Report of the governor general of the Philippine Islands. [1908]

REPORT OF DEAN, PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL. 861
waiting room during hours given to this class of work. As a result it was decided by the faculty to have the dispensary open in the afternoons as well as
in the mornings.
Certain repairs are necessary in the present quarters to render them even
in a measure efficient and sanitary, but these will be kept at a minimum, and it
is hoped that the new free dispensary to be attached to the Philippine General
Hospital will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
A certain number of graduates in medicine who were government students
in the United States are now returning, and therefore the great need of internes,
which was such an embarrassment at the time of the organization of the
school, is gradually being met.
PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
The plans for the Philippine General Hospital on the pavilion system have
been completed. It will be in close proximity to the bureau of science and to
the laboratory building of the Philippine Medical School, an intimate relation
between the school, the bureau of science, and the hospital being thus assured.
When the buildings are completed and ready for occupancy the clinical instruction will be placed upon a better footing. When this time comes there
will also be a sufficient number of graduate students of the Philippine Medical
School to give a greatly improved service to the patients. The establishment
of the new obstetrical ward should give facilities for attacking the problem
of infant mortality previously not available in these islands.
The discussion of the relation between the present clinical staff of the school
and the new hospital has been given in the report of the director of the bureau
of science to the secretary of the interior, as under present conditions the
questions relating to the general hospital pertain to the department of the
interior.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
(For the period July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1908.)
Appropriations Act No. 1660 (deficiency appropriation), contingent expenses, salaries, and wages___________ --- —------------ -, 000
Act No. 1679, contingent expenses, salaries, and wages -________ —__ 122,000
Total -____ --- —-------------------- 128, 000
Act No. 1679, for 50 beds in St. Paul's Hospital____________________ -25,000
Grand total_____ ------------- 153, 000
The following statement represents 'vouchers actually accomplished and
chargeable to the fiscal year 1908:
Repairs and alterations__ _ _ ---- --------------— __ _, 533.69
Office supplies_____________ --- —------------------- - 1,178. 93
Apparatus, equipment, and supplies —__-_____ __________ --- —_ — 35,549.43
Furniture _ --- —---------------- ------ --- 3, 304.97
Chemicals_ _ __ _ _ __ --- —---------------— _ 2, 686. 20
Transportation, city of Manila_____ --- —-------------- 174.22
Per diems___ ____ _ --- —-----------------------— __ 184. 00
Cablegrams ------— __ __ --- —------------ 440.01
Telegrams and postage -------------------— _ --- —- ---— _ _ _ _ 51. 76
Printing and binding ________ — ---------------- 1,121. 22
Light and electricity___- _______ ___ --- —------ 258. 45
Laundry_ --------- -- — _ _ --- —-- 61.44
Ice and distilled water --- —----------- ------ - 1,034.60
Salaries and wages__ ------------------ - 46, 576. 45
Telephone_ —_ — - --------------- ---- ----- 151.90
Small animals _______-. --------------------------- 32.00
Transportation of employees_ ---- ----------— _ _ 405. 70
Miscellaneous (translation charges, blueprints, exchange freight,
bond, feed for small animals, etc.) --— _ ______ --- —------ 478.32
St. Paul's Hospital (contract) ---- _______ --- —--- ----- 19,782.00
Grand total_,. —.- ___ ------------ ----- -- 121,005.29