HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1058, 22 February 1911, Page 9

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

; MONTHLY BOARD MEETING. Tho- Hospital and Charitable' Aid Board met yesterday afternoon, Mr...T. Ci. W. Aitkcn presiding. Also present were: Miss Jr. Richmond and Messrs. D. Robertson, W. Tompsitt, 11. Baldwin;'Wv Galloway, B. H. Gardener, 3. Godber, A. H. Hiniiniarsh, R. C.-Kirk.'G. T. London, J. W. M'liweli. .1. .Smith. .1. Trevor, .1. E. Fitzgerald, and the Revs. W. A. Evans and 11. YauStavereu; HOSPITAL;COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The Ilospital Committee reported that Dr. Woodhouso and the house i steward (Mr. L. H. Fox) had been granted their annual leave (three weeks each)! that the resignation c,f Nurses Koljiltson and Bultlo had been accepted; that tho committco desires to think Mr. F. 11. Fraser for n framed cnlarKenlcnt photograph of himself, which had been hung in the committee-room; that the committee desired to acknowledge receipt of a legacy of <£22 15s. from the estate of the late A. P. Bullcr for the Victoria Home. The Otaki Hospital statistics for January were as follow:—Twelve patients admitted aud discharged; in the hospital on January 31, males 7, females 3. In tho sanatorium word. 12 male* and 10 females. Five patients hail been discharged. Of those discharged, three were well and ablo to work. ■'■' FINANCE AND PROPERTY. -( 'The Finance and Property Committee reported the following tenders had been received for making and connecting tho boiler flues with the brick chimney'stack: Crubtree and Sons, S. Luke and Sons, ana Neilson, Murray, and Frederick. Ihe tender of N.oiUon, Murray, and Frederick had becu accepted, the price beiug £v* 10.?., with an allowance of XlO to tho board for all old material. The fallowing tenders had been received for painting the Otaki Hospital mid Sanatorium: Lauchester and Vaughan, -C 177 10s.; Watts nnd Wallis, .£l5B -is. 2d.; . and Uenry Waller, .£Bl (tho latter being not in orders Tho tender of Messrs.' Watts and Wallis was accepted. The following tenders had been received for the alteration to tho. ITouso Steward's residence: J. M'Kenzie, £75; F. S. Knight, .MS 18?. 31; A. Scainer, £112; Strong Bros., .Elii; Hunt and M'Donald, .£123; M. M'lntyre, XlO2 10s. ,Tho tender of Mr. J..Jl'honzio was accepted. Provision was> 'recommended in next. year's estimates for an electric lift for tho'hospital. It was recommended 'that tenders be called for clearing and-draining U acres of the old swamp in tho Otaki. grounds, the-., estimated cost being «tGO, A ■ A statcnient'waspresohted'sbowiiiß receipts and expenditure for tho ten months endod January 31, 1911, and comparisons with estimates for tho saino neriod.aiid expenditure for the .cdrresnonding period last year. Receipts .for 'J ho ton months which ended lost" month* were csUnmtml at .06272. ' Tho amount actually rccoivod was .C 5935, as ngainst .65!)22 diirinc tho, corresponding period in 1909-10. Tdo cstiniato thus exceeded tho nctiml receipts by .C 336. , ■ • ' Expenditure' upon tho Infectious Disoases Hospital was estimated nt .513,001); The actual expenditure was £11,323. Expenditure upon the General Hospital was estimated at '£21,215.;. The attual expenditure was £18,490, as against £21,497 for the corresnondinß ten months of 1909-10. ".„•:■." In the caso of the Otnki Hospital and Sanatorium, the eslimnted expenditure for the, ton months was £4146, and tho actual outlay £3244, the estimate exceeding the actual outlay by £902. '• - , The estimated expenditure for the ten months in the department of chnrJtable -.aid was £10,'292j'"-. oil? actual outlay of £8211,-; tho- -.ostiniatoßscsedinf; expenditure by-.£iOßK V.vs , ; '• .-■' .>-. Outstanding levies duo from local contributbrv authorities amount in tho cas? of "the General Hospital to £3025 18s., and in tho caso of "tho Infections Diseases . Hospital to £2811 2s. ' ■' The estimated expenditure on administration for the ten months to tho end of January, 1911, was £1000, and the amount actually snont under this head was £1821 155.," but this includes n Mim of £307 6s. ld~-spent:.om.ncw office, -altera.. tions, etc., and £130 13s. lOd. spent on' furnishings.' ■ •' Referring to the statement, Mr. 15. C. Kirk stated that thoro hml been treat*! at tho hospital during the ten months under review as many patients as vrcic' treated during twelve months of the previous year. Tho doctor and tho rest, of tho administrative staff had kept well within the authorised .expenditure. The position was that revenue* had been overostimated to. the-pxtcnt of £330, but th 6 ;board was,;t6' both;|rju>iLo<;•pifal and-chnrifiiblo aid account; -Unli'ss' unforeseen demands on" revenue had to bo met,' tho. board .nt {ho cn j of the (twelve monthlyj- period .'should, .be .within .* the margin of estimated expenditure by £4000. ... Replying, to, Jlr..*London,. Hr.. Kirk stated that in arriving' nt this , position ho had mado allowance for : a'-lonn • repayment of £1500. Ho'estimated that the board wonld still be £400 within its estimated pxpenditure,-after meeting this demand. . ■' . '• ,• . .