CONSIDERATION FOR DOCTORS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23545, 24 January 1942, Page 8

CONSIDERATION FOR DOCTORS

—• — RESULT OF ARMY SERVICE

CIVILIAN POPULATION CAN

ASSIST

“The position existing in Auckland and Wellington is also being experienced here.” said Dr. L. C. L. Averill (president cf the Christchurch division of the British Medical Association) yesterday when questioned by ‘‘The Press” lis to the shortage of medical uractitioners in the city due to the mobilisation of doctors for the defence forces.

“The calling up of several practitioners fer territorial service has left onlv a small number of medical men available for general practitioner work —too few to meet the needs of the civilian population,” said Dr. Averill. All the medical men, he said, vyere doing their best, and would continue lo do their utmost to give the civilian population the same standard of medical care that they had been accustomed to. but a little consideration in giving calls early in the morning, refraining from calling unnecessarily at unusual hours, and not making visits more urgent than was essential were all points, which, if observed, would considerably assist doctors. “The provision of an adequate emergency night-time service for the whole cf the population is almost an impossibility.” Dr. Averill said. He explained that’it was absolutely necessary for doctors who wore working during the day to secure some rest at night, and approved of the suggestion from Auckland of the institution of some form of nursing service, attached to the St. John Ambulance, or organised, through' a hospital board, for the administration of first-aid in an emergency.

)BITUARY

MR DAVID TENNENT

(F.0.R.) GREYMOUTH, January 23. The death has occurred of Mr David Tennent, J.P., one of the best known and oldest sawmiliing executives on the West Coast, at the ago of 72. A native of Motherwell. Scotland, ho was educated at Gartsherrie Academy, He came to New Zealand by the ship Embleton, landing at Port Chalmers in 1883.

He afterwards removed to Brunner, where, after two years of slorekeeping. he became manager of the firm of Paterson, Anderson and Company, sawmillers. He later joined the firm of Stratford, Blair and Company, Ltd., acting as manager until 1904. when he bought nut the Greymmith .Sash and Door Company. Later in the same year S ratford.' Rla ; r and Company and the Sash and Door Company amalgamated, and Mr Tennent became managing director of the new firm. As n Freemason. Mr Tennent was a past master of Lodge Greymouth. For many years he look a keen interest in civic affairs, and was a member of the Greymouth Borough Council and the Greymouth Harbour Board, and of the Grev Electric Power Board in its earlier stages. He presided over the Sawmillers' Association for a number of years He was an active member of St, John's Presbyterian Church. Besides his wife, who was a daughle)' of Mr William Blair, he is survived by two (IrundiUTs. Mis, H. Hooper ami Miss F, K. Tennent. Greymouth. aim one sun, Mr Blair Tenimn'. PahiuT.Mon North. Another son was lulled in Urn Great War.