HOSPITAL CONTROL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 11

HOSPITAL CONTROL.

AUCKLAND BOARD DECISIONS. POST OF DIETITIAN". A report from tho finance committee to the Auckland Hospital Board yesterday, covered a recommendation from the medical superintendent giving reasons why it was advisable to appoint a. dietitian to have full control of the kitchen, and fpr the staff to be under her for instructions re weights, cooking and cleanliness. The idea of the appointment was to improve the cooking, con■sideiv patiente' likes and dislikes and prevent waste. The committee recommended an appointment at £200 a year. The chairman, Mr. W. Wallace, said that certain hospitals in the South, had found tho filling of a similar position far from easy. The matter was deferred until February, reports from the South and elsewhere to' be obtained in the meantime. Indigent Mothers. The Director-General of Health sent. a circular urging hospital boards to consider provision for safeguarding the welfare of wives of unem ployed workers and other poor people during the maternity period. The chairman said, no woman was allowed to lack attention, and! on his motion it was agreed, to inform tho Director-General of the board's practice in such cases. Voters' Franchise. When tho board wae discussing resolutions passed at the recent conference of tho Hospital Boards' Association the question of the franchise of voters at hospital board elections cropped up, and oh tho motion of Mr. G. T. Parvin it was decided to recommend that in country electorates the franchise, instead of being confined to ratepayers, should bo on the same democratic principle as in boroughs and cities. Ambulance Services. ' The St. John Ambulance, which controls the ambulance services of the board, wrote pointing out its financial position, and asked the board to increase its contribution by 40 per cent. The matter was sent to the finance committee for a report. Infirmary Committee. Mr. John Rowe forwarded his resignar tion as chairman of the infirmary committee, and also as member of the committee. Mr. Wallace and other members paid a high tribute to tho splendid Ayork done by Mr. Rowe over a number oi years, and it was unanimously decided to aek him to reconsider his resignation. Mr. E. H. Potter eaid he understood theve was some difference of opinion as to whether the by-laws of the institution were being 'adhered to, and it was agreed to ask Mr. Rowe to meet the board in committee and have a full discussion.