DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 93 



Finujicial Report 



:s\\v^es {^2,908.08 



KSmidi-y items 2,820.00 



Total expenditures |5,723.G8 



Hospital receipts 1,257.31 



Deficit f 4,4GG.37 



The expense of administering the hosititals aside from the regular 

 salaries of nurses and the liealtli officer is given above. 



Mr. Mailman has examined the water of tlie college swimming pool 

 twice a week wliile it lias been in use. Whenever the water showed 

 Bacilhi-s coll in 1 cc. of water, chloride of lime was added at the rate of 

 1(1 ])onnds ]jer million gallons of water. 



\'a]i()us standards of purity were tried out for the swimming pool 

 and finally BariUii.s coli in 1 cc. was used as indicating pollution. No 

 definite standard for uund^er of bacteria per cubic centimeter has been 

 adopted, as yet, however, counts in excess of 1000 per cc. when no 

 BacciUiify coJi appeared is regarded as unsafe. 



Mr. Knelile and Mr. Huddleson have been of great assistance in the 

 conduct of the hospitals, the former as a graduate pharmacist and the 

 latter in connection with laboratoiy diagnosis and the preparation of 

 vaccines as indicated in the following paragraph. 



During the spring, thoe occurred among the student body and in the 

 community what a])peared to be an epidemic of acute throat and ear 

 infections. A bacteriological examination of swabs taken from a large 

 nundxM- of the cases revealed eithei- Hficjifococctis hcmohjticns or Strcp- 

 tovoccus viriduna as being the predominating organism. Autogenous 

 vaccines were prei)ared for about eighteen of the cases of which about 

 50 per cent gave favorable results. 



■Miss Kuby Stutsman is entitled to much credit for her able conduct 

 of all the office work especially that relating to hospital activities. I 

 believe that Dr. O. H. Bruegel, college health officer, is worthy of our 

 hearty thanks for his untiring efl'orts under the handicap of a part time 

 position. Only a full time college employee can do full justice to the 

 work. 



My sincere appreciation is hereby expressed for the ever willing and 

 efticient cooperation on the part of every member of the departmental 

 staff during the year's work and for your own advice and assistance, 



Respectfullv, 



WARD GILTNER, 



Professor of Bacteriolagy. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1920. 



