Amount brought forward

1867, November 30. From Boston, Hartford and Erie R. R. for 5,167 square feet land taken by New York Central R. R. from estate on Third street, South Boston 1868, January 1. Proceeds of sale, balance of estate on Third street, South Boston, 1,516 square feet.

$16,500 00

3,875 25

758 00

$21,133 25

1869, January 1. Of the above amount, say $20,500, is invested in city scrip, interest payable semi-annually, at six per cent. per annum, and deposited with the City Auditor, who is required to receive the interest upon the said scrip, and add the same to the moneys appropriated for the use of the Hospital.

The balance on interest in the hands of the City Treasurer, to be invested as above, is $633.25.

1868, January. The $10,000 deposited by the Executors of Mr. Goodnow, June 22, 1852, with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, the interest upon which is to be paid to the widow, will, upon her decease, be distributed as follows:

$500 to the Penitent Females' Refuge.

$5,000 to City of Boston; income to be expended for the relief of sick and infirm persons.

$4,500 to be added to the fund heretofore provided for the support of free beds in the City Hospital.

Lawrence Nichols, of Boston, by will dated August 19, 1862, and recorded Suffolk Registry of Wills, vol. 160, fol. 140, bequeathed to the City of Boston, towards the support of a City Hospital, the sum of one thousand dollars.

1863, April 29. The executor of Mr. Nichols paid the City Treasurer $1,000, less the United States tax The City of Boston paid interest on same

$937 25

62 75

$1,000 00

1864, July 1. The above amount, say $1,000, has been invested in City of Boston scrip, dated July 1, 1864, twentyyears, with six per cent. interest, payable semi-annually, and deposited with the City Auditor, as required by ordinance.

1865, March 14. Received as Residuary Legatee, from the estate of Mr. Nichols, and now in the hands of the Treas$530 50

urer

1868, January 1. The Trustees received the sum of two thousand dollars from Hon. Otis Norcross, as the foundation of a fund for the benefit of patients leaving the Hospital, poor and destitute of proper clothing. The principal sum is invested in a City of Boston interest-bearing note, to be deposited with the City Auditor, the interest of which is to be collected annually or oftener, and paid over to the President of the Board of Trustees, for the time being, of the City Hospital, to be by him expended at his discretion for the benefit and temporary assistance of those patients who are in his judgment deserving, and who are destitute of proper clothing in which to leave the Hospital, and having no means of procuring it.

1870, April 1. The Trustees received from the estate of Mr. Jonas Bail, the sum of one thousand dollars for the same purpose, and under the same restrictions as the Norcross fund.

RULES FOR ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES, ETC.

Applications for admission of patients shall be made to the Resident Physician at the Hospital, on each day of the week, Sunday excepted, between 9 and 11 A. M.

Whenever able, the patient shall apply in person. When not able to appear in person, applications may be made by a friend, and the patient shall be visited at his residence.

Any Trustee, or either of the Physicians or Surgeons in attendance, may, in case of emergency, send a patient in the first instance to the Hospital by written permit, and the Visiting Committee shall decide, as soon as may be afterwards, whether such patient shall remain.

Persons accidentally wounded, or otherwise disabled or injured, shall be received at all hours.

Permits for admission shall be subject to the approval of the Visiting Committee, and they shall have the power at any time to require the Resident Physician to report to them the names of applicants before admitting them, and may dismiss any patient whom they think improperly admitted, or change the terms of admission.

Patients discharged on the recommendation of the physicians or surgeons shall be provided with a certificate stating their condition at the time of discharge, whether cured, relieved, or not relieved, which certificate shall be signed by the Superintentent and Resident Physician.

Whenever a patient is removed from the Hospital without the consent and approval of the Superintendent and Resident Physician, a written statement to that effect shall be required

from any person assuming the responsibility of the re

moval.

The body of any person dying at the Hospital shall not be delivered without a written receipt from the parties taking the same.

In case of the decease of any patient, the Resident Physician shall sign a certificate to that effect, and shall furnish the City Registrar with a copy of the same. He shall also state the time and cause of death, the disposition made of the body, whether delivered to friends or buried from the Hospital. In the last case he shall mention the place of interment.

Patients may be admitted by the Trustees to the privileges of the Hospital, at such rates of board as they may from time to time determine; such board being secured by their friends, or by the authorities of the place to which they belong.

In all cases where, in the opinion of the Trustees, the circumstances of the patient will warrant it, the whole or a part of the board shall be paid. If separate apartments or articles not usually furnished at the Hospital are provided, such payment shall be made therefor as the Trustees shall deem reasonable.