HOSPITAL BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 4

HOSPITAL BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. '; // THE YEAR'S WORK.'. ; Tho monthly meeting of the. Wellington District Hospital Hoard was held yesterday, thero being presont, Messrs. J. P. Luko, M;-r;'.(chairman);. ;lt, ' C. Kirk, J.',,W. M'lilwan, ;.J.'Smith, ;,audW. Galloway. *- H-;S"' -.-VTlve". Year's ' Finances.. /The'aggregate receipts for the year .ended March ,3};,/wero £24,003, 16s. 3d., and the ■expendjture,"',ifi23 ) »37''l6s,' 3d. : Tho: receipts from -contributing bodies totalled £ll;500,_ 'on i which: the '.Government paid a subsidy of '£ for, £. .'lii: respect of ,'tho Brown-M'Wil-lia'm'. Memorial, .tho receipts were',-- for the special bequest £200, and general .bequest '-issived^r;•;■>')■; ,; ; I ,' The nnarices'for''the month show, as at April '27, a credit balance of £66., Accounts (.mounting .to £1877 2s: lid. were passed for.; payment.; .; : .■ ■' ■•'>'■.'■ - :.. ', '.'•.-■' ■."-:■ ■ ; Tho Otaki Sanatorium.,; ;, A\returnwas tabled", particularising the operations.of the Otaki Sanatorium, for the yoar ended March 31/. 1009. During , the year, 61. patients had been admitted, and 50 were discharged;;. Altogether, .75 , patients ' (3S male, and .17 ;.female), had -. been ~ treated, Thero were now;2G patients in: the; institution, pf those treated, 27 had been restored to health, and resumed employment; 6ibad improved considerably; 6 showed slight improvement, and two of these: had since died; : 5,/ of whom/two had died, were iroated as incurable, remaining- in the instimtiori, while an additional;s,'..of whom one iad' clipdj weio, transferred to' the Seaaon tlospital.'-The. total number of deaths in theyinstitutiqn .was three ; '; --. : m '-'. . I'.'rom ordinary, subsidies, thp' receipts' were £1395 175.;: subsidy 'on .bequests and. donations;; ±,124; ■■.■local', authorities' 'contribution, ■*Wo)- 17s. ■ Id.; '.voluntary '■-, contributions, , ~6B, *?''''-*2 00? -'-'?8 . *'^8 ' '--'^"1 6^,' :Ua4,,105. -v-lhe - average, days' : stay,' per in-' 'dividual,: was 121.'the-cost 4s.'B-}d patient's "payment; 7jd., .and "maintenance 10a, .Broadly,-; the'respective localities df-patients wore as follow:—Wellington City,.SO;' Horo-"H'liphiia,--6;: Hutt County, 3; ' Makara, 1.ower: Hutt,, 2; Petone,. 1; Palmerston, 3; : Wairarapa,;;3; V. Christcliurch, 2|'. Hawke's Jay r ,2; Taranaki,; 1; West? Coast,- , South islandy "■;;:; ( . '■ ; '-L-\.■,■:■' :* :i -. ■, ' O£ ! J/: y^: . Otaki Hosjiital./ ;:■.;':; f ; "'.; j : >'. During, 'the year; ended March ; 1909, .17.,: patients were.,, admitted : to:";the Otaki :Hospital,yand: 112"discharged, there being now onlysix patients''(three male arid' three remale)/;.under, treatment.- 'There were six the, year/' The-average numi>er;of patients,.per' day; was 11,.there be-ng.ra-total,'• for; ■.th.e;"yoar,--'()f.- , 124- 'under. ;reatment;,.; The average 'days' stay, -per patient, was' 33}, the cost, 65.4 d., and payment per/head, 9jd. ,-The weekly-fee charged for- maintenance Was £1 ss. ' The localities 0i..; the patients ;..wero as,; follow:—Horo:Whonua, 110;, Hutt County, 11; Wellingten [City, 3.; The receipts, in .'respect'-of ordinaryveubsi.diea, totalled E70. , ),, 2s.vlld.'; from ■ local bodies'; , .£79s 3s.;_subscriptions and donations; ,£32 .195.; payments by patients, £1(35; llsiqd.; -grandAotal, £1788'lGs/ -On '■ the. expensMiside, "£232'i5..-.w.ent out" for.provisions;o' £135 '16s; 1 . Bd." for Burgery, - sal-.aries;arid:.w,ages,.-,£7]B 12s. Bd.:'- administration;, £45;-building and-'larid,. £455 Bs.'ld.; vmijscellanequs,. £20; ..grand- total,- £1788.. 16s. '■+ .V'Tj!'?. Mwzyzto Rating; knss. ;; - : --'. ;.-; ;A. circular., from the 'Health'•-Department :.with reference, to ;the-.necessity ; for.tho prb- ; vision of a' hospital■■• for infectious diseases ;was. received.;.-..,,' ; .■-■';';■..;.' ,*■■ : ..-•■-. ;; v-iThe; matter'of. the;effect. rating, fpr',hbspital, and; charitable, aid purposes, of .local.'ibodies; consequent, upon tho of-the iManawatavrailwayline by tho State itras ;.cimifecj; ', ft nd; ~tl)p''f. following ■addressed by,the secretary to those contributing iocal bodies , affected ■.byy-tho' acquisi:tjon;of;.'theilirie.y'and:.thQ,;;:subßo'quent'reducr' :tion.;,of..income.: byithe -loss .of ■■ rates'-.'■■. pre-' . vioiisly;,ypaid>,-.by : / tho-;": ; Manawatu ■■: Kailway • Company,- Ltd., : and now disc'ohtinued.by the' Government, was ..confirmed:-^',: ; ;< 'ri : t. ■; . „ :''Tho;above matter,;will , have atten-tion-of. this, board at its next'meeting,' when '.the position,of alli'the Ideal authorities will be considered and dealt with as in one case. In, the meantime; I -hayo to request your council to,' pay its first •'quarters'- instalment on the original apportionraeht.'as- Boon : .as' pdssible",' iu or.der that' the,' bpard '"may :be ; .ablo:;tb.;Jeep 'its;engagements; and 'it, will, be':.understood, that such payments aro made: .on; Lthe .understandin2.;that .'■ a i as'sess-J ment'-. and;: a , , subsequent ; adjustment', will -ibe made, by .bpard." Th 6 ''apportionment ;just;-compiled : -was 'in'h'de on'.-the' capital'.vaP :UeV of'your- county, -as on -March- 31, ' j?08, jwduld .you ;.kindly' lot ,mo have, in: time; for the meeting,-thb capital such lands' ;feinco takon : .pfer,..by, 'the Government' as ; on that 'date."- , ;'! ■■;■."' "'" : ;.-s v,;,;" :: : - - : . -■' ''- ■