HOSPITAL BOARD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 58, 3 December 1918, Page 7

HOSPITAL BOARD

I MONTHLY MEETING. The ■Wellington Hospital and CharilaWo Aid Board met yesterday afternoon, Mr. H: Baldwin (chairman) piesiding. There were present also Mr. A, .T. M'Curdy, Dr. Jr K. Elliott. Rev. H. van STaveren. Messrs. V. Castle, C. M. Luke, G. J.- Petheriek, W. J Thompson, B. G. H. Rums, J. Smith, D. Campbell, .1. W. M'Ewan, and Mesdames Aitkeli, Neill, M'Vicnv, and M'Laren. The New Zealand Trawling and Fish , Supply Co. wrote thai they were losing heavily on their fish supply contract, owing to the fact that the Admiralty had cojnniandeM'H their vessel, the Nora Niven. •■:.! had thus occasioned them a loss of from 2CO to JOO cases of fish per weekv '['he letter wasreferred to the Finance Committed for report. Tho Hospital Committee's report stated ■that arraignments wore now ibeiiig completed i'ur.Dr. 'Robertson, radiologist, to devote all his time lo the service of the board. It recommended that the-maxi-mum salaries lo house surgeons lie increased to .l':)30. to bo reached by increases of i'so for each six months of service, dating from the time each graduate house surgeon joined the staff. Nn response had been received to the board's application for : an honorary physician i'or the hospital..,,. The r(iport" : wi(3 ; a'dopled. The Relief Committee recommended that accounts amounting to .Cltf; i<. 3d. be passed'for i payment. Tho com paralive table of relief I'or the month of October jhowad thn following figures for the respective years' IMB-I',l anil IJII7-IS:' Daily average number of persons in receipt of relief (outdoor). 201 and llil; rations panted, 701) and 5!)|; lent grants. -C'.Vl and *CI7: grants I'or maintenance of children, JE:JS i ml .£27; daily average nrimlier .of persons in. receipt' of relief (indoor), !)5 and 109.