naturally directs attention to the hospitals throughout Connecticut and a fairly careful tabulation has given items that may be of interest. Omitting from consideration all individual private sanitaria, most of them having to do with so-called nervous diseases, drug addiction, etc., there are as follows: 1st, the two state hospitals for the insane, one at Middletown greatly overcrowded with but 2,500 beds, the other at Norwich with 1,450 beds; 2d, the tuberculosis sanitaria, five of which are also under state supervision with 780 beds; one is the Public Health Hospital No. 41, which is the William Wirt Winchester tuberculosis annex to the New Haven Hospital, situated on the Allingtown Heights in West Haven, with 500 beds; another is the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium near Wallingford with 130 beds, and the Wildwood Sanatorium. annex to the Hartford Hospital with 50 beds; 3d, various general hospitals throughout the state, 32 in number; of these, Fairfield County has 8 with 1,031 beds; New Haven County has 10 with 1,420 beds; Hartford County has 5 with 1,141 beds; Litch field County has 3 with 160 beds; Windham County has 2 with 94 beds; New London County also has 2 with 202 beds; Middlesex County has I with approximately 100 beds, and Tolland County I with 28 beds. Summarizing 2 State Insane hospitals with Total beds 8 tuberculosis hospitals with 32 general and contagious hospitals with 3,950 beds It has been noted that Connecticut is one of the very few states that has a hospital in every county. It is now nearly a century since the first one was started; the Charter for the General Hospital Society of Connecticut was granted in 1826, the New Haven Hospital was built in 1829. In looking over the very early records of the Society your reporter found a statement that Dr. Swan of Westville was authorized to travel through Fairfield County (on horseback) to solicit funds to build the hospital; on rendering his account it was found that on his return after some weeks, his expenses exceeded his collections by $1.50. It looks as if the yearly deficit, which the hospital still enjoys, was congenital. The last auditors' report, however, shows a book valuation of lands, buildings, equipment, and invested funds of approximately $4,200,000. The constantly increasing demand for hospital accommodations of which we are all well aware, aside from the growth in population and from the better care in nursing and attention one gets, where caring for the sick is the business, is largely due to two sources: Ist, the development of the necessity for laboratory research in the diagnosis and treatment of strictly medical cases, impossible to be carried out in private practice except at a prohibitive expense; and 2d, in the immense increase of surgical work brought about by asepsis only to be carried out with hospital accommodations on any practical scale. These reasons, together with advances in sanitation and epidemiology, have in your reporter's lifetime brought up the average of human life in civilized nations from 33 to 45 years. The Council met again on April 25th, 1921, at 12 o'clock at The Hartford Club. The members of the Council were all present and also Dr. Ingalls, the Treasurer, by request. Dr. Ingalls gave a review of the finances of the Society for the last four years, showing a steady increase of the expenses and a corresponding diminution of the annual balance, demonstrating that to meet the expenses of the coming year it would be necessary to increase the per capita assessment to $4.00. (His report in full will be found on another page.) He also called attention to the fact that certain clerks of the county associations persistently violated the conditions of Section 10, Chapter XII, of the ByLaws of the State Society as to forwarding to him reports and monies collected at the times designated therein, thus rendering it impossible for him, the Treasurer, to pay bills as contracted. He requested the councilors of the respective counties, whose clerks were thus dilatory, to notify them of their duties and to endeavor to get them to obey the By-Law or have some one elected who would. The notified councilors consented to do this. The following names for officers, committee men and delegates were voted to be submitted to the House of Delegates for its action: For President, Dr. Charles C. Godfrey of Bridgeport. For Vice-Presidents, (1) Dr. Leone F. LaPierre of Norwich, (2) Dr. Frederick B. Bradeen of Essex. For Secretary, Dr. Charles W. Comfort, Jr., of New Haven. For Treasurer, Dr. Phineas H. Ingalls of Hartford. For Committee on Scientific Work, Dr. James D. Gold of Bridgeport, Chairman, Dr. Wilder Tileston of New Haven, and the Secretary. For Committee on Medical Examination and Medical Education, Dr. John C. Rowley of Hartford, to succeed himself. For the Committee on Public Policy and Legislation, Dr. Edward K. Root of Hartford Co., Chairman, Dr. Charles C. Gildersleeve of New London Co., Dr. William H. Donaldson of Fairfield Co., Dr. Ralph S. Goodwin of Litchfield Co., Dr. Charles J. Foote of New Haven Co., Dr. Clarence E. Simonds of Windham Co., Dr. James Murphy of Middlesex Co., Dr. Thomas F. O'Loughlin of Tolland Co., the President-elect, and the Secretary. For the Committee on Honorary Members and Degrees, Dr. Charles J. Bartlett of New Haven, Dr. Charles B. Graves of New London, Dr. George Blumer of New Haven. For Delegate to the American Medical Association for 1921-1923, Dr John E. Lane of New Haven, to succeed himself. For Alternate to above, Dr. Charles J. Bartlett of New Haven, to succeed himself. For Delegates to State Associations: To Maine, Dr. George Thompson of Taftville. 66 66 66 Massachusetts, Dr. C. F. Haviland, Middletown. The following recommendations to the House of Delegates for action were also voted, viz. First, that the dues for the coming year be $4.00 per capita. Second, that the next annual meeting be held in Bridgeport on Wednesday and Thursday, May 17th and 18th, 1922. Third, that the next semi-annual meeting be held in conjunction with that of the Litchfield County Medical Association on Tuesday, October 4th, 1921, at a place to be designated by the Litchfield County Association. Fourth, that the following change in the By-Laws, Chapter VII, Section I, first sentence to read, "The Council shall consist of one Councilor from each county and the President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer ex-officio." Fifth, to publish this recommendation with the notice of the annual meeting in order to secure action thereon at the coming meeting. The Council adjourned to meet on Wednesday, May 18th, at 8.45 A. M. Standard Time, at the Hunt Memorial Building, Hartford. Respectfully submitted, W. H. CARMALT, Chairman of the Council. Voted, to accept the report and place it on file. REPORTS OF THE COUNCILORS. Fairfield County, Dr. Frank W. Stevens, Bridgeport, Councilor. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: The Fairfield County Medical Association has held two interesting and instructive meetings during the past year. Nothing of unusual interest has occurred during the year. The hospitals throughout the County are doing excellent work although handicapped by the shortage of nurses. Our present membership is 226. Twenty-six new members were admitted, one was reinstated during the year, three were dropped and four died. Respectfully submitted, FRANK W. STEVENS, Councilor. Hartford County, Dr. Walter R. Steiner, Hartford, Councilor. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: The Hartford County Medical Association has had two wellattended meetings during the year. The first one was held at Cheney Hall, South Manchester, and papers were then read by Dr. Wilton E. Britton, State Entomologist, on "Mosquito Extermination in Connecticut"; by Drs. H. R. Sharpe, W. R. Tinker and C. C. Burlingame, on "Relations between Physicians in Industry and General Practice," and by Dr. Joseph A. Blake of New York, on the "Application of War Methods to the Treatment of Fractures in Civil Life." At the spring meeting papers were read by Dr. H. L. F. Locke on the "Problem of the Underweight Child"; by Dr. R. M. Yergason on the "Pedograph as an Aid to Diagnosis"; by Dr. P. F. McPartland on "Perforative Lesions of the Stomach and Intestines," and by Drs. D. J. Roberts and A. C. Heublein on "Advances in Radiology." At this meeting the retiring President surprised us by delivering a poem as his Presidential Address on "Finiens Orbis Medici," which in poetical ability equaled the best production of Lemuel Hopkins, who was our Medical poet in the pre-Revolutionary days. The hospitals have had a year of fruitful activity. The Hartford Hospital hopes soon to break ground for its maternity ward and the Hall-Wilson pathological laboratory, while the St. Francis Hospital has its maternity ward now in the process of erection. The New Britain General Hospital is planning new buildings to fulfill a wider sphere of usefulness and the Manchester Memorial Hospital, less than a year old, is proving a useful adjunct to its community. We now have 246 members of the Association, or a loss of one over the number reported last year. During the year three have died (Drs. Calvin Weidner, Charles R. Upson and George K. Welch). Their obituaries will be published in the Transactions so that the record of their lives will thus be permanently recorded. One member has moved from the county, eleven have been suspended for non-payment of dues and sixteen new members have been elected. Respectfully submitted, WALTER R. STEINER, Councilor. Litchfield County, Dr. Elias Pratt, Torrington, Councilor. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: The Litchfield County Medical Society is still in its usual prosperous condition. The membership shows very little change in |