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1929]

U N I V E R S I T Y O F ILLINOIS

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floor has a capacity of 32 beds, making a total capacity at the present time without crowding of 87 beds for patients. The Operating R o o m is completely furnished with up-to-date and expensive equipment except lighting for night operations. Patients The number of patient days treated in the last year were 7210 from July I, 1928, to June 30, 1929, from which an income was received of $4.34 per unit. The cost of service to these patients per unit was $4.99, leaving a deficit per unit of $.65. Our total deficit for the year was $4,672.56. W h e n you consider that the Hospital is capable in this period of time of furnishing approximately 26,100 patient days service, the deficit is negligible. As to the best means to overcome this deficit, we would urge that an extra effort be made to secure a larger membership to the Hospital Association, and also, urge that a larger number of patients be referred to McKinley Hospital rather than other hospitals in the city, thus utilizing the same overhead and reducing the cost per capita. Respectfully submitted,

W. L. Noble Mary E. Busey George A. Barr

Committee O n motion of Dr. Noble, this report was received for record. PURCHASE OF JONES PROPERTY Mr. Barr presented the following report from the Committee on Buildings and Grounds: September 18, 1929 Your Committee on Buildings and Grounds to which was referred the matter of the purchase of the property known as the Jones property on Railroad Street in Urbana, recommends that the recommendation of the Supervising Architect on that subject made at the July Meeting, be concurred in, that an appropriation of $9000, or so much thereof as m a y be necessary, be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for the purchase of said property and that said property be purchased at a price not to exceed $9000. George A. Barr W. L. Noble Helen M. Grigsby Merle J. Trees O n motion of Dr. Noble, this report was adopted. O n motion of Mr. Barr, the appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Barr, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Grigsby, Dr. Noble; no, none; absent, M r . E m merson, M r . Fisher, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Trees. The Board resumed consideration of matters presented by the President of the University. REVOLVING FUND IN DENTISTRY (50) Dean Noyes of the College of Dentistry requests that the proceeds from the extension work in dentistry and the orthodontia course be put into a Revolving Fund for the maintenance of those lines of work. O n m o t i o n of M r s . E v a n s , this fund w a s established.

APPOINTMENT OF H. M. EDWARDS AS ACTING COMPTROLLER

(51) At the July Meeting the Board granted a leave of absence until the beginning of the second semester to Comptroller Lloyd Morey and directed m e to make the arrangements necessary to care for his work in his absence. In accordance with m y understanding of your action and directions, m y recommendations are: 1. That M r . Morey's leave be sabbatical on half salary.