Page 235 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

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STATISTICS CONCERNING HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF THE
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC (1).
The present chapter deals with the hospitals, asylums and other
benevolent institutions of the Province of Quebec. The number of these
.establishments was 187, in 1925, including 6 hospitals for mental dis-
orders, 54 general hospitals, 4 maternities, 3 foundling hospitals, 5
sanutoria or anti-tubercular dispensaries and 115 other institutions
destined to take care of orphans, old people and the infirm. The two
oldest establishments in the Province are the Rotel Dieu of Quebec,
which dates back as far as 1639, and the Rotel Dieu of Montreal,
founded in 1644.
Altogether these institutions had a staff of 9,402 in 1925. The
number of persons assisted during the year exceeded 97,500. On the
31st of December, there were st;ill ove1' 24,000 men or women in the
refuges.

99-Number of Palients in Benevolent Institulions, in 1925.
Numher oct Patient. P"I.ior:ts
Number pahente u·drniUed releasl::ù PIltient5
CLASSIFICATION 01 o,n the lst durirlg' dUrlllg on tho 3\ot
ü.stitu,jOll:=' Jo.nuary th. y"ar theyear Decembc·r
1

Hospitals for the ll~R~U)C...•.........•••. ' 6 6,511 1,751 1,5Sll 6,678
Hospito.is, mo..t.(lrnitie;' :).lld Coundling hD,pitat~_. 61 3,";.12 65,226 6-1,737 .1,331
Homes, Orphun As,ylul"Il19. etc _ . . .. .. 115 12,!JS6 6,3,;9 0,208 13,137
8armtorin. and i\uLi-tllbercull,)=-is diSpeo:Hlries ... 5 :l~4 (J04 5.54 324
TO'l',~L •............• 187 23,613 73,940 13,085 24,468

The following table sho~'s the amounts spent by Charitable institu-
tions from 1921 ta 1925. It ",;ill be noted that the amounts have increased
gradually from eight ta ten millions of dollars in the space of n'le years.
This increase is due ta the higher cost of food, adJllinistration and
ta the Larger number of persans in l'eceipt of assistance. In most insti-
tutions, the annuel revenues are small, the result of gifts or legacies.
The cast of maintenance of the indigent is a charge upon the Government
and the municipalities.

100-Expenditure of Hospilals ror the Insane and Benevolent Institutions.
1
_____C_L_.A_SS_I_[i'_IC_A_T_IO_:\_'__-_I~--19-2-2-1--19-2-3___19_2_4_ __19_2_5_
~ S 1
H03pi1nla fClr t.he jn~n.ne ' .. l,,1'(),3i2 1,47~JM 1.~21,3g.1
Hospit:~le, J[l:l.tl~roltif't1 and fo-l1r.:dlilJlI tll)spituis... 3,;M,3ŒI 3,ïI2,4U(J a,703,OïU
. Hom~:~, Orphan AfSylunl~1 oLe, _.. _. 3,301 .•), ;) 3,-108,318 3,201,733
&;..oilt.oria and anLi·lubercu)otis Dis:pensaries •. l().~, 76 200',K97 .UM.'! 1~
1-8-'6-0-2-'0-54-1-8-'-80-4-,4-77-18,8]4'609 10,118,957 9,286,698
TOT.~L•..•......•.. ,
(1) Includes toshLut.ions which are recoguiz:ed by the Govf'rnment and also those wlijcb are not.
"Extract from Sr.alùlics of Pu·blic CharilÙ;:SI O'~ub!.'c.