. The New England magazine. THE SUN IRRIDOR, MARY HITCHCOCK CE TO THE MARY HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL. be wisely administered. The trusteesdid not spend it all in buildings, butput aside about half of it as a perma-nent investment, from which some in-come was to be derived. They lo-cated the institution in a good place,with plenty of ground around it, andcalled in the advice of good physi-cians and good architects. There are many who areable to establish hospitals,either by gifts while livingor by bequests. Some canreadily provide $100,000or more; but in case solarge a sum is not avail-able, it may be
. The New England magazine. THE SUN IRRIDOR, MARY HITCHCOCK CE TO THE MARY HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL. be wisely administered. The trusteesdid not spend it all in buildings, butput aside about half of it as a perma-nent investment, from which some in-come was to be derived. They lo-cated the institution in a good place,with plenty of ground around it, andcalled in the advice of good physi-cians and good architects. There are many who areable to establish hospitals,either by gifts while livingor by bequests. Some canreadily provide $100,000or more; but in case solarge a sum is not avail-able, it may be said thatfor many a community$25,000 spent in buildingsand their equipment and$50,000 invested for in-come will make a goodhospital possible. Thebalance of income willcome from paying patientsand the gifts of of these smallpital. hospitals is St. Lukes, 262 THE FOUNDING OF SMALL THE CONSERVATORY, MARY HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL. at New Bedford. During the officialsyear 1898 it treated five hundredand sixty-eight patients and ex-pended over $17,000. Part of themoney for the expenses came fromthe dues of patients, voluntary con-tributions and annual subscriptions,but about one-third of it was the in-come derived from the permanentfund, which is now over $100, buildings are constructed afterthe plan which is growing more intofavor, that is, a central administrationbuilding, with wards to the right andleft connected by means of illustration given is of specialvalue as show-ing the en-largement anda d d i t i o n everyhospital has toprovide formore accom-modation astime goes on,and it is wellto study howto enlargewhen the firstbuilding isconstructed. The story ofthe Mortonhospital atTaunton, Mas- sachusetts, brings to viewsome chapters which, witha change of names anddates, would describe thehospital movement inmany another place. Formany yea
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