HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 3

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD. Messrs. fl. Baldwin (chairman), A. .1. M'G'urdy, P. T. Moore, 11. van Ptaveren, C. M. Luke, P. Castle, 13. G. H. Buin, J. Smith, W. J. Thompson, D. CampHl, J. W. M'Eivan, I!ev. I)r. Elliott, jUrsdame.s M'Laron, Aitken, mid Noill wore present at the monthly moctiii" of l.ho Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard hold yesterday. The following recommendations of tho Hospital Committee wore approved:— "That, having considered t'nc application of the Wellington Laihvir Representation Committee to provide fur a braiieK of the out-patients' deparimani at 'I'horndon, it. begs to state thai: it lias no recommendation 'o make." "That a training school for massage ■bo "stablished 'That the rules for nurses be adopted and printed subject to the- approval or the Minister of Public Health being first obtained." "That Miss Salter is resigning to undergo further trainiiij,' in 'massage at I/unedin." "Thai a hutr-'o sniKOOi! for tho ophthalmic ward be appointed at a salary of .(.'ifl'i per annum, rWi;<: by annual in-v.'-cisk-ii'm* of Jc">o to .tMO." I The followhi;.; act'Oiiiit- wre passed for payment:—Wellington IJ.Kpital, ~V)M 1.55. Sid.; charitable Bid and Ohiro Hfime. V!3t Bs. 6(1.; head drier. ~Cl'; S ! Is.; public health, iCli Ills. Tho credit fund account stands at JMBW Bs. 2d., and the J No. 2 loan credit, at ,£5C7t lis. 3d. i It-was stated that the Minister of Pan- > lie llcaltli had signified his approval of the board's estimates ami levies for the year ending 1918-1!), nnd ihat demands liad now been made on the local authorities in conformity therewith.