BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, January 1, 1879.
Hon. Townsend Cox,
President Department of Public Charities and Correction.
SIR.—I have the honor to transmit my Report of the work done and cost incurred in this Department during the past year.
The work of illustrating important cases and operations has been continued as in past years, and the prints have been placed in the "Record Boods" of the Hospital, with the histories of the cases, in such form as to be available for reference and study in the treatment of like cases at any future date.
The Morgue Department has continued to prove of inestimable value to those searching for lost friends, whose fate would forever remain unknown, were it not reached through this beneficent means. The touching scenes often witnessed upon the recognition of some loved face amid the unmistakable records of this gallery of death, give ample proof of the humane forethought which prompted the establishment of this work.
Below will be found a summary of the work performed, and expense incurred.
| Miscellaneous cases photographed.... | 102 |
| Morgue cases photographed.... | 26 |
| Plates finished.... | 159 |
| Value of work done.... | $946 40 |
| Chemicals, etc., purchased during year.... | $149 71 |
| Stock and chemicals on hand January 1, 1878.... | $59 43 |
| $209 14 | |
| Expended during year.... | 130 83 |
| Stock and chemicals on hand January 1, 1879.... | $78 31 |
Respectfully submitted,
O. G. MASON, Photographer.
J. Frey, Superintendent.