ASHBURTON HOSPITAL BOARD.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16701, 9 December 1919, Page 2

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING.

AUWXI All 111 111 The monthly sec? ins ol the Ashfcurton Ho>p.;il aca Cliar.l»b.e Aid Boarj he.d ycstcraay. i'tiSiiit —L". Rod tcnairirau), W. J. Dick.e, U. H. It.b.sibon. ; i i s. Dohcrty, 11. J- Harrison, and J. i Cairras. » treasurer reported th&t the credit b.i.,il i- stood at 5s 3d. ! iho Medical Superintendent reported that on November If-t thoio we;e 36 patients in the hospital. Thirtv-c.-pht were ad;n.t:ed tiie month utid ;t> discharged, whi.e there l.ad been one «,<ath. leaving 3« ir, li:e iriti t,":on on December Ift. There htd btta I 26 operation*, 10 major lu minor. ' Tlie chairman reported that durir.g _ vember seven capos of acstrlet f*ver had bo*n ( r.oi.:u,i, ~:i.i tMve caseo ol mi.u iL&U('.,za. | The i-fn- icver ward was now being tqu.ppcd I ard uctild roon bo ready for occupation. I There hr.d hern some tr r.b'e over the k-on-tract, but matters had been brought to a fa.r.y -atisiac.ory eotic.usion. The i.ew!y-ap-j pointed matron. ills? C. Nci'., had ci-tercd ' en her duties on December Ist. nm" d'.xns'ion t->ok pl»r« on a rucyestinn that the Board should provide o£ee* at tjw iiOi,i:iai, «o tlitt a.l th? i.ei.cr.l work ccu'.d be dono there. If thin snpßcsiion were adept :-d it would be inccnveti.er.t for the i s.en :nt pub'ic. tnlc-i the pr» ent in 1 tho tovrp. wrrt> retained in chirp© of an fcssis'ant clerk. It vrss d-cidi-d to leave the matter in abeyance .'or fnrtlier consideration. Correspondence was read with reference to a rcq'ie.it that ir. future, temporary nu-see be paid fcur guineas per week instead of three puir.e:i« as st present. It was decided that four fu:npas a week ho paid as from December Ist. I* was further decided to increase the

•scaler of the niaids at tho hospital to 25s per week. and to cnjjsße permanent help for the laundress. Mr Uohrrty pointed out that since the appointment of a re« dent furpenn the hospital hid become exceedingly popular, and consequently tho wcrk had cnortnous'y increnscd. If tV.ey wero poing to increase the salaries of the sisters, as was now proposed, from £30 to £100 a year, they should certainly raise the rr-ln-y of the matron, rrhirh was now onlv £130 a year. It was decided to raifo the' .«:ers' salaries to £100 per year. .\'rs f rs Ciirns nnd Harr>m wero app'vn* d a vi« ; ti-.i: romnl'ff for D<vfrrb"r. It was decided to arrange for a continuanoo of the present arrar.grnients with the Ot.'go Hospital Board for tbo treatment of conr.umntive patients at the Pleasant Valley Sanitorium. A ili"fuision took place on the matter of rate to ** coof theWaitakiand South Canterbury Boards on IJcrii.ilici- iS. . . The chairman wa« strongly of opinion that it would be a waste of time and monry to | cttem! n confercnce till tho South Canterbury Povl '"<-1 •nmefhin- '1-fiV'e to i-v Ijefor? the several Boards. Tb<> Government should lake the matter of tho treatment of consumptive patients over for the whole of the Dominion. It was decided not to send a delrgato to the conference. . , A '.ettcr was read from Mr Hoeo l*ncolander, resigning his seat on thr Board owinfr to his removal to Auckland. Ti>i> re« : " r >Mi->i wn« with repret, and. on the motion of Mr Cairna. it wa* decidcd to placo oiv record tho Board s lurh pnprcciation of tho valuab'o service* rendered for many yenre on the Board by Mr Fried'ander, both a* chairman and as a mrmber. . . .. , _ Dr. "Wella, the resident irarpr<v>n, waited on the Board nnd pointed out that it was renfW necessary that tho new fever should be fully equipped and made ready for o-cmiation at onco, ns the present ward wn* ful'y occunied. and tlirv mi-rnt want ocrommedßticn for additional patients at any "•The "chairman assured Dr. Wells that the rqninmne of tho new ward would be completed ft* early os they could possili.y get the necessary work done.