MANIOTOTO HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1690, 12 June 1929, Page 5

MANIOTOTO HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

The monthly meeting of the above eoniniittee'. was held on Saturday, June ' 1, when there were Messrs T. C. Hore (chair), F. Field, James Smith, W. Smith and Jas. M'MjJlan. ■ The chairman (Mr H. »W» sent an apology for "absence. • ? Letters were sent* to Nurses MacKinnon, ' luvercargill, and li. P. Brown, Dunedin, informing them of" the acceptance of their applications'for pesitions on the maternity nursing, jstaff. Also to the secretary of the Otago Hospital Board notifying admission of a;patient to the hospital who was a resident ef Dunedin. ..■ . -,- /., .'»,;_>• The Public Trustee iot warded lett'ers. and balance-sheet in the estate of the late Jacob i Whitehonse, of Hyde. The balance in. the estate after settling accouna was?|i'4 19s Id, whiek ' amount was remitted by post, the board being legatee. Three applications were received for the position of surgical staff nurse; Miss Margaret H.'Geeldes, Greenjlsland, iv:is appointed on tJie motion pf?Messr» Field" and W. Smith. The Hospital Board wrote informing the committee of its reappointment for a further term of twelve 'months. The doctor's report showed "that at late of last return there were sS males ind seven females under treatment, and five ;jnd seven respectively hadj since jeen • admitted, making thel* total ■ ireated 25. The discharges le'f'i two nales and three females under t»satnent. Three babies were bora, in ,the lospital during the month.—Beceiveo) » motion- of Messrs Field and J. Smith. ,' • ' j On the motion of Messrs M'Millan ind W. Smith, accounts amounting to ;243 2s 4d were recommended for paynent. .. . , , '. •' ' The accounts of ex-patients ; worc' ireviewed and dealt .with., ; 1