Of Interest to Women

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 138, 6 August 1941, Page 2

Of Interest to Women

PLUNKET SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

ANNUAL MEETINGS HELD Branches of the Plunket Society throughout the Wha.katane district have recently held their annual meetings. The activities in the districts surrounding Whakatane are reviewed ir the following:— TANEATUA SUB-BRANCH The following officers were elected by the committee of the Taneatua Sub-branch of the Plunket Society for year ending 'March 1942: —President, Mrs F. C. Yeoman; vice-presi-dent, Mrs J. Butler; secretary and treasurer, Mrs A. E. Churcher; committee — Mesdames J. Lawn, J. Butler, Morris Reid, Neil Read ( , G. Yeoman, A. K. Prince. O- Rogers, A. R. McGougan. President's Report We have just closed one of the most satisfactory years since our sub-branch of the Plunket Society started. When Nurse Armstrong started the itinerary was altered on account of Rotorua getting a nurse, of their ov/n, and Mrs Caisley very strongly advised us to take the nurse twice a month, even going so far as to offer her services on the extra day free if we were unable to fine!, the money. We are in the fortunate position of having paid our way. One reason for this is the increased interest taken in the society by the mothers cf this district. They have been willing to join up and pay their subscriptions. Then we had our concert in February, and later on the stall in Mrs Churcher's gateway ,which proved the easiest way in whicjh. to gather money. I should like to thank our capable secretary (Mrs Churcher) for her care and thought during the year; also the members of our committee who have come out to meetings so willingly. Curse's Report Nurse Armstrong submitted the following report and summary of work carried out in Taneatua district during the year ended March 31st.. 1941:— Number days in centre, 25; visits to office—adults 195, babies 190, pre-school children 28 —413; new cases for year, 9 (a,ll breast fed when seen); babies in books, 14; pre-school schildren, 10. The general health of the mothers and babies has been good. There have been the usual minor seasonal upsets a,t times. The average daily attendance at rooms has been better this year, being 16.5. year's average was 14.0. I would like to thank the members of the committee for their help and consideration, also the mothers for their co-operation. Balance Sheet Receipts—Bank balance carried forward, £9 16s 8d; subscriptions, £5 ss; donations, £1 16s; Plunket box, 3s 7d; stall, £11 14s 2d; interest in Post Offiae Savings Bank account for year ending March 31, 1941, Is 10d; concert, £4 14s 6d—£33'lis 9d. Expenditure—lnsurance on scales, 4s sd; hire of room, fuel, and teas for nurse, £4 4s 9d; car fares for nurse ; £1; expenses re concert and stall, £2 12s 6d; quota to Whakatane (£lB., plus £4 due for year ending March 31, 1940), £22; petty cash, 5s lid; cash in hand £2 5s Bd, cash m bank 18s 6d, £3 4s lis 9d.

KANGITAIKI SUB-BRANCH

President's Report Mrs E. S. Dunning reported as follows:—I have much pleasure in presenting the third annual report of the Rangitaiki Plains Sub-branch of the Plunket Society. We have had a very successful year. Five committee meetings have been held. To raise funds we held a concert at the Green Parrot Hall. Edgecumbe, in September, also a garden party at the residence of Mr and Mrs Alex. McLean in March. We. tender our thanks to all who assisted to make these two functions such a sue-

cess, and to Mr and Mrs McLean for the use of their pleasant grounds. Several mothers requested that we should provide facilities for weighing older children, so we purchased the necessary scales and installed them in the patriotic shop at Edgecumbe, where Nurse Armstrong is in "attendance from 1.30 to 3-30. p.m. on alternate Tuesdays , after visiting th< ! younger babies in their hemes during the morning. This arrangement has proved very satisfactory, and we tender our grateful thanks to the Edgecumbe Patriotic Society for the use of the room. We find less difficulty in carrying on the work since the nurse has ha,d her own car, and we no longer have to find voluntary drivers. Nurse's Report Nurse Armstrong presented the following report:—Days in centre, 25; babies in books, 40: pre-sahool children, 6; visits to homes, 485; visits .to« rooms adults 99, babies 95; pre-school children 10, 204; new cases — 29 breast fed, 5 partially breast fed, 8 artificially—total, 42. Balance Sheet Expenditure. — Petty expenses (phones 4s 6d, stamps 8s 6d, stationery 2s), 15s; benzine, nurse's transport, £2 15s 4d; printing and publishing, £3 8s sd; 20 per cent, depreciation on scales, £3; freight on scales, 4s 3d; hall' hire, £2 10s; Whakatane quota (VA years), £27; nurse's car quota, £11 ss; tickets, Is 6d f ; balance to accumulated funds, £28 15s 7cl—£79 15s Id. Income:—Subscriptions, £16 15s; donations, £6 4s; proceeds concert, £28 15s 6d; proceeds garden party, £25 0s 2d,; interest, £3 2s sd—£79 15s Id. Liabilities:—Accumulated Fund, £60 12s lOd; excess of income over £28 8s sd. Assets: —Cash Post Office, £77 8s sd; scales £15, less depreciation, £3), £12—£89 8s sd. !