ORIENTAL BAY AND ROSENEATH

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 138, 7 December 1918, Page 7

ORIENTAL BAY AND ROSENEATH

The Oriental Bay and' Roseneath Epi-' demic Committee held its final meeting \ last evening, when the gratifying report I was made that the district is now prao- j tically clear of the epidemic. ! It was unanimously agreed that the • local cost incurred' in coping with the ! . epidemic should be borne by the committee. The whole of the motor-cars '. were supplied by residents, who declined 1 to make any claim. The nursing and J all domestic help were supplied vblun- A tarily by the women of the district, f Other resident* cheerfully supplied help ) necessary to carry on the inhalation \ chamber, visit all houses, supply food 1 ' and medicines, and report on all cases ' of sickness. . .' Thfe committee passed a resolution, ex- ' pressing its appreciation of the ready assistance it at all times received from \ Drs. Gibb and Shand. The organisa- 1 tion, was the subject of general con- ! gratulation, and votes of thanks were i passed to the officer in bharge and r his | wife and all voluntary helpers, including | the Boy Scouts,. . . The committee also expressed its deep i gratitude to all who helped, especially 3 to the women of the district and the -^ Sisters of Compassion, who nursed and ; comforted the' sick.- The motor-car ' owners were thanked not only for their J services in their own difficult district, ' but also for the assistance they rendered in several' other districts and in * the evacuation of the hospitals. Mr. H. D. Vickery and the officer in !~ charge (Mr. J. J. M'Grath)-were author- '. ised to deal with the funds of the com- • mittee and to. settle all accounts. The committee did not disband, and i will, if occasion should arise, be called together again. ■A letter of appreciation and thanks J is to be sent on behalf of the committee to all known voluntary workers.