II. Licensed Dispensaries on September 30, 1901-Borough of Brooklyn. A. Estimated by managers; no records kept or records incomplete. B. Not in operation during that year. C. Not in operation part of that year. G. Revised by the managers. H. Not doing dispensary work. III. Licensed Dispensaries on September 30, 1901-Boroughs of the Bronx, Richmond and Queens. 22,438 15,972 17,424 18,907 G. Revised by the managers. A. Estimated by managers; no records kept or records incomplete. V. Licensed Dispensaries on September 30, 1901 - Outside of New York city. ΤΟΤΑΙ NUMBER OF PERSONS TOTAL NUMBER OF TREATMENTS TOTAL NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS 3,475 6,233 2,905 5,118 2,461 2,338 16,321 13,350 2,011 15,246 3,174 469 10,479 9,671 219 9,953 138 German Hosp. of City of Buffalo Free Disp., Buffalo 688 BBAC 00 1,017 461 332 0 0 AC 500 2,272 1,488 469 370 2,068 2,280 1,499 B RAC AC 750 1,764 806 1,475 A 6,840 A 30 5,292 50 5,944 53 3,025 0 744 2,194 AAB BAC 15,246 0 46 0 AC 375 69 2,693 142 140 217 1,246 2,973 126 A 132 90 A 167 120 1,034 162 140 158 1,117 1,331 321 263 1,696 144 3,221 184 122 3,502 76 284 205 329 178 72 203 80 156 339 00 266 1,300 350 1,386 376 1,295 211 35 CG 203 4,019 350 ASA 1,312 4,602 376 1,761 4,220 1,476 2,719 4,580 2,930 2,340 5,314 5,006 1,649 4,844 1,745 4,571 5,194 4,302 1,578 3,636 3,656 1,191 5,756 3,868 4,738 3,488 3,100 1,673 2,647 2,353 1,583 5,006 1,318 1,598 B 4,572 889 0 4,082 1,174 188 4,086 240 B 7,722 0 9,460 405 561 11,717 405 720 B 351 0 1,211 84 3,052 1,205 G 144 1,594 937 1,890 1,039 7,126 629 630 1,266 6,821 2,755 7,880 2,997 9,605 5,727 5,871 7,200 A 4,609 6,616 6,500 A 6,494 4,300 A 1,030 21,600 A 1,710 695 19,500 A 1,393 A 128 12,500 A 55 1,788 6,240 A 9,500 512 1,208 220 Total 1,061 504 211 38,391 34,883 34,577 119,015 105,241 109,849 74,777 72,862 72,949 A. Estimated by managers; no record kept or records incomplete. Many of the figures given above have been verified, and in several instances they were carefully revised. Where the records were found incomplete the statistics presented have been closely estimated. The results have been generally satisfactory, and it is believed that the figures which now appear in the above tables represent very nearly the exact work accomplished by the dispensaries. It should also be observed that in the large tables, figures appear opposite the name of every institution except in the case of dispensaries which were not in operation. Thus the work has been made more valuable because it is complete. On the whole, experience has shown that the figures given by the larger dispensaries are the most reliable, while at the small dispensaries, where only one or two doctors serve, the figures are less trustworthy. Almost without exception medical men seem to detest figures, and accurate records at the smaller dispensaries are the exception rather than the rule. There is still a lack of uniformity at the various dispensaries concerning statistical records which efforts should be made to improve. COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD'S RULES. In conclusion, it may be said that after the dispensary rules have been in operation two years and upwards it is found that they are being generally observed except in certain particulars indicated below. Perhaps the most important provision of the rules, and that which is yet not strictly complied with in many instances, is rule III., section c, which reads as follows: "Every applicant, either personally or by the parent or guardian of such applicant, in regard to whose ability to pay for medical or surgical relief, advice or treatment, medicine or apparatus, or either, in whole or in part, the registrar is in doubt, shall be admitted to a first treatment on signing a card containing the 'representation' or statement of the applicant, but the registrar shall forthwith cause an investigation of his or her ability to pay either personally or by parent or guardian; the results of such investigation shall be filed among the per |