HOSPITAL BOARD.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11565, 23 April 1903, Page 6

HOSPITAL BOARD.

The Christch«rcli Hospital Board met yesterday afternoon. Pr«-s^nt —Messrs J. Dunlop (chairman), J. Wallace, J. Dobson, J. Hamilton, D. McMillan, J. Woolf, W- Jacques, G. Payling, H. H. Loughnan, and G. H. Winny. T'ho treasure r'« import elioTred receipts since latt meetinj' £209 16s lid, and cxpendi'tore £920 13s. The Owniuittoe's re-port vrus received, •Uiing that it "was demivd that further time Ibo allowed for ovporting on Miss Jakins'e ■proposal to provkl* « muwc-hall for patients, and rccouuuending the appointraent of Mr T. Rose, a cfrtiticated engineer, in iplacei of a ctoker, who "nad resigned, at £156 per annum. The report iras adopted. Mr thought it would b* w«ll to oonsider the- quetition of providing residence for tho engineer within fhti grounds. It -was decided to refer *h* matter to the House Cominittco to report.

31t Dunlop said , sonic steps ought, to be tjik-sn to preveut niedicnl men wnding moribund caeca to the Hospital. Pcoplo rvrero cent ia just to close t.heir eye*, and *h» wae quite Tinfair to the Hospital, as sending tie death rate up very high.

Mr Hstroilton said people were sent in in such a condition that tlw> very act- of moving them hafct-ened their end. _\£r Woolf said people s?et to tie HospiUl when notliiDg more could be done ■witlh them.

It wae mentioned by the Chairman that one patient, &cnt in to die out of a, liouao which was a hotbod of gcarlet. fever.

Mr Wallace mentioned that some etops 3iad been taken years ago on this questioo, but tho matter had been dropped.

Mr Winny said that the cases objected to were hopeless cases, ■which outeide medical mon had treated for weeks, and merely pent in when the end wu-s near. He tlhougftt in such c;u«es thero waa no urgency iis far as a few hours went, and before eending in such .paticnte tb» medical men should report oa tiiem to Dr. Crooke.

*Mr Jaeqiwe said t.hat th* month previous seven moribund cases •n-ero sent to the •Hospital. It would be interesting to know whiclv of the local doctors ha 4 cent them along.

(Mr McMillan agnsed trith Mr J»cr[XK9, and it was decided that » return of such cw<6, and by whom cent in. be prepared for tie nest meeting of tli» Board.

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