho Junction, Pet-ersboro, Pet-ersboro, Mention, Wellsvllle, Hyrum, iParndlse, Mt. Sterling, Mlllvlllo and J Providonco. From towns In Idaho: Malad, Samaria, Arco, Gooding, Stro-voll, Stro-voll, Uulst, Montpellor, Downoy, Swan Lake, Clifton, Oxford, Grace, Robin, Daniels, Totonla, Teton, Wll-ford, Wll-ford, Nounnn, Lava Hot Springs, Sublet, Arlmo, Hurloy, St. Anthony, Holso, Itexberg, Thntchor, Rlgby, Paris, St. Charles, Dloomlngton, Itld-gedalo, Itld-gedalo, Camos, Mink Creek, New-dale, New-dale, Alexander, Franklin, Whltnoy, and Preston. From Wyoming: Reliance, Relia-nce, Knight, Opal nnd Evanston. From Montana: Driston,. From Nevada: Ne-vada: Metropolis and Lunnlng, From Colorado: Gunnerson and Denver, also al-so patients rrom vqrlous localities In Ohio, Alabama and Iowa. You will see from tho location of tho above cities nnd towns that n great number of our patients cpmo from beyond tho bounds of Cacho Valloy. Our records show that they conio principally for surgical operations opera-tions which is ovldonco of our past success. Our training school for nurses Is second to nono, students coming from tho best families In Utah, Idaho, Ida-ho, Wyoming nnd Canada and othor sections of tho country. In keeping with the following resolution re-solution taken from tho by-laws of tho Utah-Idaho Hospital, wo havo dono" $1250.00 worth of charity work which resolution Is ns follows: "It shall bo tho duty of tho members mem-bers of tho medical staff to treat at tho hospital tho worthy poor as charity char-ity cases, free of charge. Tho worthiness worth-iness of such casos aro to bo determined deter-mined by tho bishops of tho various wards or tho clergymen of the vnr-lous vnr-lous churches, or other heads of somo recognlzod charitable organization organiza-tion or Institution, who shall noml-i noml-i nate tho patlont for freo treatment; nnd such nomination shall bo concurred con-curred In or endorsed by somo ono of tho members of tho modlcal staff of ; tho institution residing in or near tho locality from which such patient comes." I submit this report after two years personal supervision that you may seo what wo havo accomplished during that time. As to tho financial finan-cial condition will pay, that wo havo practically niet actual oxpenses and havo mado n few necessary Improvements. Improve-ments. Respectfully submitted, ANTHON ANDERSON. President. LORENZO HANSEN, Vice-Pros. |