Report of the incorporated Edinburgh Dental Hospital and school, 31 Chambers Street. 1895.

Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the incorporated Edinburgh Dental Hospital and school, 31 Chambers Street. 1895. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    “ The operations in 1895 consisted of— Manufacture and Supply of Dental Appliances, - 160 Teeth Preserved by Stopping, - - - 4411 Extractions, of which there were— Under Anaesthetics, .... 3909 Without Anaesthetics, .... 8060 11,975 Total, - 16,546 214 different persons were given chloroform, and 330 nitrous oxide gas. “ As compared with the previous year, the Directors do not view the financial position of the Hospital and School with so much satisfaction. They had not unreasonably hoped that the bank balance at the close of the year would have been on the right side, and it is with regret that they have to report an overdraft of £194, Is. 7d , being an increase of about £40 over that of the previous year. An additional £100 was borrowed on debentures, so that the capital of the Institution has been reduced by £140 during the year. “The special contributions amount to £345, 13s., including the sum of £200 voted by the Town Council of Edinburgh out of the Residue Grant for providing furnishings and equipment for the technical education of students, and £ 105 by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The Directors desire to record their sincere thanks to all the contributors, and to ex- press the hope that they will further support the Institution by consenting to become life members, for which they are qualified in terms of the constitution. “ The extraordinary expenditure, which includes the balance of the accounts for the alterations and furnishings of the new premises, amounts to about £720, which has been met by the special contributions, the balance of ordinary revenue over ex- penditure, and the additional loan of £140 as above mentioned. “ In this connection the Directors have great pleasure in announcing that one of their number, Mr Malcolm MacGregor, has generously presented to them the sum of £ 150, being the amount of Debentures held by him, for the purpose of providing for the annual presentation of the MacGregor Gold Medal, to be awarded to the best all-round student of the year, as decided by ballot of the Senior Students, the balance of interest to be accumulated in the meantime to form a prize fund. “ The ordinary Revenue shows little change, being only a