HOSPITAL CONTROL

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 13

HOSPITAL CONTROL

MONTHLY MEETING OF BOARD

FURTHER CAPITAL EXPENDITURE The monthly meeting of the Hospital Board was held yesterday. The chairman (Mr. C. DI. Luke) presided, and there were also present: Mesdames Semple, Preston, and Fraser, Revs. H. Van Staveren, and J. A. Lochore, Messrs. D. Campbell, F. Castle, W. Appleton, J. H. Hclliwell, T. H. Gill, E. Windjey, A. J. McCurdy, G. Pethcrick, C. B. Robinson, and F. Bennett. On the recommendation of the general committee, it was agreed that a payment of £5OO be made to the Wellington, Free Ambulance during. March, this being a portion of the amount of £lOOO allowed by statute to be paid by the Board to the Ambulance. The Medical Superintendent reported that 646 patients had been admitted to teh hospital during January, and 619 (320 males and 289 females) had been discharged. There bad been 35 deaths, 17 males and 18 females. Social Welfare. The Social Welfare Committee reported that during January, the following eases had been relieved: —Unemployment, 141: desertion and separation, 38; sickness. 155; widowhood, 28; old age, 17; imprisonment, 10; miscellaneous, 3. The total number of outdoor cases was 392, eash grants of £476 had been made, and £l7 expended upon unemployment casual relief. Hospital Estimates. The Board agreed that the following items of capital expeudiutre should be included in the estimates for the year 1929-30:— f Repayment of loans 1700 General additions 160 p Sinking fund for debentures 6153 Store yard and road 300 Hot water and steam heating .... 230 Steam to the Nurses’ Home 500 Completion of improvements to paving • JOO Extra bunker for household c0a1,.. 400 Electrical appliances for operating theatre l, i Fitting up of X-ray block ....... 1100 Completion of plastering and fitting up of physio-therapeutic rooms 900 Laundry alterations 120 Drilling machine lor splint-maker 30 Kettering machine for splint-maker 4<j Portable bench for the work shop . . 10 Connecting water-softener to tower 50 Men’s quarters in old store s._>o Splint-maker’s workshop ->0 Gates at old main entrance Ito £13,768