Report of Cases Treated during the year ending Dec. 31st, 1870. Nativities.-United States, 6,122; Great Britain, 2,958; Germany, 1,084; other countries, 58; males, 3,470; females, 6,752; children, 4,270; adults, 5,952; number of visits by visiting physician, 4,449; number of house prescriptions, 25,555; total number of prescriptions, 30,004. Receipts.. Balance.... TREASURER'S REPORT. $4,562 60 3,672 44 $890 16 The trustees have received liberal donations during the past year, but they feel that they may expect a still more generous support for this great charity, and that they may ask those who have contributed to the support of the dispensary, and the many friends of homœopathy in the city of New York, to aid them in bringing this institution and its work to the notice of the many who have never given; perhaps more from the want of opportunity than lack of inclination to do so. LXX. Report of the North-eastern Homœopathic Medical and Surgical Dispensary. By F. SEEGER, M. D. Incorporated November, 1868. Located at No. 307 East Fifty-fifth Street, New York. OFFICERS, 1871. President.-Hon. M. H. Chambers. Vice-President.-Hon. R. A. Storrs. Treasurer.-John Hamer. Board of Directors.-L. Rosenfield, M. H. Chambers, William Radde, Dr. F. Seeger, W. A. Butler, John Hamer, Hon. R. A. Storrs, Dr. F. W. Hunt. Medical and Surgical Staff. Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System.-Dr. F. W. IIunt. Diseases of the Nasal Cavities, Throat, Lungs and Heart.-Dr. F. Seeger. Diseases of Women.-Dr. A. P. Throop. Diseases of Digestive Organs, Liver, Abdomen and Urinary Organs, and of Children.-Dr. A. J. Richardson. Surgical and Eye and Ear.-Dr. H. W. Westover. To the Board of Management.-In pursuance with the requirements of the by-laws requiring the chief medical officer to present an annual statement of the business of the dispensary, I would respectfully beg to submit my report for the year ending September 30, 1871. I cannot refrain from taking this opportunity to express my gratification at the increased evidence of appreciation in which our dispensary is held by the poor of the district. A glance at the past year's business will confirm this statement. During the year commencing October 1, 1870, and ending September 30, 1871, the total number of patients treated amounted to 2,913. To these 6,837 prescriptions were dispensed. The total number of visits made was. 1,611 63 The classification of the diseases treated is as follows: Class 66 I.-Diseases of the Nasal cavities, Throat, Lungs and Heart... II.-Diseases of Women and Children. III.-Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Liver, Abdomen IV. Diseases of the Eye and Ear. V.-Diseases of the Head, Nervous System, Skin, Sent to Hospital (mostly to Hahnemann Hospital). Deaths. Confinement cases.. Total.... 603 659 841 67 567 129 31 9 2,913 The total number of cases treated since the opening of the dispensary is as follows: To these the total of prescriptions dispensed is as follows: The total number of visits made since opening is as follows: This exhibit speaks for itself. It should speak to the wealthy more eloquently than the most well chosen and flowery language. It is a duty the more fortunate owe to the poorer, to do that which lies in their power to alleviate misfortune. Of all misfortune, none presses more heavily on the poor than sickness. A small sum contributed to a dispensary will do a great deal of good, and it is to be deprecated that there are not more to aid in the good work by their subscriptions. Subscriptions may be sent to the president, M. H. Chambers, 4 Union square; to Dr. F. Seeger, treasurer, 157 East Fifty-sixth street, or may be handed to any of the trustees. Patrons of the Dispensary.-A. T. Stewart, Esq., Mrs. G. V. Hecker, D. Dows, Esq., Hiram Calkins, Esq., Wm. Radde, Esq., G. G. Lake, Esq., R. A. Storrs, Esq., A. J. Tofel, Esq., of Boerick & Tofel, Homœopathic Pharmaceutists, 145 Grand street, N. Y. On motion of M. H. Chambers, seconded by Mr. John Hamer, it was Resolved, That the report of the treasurer is hereby approved. Resolved, That the medical report is hereby approved. Resolved, That the reports, as read, and the accompanying documents be accepted, printed, and circulated under the direction of the board. LXXI. Report of the Western Homœopathic Dispensary. By HAMILTON RICKABY, M. D. Organized May 21, 1868. Incorporated June 1, 1868. Located at No. 578, Ninth avenue, New York. OFFICERS, 1869.*. President.-D. D. T. Marshall. Vice-President.-Julien Allien. Secretary. Dr. Henry M. Hitchcock. Treasurer.-J. W. Goddard. Trustees.-N. B. Mountford, Fletcher Harper, James Wilson, Isaac J. Oliver, A. K. Laing, Jackson S. Schultz, James Cushing, Jr., J. Eckerson, E. Guernsey, J. Armstrong, Hon. Alexander Frear, Adolph Rusch, Hon. Richard B. Connolly, Dr. Hamilton Rickaby. Medical Staff. Superintendent and Visiting Physician.-Dr. Hamilton Rickaby. House Physician.-Dr. John C. Minor. Attending Physicians.-Drs. Warren Freemen, H. M. Hitchcock, J. Robie Wood, A. W. Lozier, Ralph Blakelock. REPORT, 1869. The trustees of the Western Homœopathic Dispensary, herewith present a report of work done since the organization of the dispensary, May 21, 1868, to December 31, 1869, a period of a little over one year and a half. Commencing in an humble way, in rooms hired for the purpose, the work has steadily increased, until now we are treating at the rate of eight thousand patients per annum, and giving out at the rate of twenty thousand prescriptions a year. The growth of this institution is unparalled in the history of city dispensaries, and shows the great need of an institution of this kind in the quarter of the city where this is located, and the faithfulness and skill with which the physicians have performed their duties. The trustees, in appealing to the public for aid, are confident that Omitted from Vol. VII of Transactions. |