AURANGA BOARD AFFAIRS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIII, Issue 8685, 12 September 1924, Page 5

AURANGA BOARD AFFAIRS

DEALT with at monthly MEETING OF HOARD.

The monthly meeting of the TauTan( » a Hospital Hoard was held in die .Borough Gonncil Chambers yesterdav- Present ; Messrs T. Lochhead * (Chairman *, d . Hume. V. J. Scant lebnry, J. Murdoch, ,J. AJfcGhie, H. King, Colin McNaughprn and I’- Grant.

Mr Hume apologised for the nonattendance of Mr A. Hrown, who Wi is unable to he present owing to indisposition. Tovev Street.

Mi A. A. Woodward, count v engineer. forwarded estimate of the amount- required to form Tovev gtreet and metal the road. It is proposed to h.rni I ho road 40 feet wide in addition to a footpath |2 feel wide on the hospital side and to metal the road If! feet wide as far as the new laundry, about five chains. The estimated cost, is £3OO. Mr McNaughton said it would Hoi he neeesasry to metal the road to the laundry,

Mr Munit.eh suggested that the fjcard mu 1 rlhule t wo-t birds of the ecsl •

Mr King moved That jhe niatier be return'd to a special committee Messrs Loehhead, Scant lebury. Murdoch ami Brown to confer witlT the ('(iiinly Council and i hat ttiey be given power to act. Seconded by Mr Scantlebury. The Chairman was in favour < t the Hoard finding the money, as 1 he road would serve the hospital. Mr Scant lebury said the road would benefit various properties to tile westward and would connect with another road. The main cost, say fl four-fifths, should be contributed by the Board. This would mean that the Waimapu Hiding would require to find £6O towards the work. It was decided to add to the motion tiiat the County Council be asked tc* contribute one-lift 1? of the coat. The motion, with the addition indicated in tln>. preceding paragraph, was put. and carried. Nurse at Katikati. Mrs Johnston, Secretary of the district Nurse Committee. Katikati, forwarded the sum of £B3. contrihul ion towards the district nurse's salary for one year. The secretary stall'd that, the nurse had asked that a consulting room la 1 provided. A medicine cabinet was also required.

It was decided That the cabinet, be purchased: also that the question of procuring a consulting room br left in the hands cf Mr FTuino. the Board to pay a rental up to five shillings per week.

Sanitarv Pans

Mr 11. B. Shearman, town dork, wrote intimating that the Board’s letter in reference to the emptying of sanitary pans has boon referred to the borough inspector. Mr Scantlebury reported that the Council had decided to erect a concrete place for washing' tlie* pans. Resignation,

Mias .1. Arnold, Auckland, wrote signing her position as matron of the Te Puke Hospital, owing- to healthMr Hume moved That the resignation of Miss Arnold be accepted; that the Boai'd desires to- thank her for her services as matron and hopes she will soon be restored togood health- Seconded by Mr McGhie and carried. Mr Scantlebury moved r l hat Hiss Hogg be appointed matron ei the T© Puke maternity hospital, subject to the approval of the Hinder of Health- Seconded by Hr King and carried. Old People’s Home.

The Seareiarv cf the Bar of Plenty Hospital Board, Whakatane, wrote advising that his Board 15 quite agreeable to the Tauranga JTo-s.pi ta 1 Board’s letter, as dratted, ■going forward to the DI recto r-Qen-«al of Health. The letter to the Directcr-Gener-of Health was to the effect, that * ll the opinion of the two Boards an <ild people’s home is required in Hie Bay cf Plenty and that it will i more economical to have one UOint for {he two 1 Boards. Tim orient of the Minister of Health w ‘ l s asked to the erection of such '’home. It was suggested that the Health department might decide " fi *’ r e the home ought to he built. a nd advise the. respective Boards. Travelling Expenses. The Director-General of Health Wellington, wrote stating that the Controller and Auditor-General has bought under notice the necessity Beards not incurring any travel* ,n ? expenses otfier than those s Hictly warranted, otherwise they lay them wives open to be ask-

<-'d to refund the amount so »xpended.

din* communication was received Pukeora Sanatoriun:.

The Director-General of Health, Weliin gton, wrote relative in the aninission of patients to the Pukeora Sanatorium, deceived. Private Maternity Humes.

The Secretary of the llawrra Hospital Hoard wrote regarding the question «.f private maternity hone s. A reply has hcen iveejved from the Minister, which the Hoaid considers quite satisfactory. 1 In- letter was received. Tauranga Hospila I.

Mi >s fl l Idi i • li, mat ron of the Tauranga H ospitai, forwarded report for the incut It of August. giving the iollowing particulars; Admissions to hospital, ’JO; discharges. 15; remaining in hospital. 15. Thu matron staled; “For gifts of liter iturc. I wish to thank Mesdames Henderson, Scant lehurv and Butcher. I also wdsh to thank Mr F. Koun for a generous donation ot vegetables.”

Miss I. M. Su-wari wo (c resigning ji« r position on the -t ;i fy of tfi*" Tauranga hospital. The resignation was accepted with regret. To Ihike Maternity Hos])iial. M iss Hogg, matron i f the Te Puke Maternity Hospital, forwarded report IV,r the month of August, giving the following particulars: Patients admitted to hospital, 0; patients discharged, 11. Nurse to Natives. M iss Whittaker, nurse te natives, forwarded epitome of work done and itinerary for the month of August. Nurse at Kalikati. Miss M Humphreys, district nurse at. Ivatikati, forwarded report for August. Eleven patients were attended. New Hospital 'Buildings. Mr H. H. Clemson. registered architect, submitted a report cn the Tauranga H ospit al as follows: “Very good progress is bang mad© with the work in all trades. The roof framing is completed and the roof is being rapidly divert'd in by the tiles. The electricians have the work of fixing the conduit well under way- The Iwo ranges have bit'll ordered. I have communicated with' the contractors, Messrs A. and T. Kurt, and informed them as to the arrangements decided on by the Building Committee re washing machines, etc., and I have asked them for quotations for the alterations. The internal plastering is commenced, while the plumbing work is going on steadily. The wdmlows are arriving on the ground. ‘'Storm Drain, Tovey Street. The county engineer has taken the levels of this road, but has not yet completed I lie plans. With a view to drain off the water in front of tln j hospital after the heavy rain. T had a pest hole sump bored about lift deep into tin 1 pumice. This proved quite effective.

‘‘The cost of the work to date is X 7003 13/8. *’ Mr Ciemson. in reporting 1 on tin 1 Te Puke Hospital, stated: "This work D not making- sc good progress. duo to. the difficultv in getting pnmlice for block-making and in getting bricklayers. Ten davs wen l lost this month, but tin' whole (T the men are back again and the pumice is coming to hand. Tim 1 work is now roadv for laving tin' blocks. Cost to dato X7OO. Hospitals Conference. The Director-General of Health wrote advising that the Hospitals Conference will be held at Wellington i on October 7. A oepy of tin* agenda paper, containing the- remits to be submitted to- the- conference, was forwarded. The list of remits - a lengthy cm* was read. A number received the approval cf the Board and others were opposedMr King moved That a remit be forwarder! to the Hospital Beards Conference urging that the time of probationers who have server.! not less than eight months continuously in a smaller hospital be counted towards their training period. Seconded by Mr McNaughton and carried.

The question of sending delegates U. the Conference was c< nsklered. Mr Hume moved- That the Chairman and Secretary attend the Conference- Seconded by Mr Scant lebury and carried. Medical Superintendent.

Dr McDiarmid. superintendent of tin- Tauranga Hospital, attended the nneting of the Board, and submitted various matters tor the consideration of the Board. General Matters. The Board spent considerable time in the e, nsideral ion of matters associated with the admission of patients to institutions in other districts: financial aid To several applicants; and fees .due for treatment aj the Board s hospitals.