PLUNKET SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 17

PLUNKET SOCIETY

LOSS OF HELPERS DEPLORED

RECENT ACTIVITIES

The monthly meeting' ol tiie Plnnket Society was held last Week, and was pre- i sided oi er by the president, Mrs. Tythe t Brown. Good" efW° p^ 9S aX Mato«« Luke, _ Ilodson, Hassell, Ralph, Good, Woo^d coiLl t • hiJ n* Apologies, v.ero re- I ceived from Mesdames White, 'McNair c tei and Misses Kane and Cameion mot.™ _fmVn °Pe?, ed the,uieet,ng with a £ motion o£ sympathy with the. relatives of the late Mrs. W. Fell, Mis. S Kirkca die, and Mrs. M. Eichelbaum who had r the 1 Junket Society, and also with Mrs. t Mis. liutter, the committee showing re- * silence memories by standing in 1 The late Mrs. Fell was present at the 1 inaugural meeting on March '16, 1908. in i the Town HaU, when it was resolved to , form a branch in Wellington, and became , a member of the first committee, actios ] as chairwoman for the first few months . until, on the appointment of Dr. Platts 1 Mills as president, she became the first. ' vice-president. She held that position un- 1 til her health prevented her taking a fur- 1 ther active part. _ ; The late Mrs. S. Kirkcaldie joined the committee of the 'society in November, i 1909, and in the following April took of- , fice as honorary treasurer. She remained on the committee of the Wellington branch until 1923 and* then founded the sub-corn- ' mittee in Karon, afterwards becoming its president until 1929, whe^she relinquished office. Mrs. Kirkcaldie gave twenty years bt devoted service to, the Plunket movement, and her spirit of "service before self" and her altruism -have'been supreme. Associated with'her was her.Husband', (one of the original members s of $lie, Advisory Board, of which he is still- a -tnember). Their unflagging-interest'and generosity to the work has been one of ;the big factors in the growth from a smallf'strugglmg.body employing one nyrse to a big,-branch with twelye nurses .and a■ Karitaiie_Hospital. The unceasing giving of,' their time, their i home, and, their money' his been their ' motto, and* all Plunket mothers and work--1 ers owe 'a, debt1 of gratitude to this mnsel- ] fish lady and her husband..^ '- - ' ' '• i The Me Mrs.' Eichelbauta joined -,the ' committee in 1923, and^s * mejmber of [ it until' 1929, whenl her,. Health prevented J her 'taking a • further- active , part fin ' the i work, though ehe.neverjceased to be deeply ■ interested in the movement, ' ' ' 1 The, Plunket nurses'"report for-Decem- [ ber and January 'gave^tha following - fig- ■ ures:— ■ Total number o£ new,, cases, 238; visits ■ to homes, 3157; visits'to offices, adults J 4467,'babies'3471, and children 534, detailed ■ as follows: At headquarters, 1420, 870, 188; ■ Seatoun, 73, 65, 10; M;iramar, 252, 237, 17; ■ Lyall Bay, 379, 354, 20; Hataitai, 202, 177, ! 15; Newtown 410, 321, 55f Island 8ay,^306, • 268, 16; Brooklyn, 262, 241, 14; Kelburn, « 54 42 11; Kaioi;i, 278,"23f,% 53; Northland, " 121, 107, 12; Wadestowft, .176, 130, 35; ! Ngaid,'lo9, 79, 26;-Khandallah, 131,114,10; ■ Johnsonvslle, ?5, 71, ,13; Tawa Flat, t, 8, 1. ■ Porirua 15, 9, 5; Plimmerton, 4,1 i, : bourne, 188, 157,^31. 'Analysis of feeding. I! Babies wholly breast-fed, 1956; partially • breast-fed, 30; artificially fea,_ 13; expeqtI ant mothers, new cases, f(A; 'expectant ■ mothers still under supervision, ?55. . ■ The nurses thank 'Misses Myers and ■ Thompson and Mrs/ Welch -for motoring I them during the two months; also the tol- ■ lowing, for parcels of clothing: Mesdames ■ Sutcliffe, Russell, Reading, Mather, and ■ Miss Barnett; and Mesdames Lenisto, -Wil--5 son, and Samson, for flowers.' The nurses C ask for clothes for distribution. _ ■ .. . P The matron of the Trubj. King Kari--5 tano Hospital reported:—Admissions for _ December and January, 21 mothers and C 41 babies; discharged, 20 mothers and 38 > babies. The length of'stay of''mothers J averaged 'seven days, and of-.babies ,_» C days.-Six premhture babies-were adimt- _ ted; one died, and the others are^all dop ing well. Two pairs of twins 'were adS mitted with their mothers. Mothers and _ babies were admitted from Lower Hutt, C Pahiatua, Wellington and suburbs. Visi- _ tors numbered 714 for the two months, S and included many from overseas. The 5" matron thanks the following for gifts: C Mrs. H. Hall, Christmas ham; 'Miss S. C Nathan, Christmas cake; Mrs. Richardson, IS Christmas cake; Mrs. and Miss Douglas, 5" Christmas'cake; Mrs.; Cameron, two tUrrj keys; Mesdames Kirkcaldie, Hodgson, and 5 Leniston, flowers; Lempriere Company, S sweets; Mrs: De Winter, children's outfit; S Mrs. Fleming, shortbread; Mrs. T.-.Ward, *_ books and papers. *_ A meeting of the executive with the Ad*Z visoTy Board was held on December 11, at 5 which the resignation of Dr. Elliott from 5 the Advisory Board'was accepted with re--5 gret. Miss Castlehow, who has been t_ senior sister at the Karitahe Hospital, has jj resigned to take up the position of matron 5 at another hospital, and Nurse Tingey, "of S the Plunket nursing staff, is taking a posim* tion in the Auckland Karitane Hospital _\ The committee expressed' their - appre--5 ciation of the work of these nurses, and S wished them success in their new positions, a_ The treasurer acknowledges with thanks •C the following donations and subscriptions: "J, The Wellington.Gas Cp., £2 2s; Mr.■ Tliow, J £2; Mrs. Crosser, £l Is;" Miss Davison JH Itr. Chapman, and the Girl Guides' Asso ? ciation; "£1 each; Mrs. -Hodson,•_ 10s 6d; J, Mesdames Vautier,.'Beaumont, Watson, and Jfi Robieson.lOseach; MesdamesGalder, Hart JJ Scott, Allan, Ryan, Murphy, Burgess, and T •_ Ward, 5s each; Mrs. Hodson, for purchas. % of emulsion, lis 8d; committee box, 12s _m for Karitane Hospital—U.S.S. Company Jj £2 14s Id; Featherston Branch, '£s; Mas _r terton Branch, £7; Hastings Branch, £' S 7s; Upper Hutt, £5. Received "from sub J committees: • Seatoun,, Mrs. Muqe ! ~los 5 Mesdames McFailane and-MpAnnally- 5; SJ each, raffle £4.-Bs, donation- iss;Lyal SJ Bay, proceeds of picture show, £13 12b,6d "i Shop Day £2, Mrs. Logan lOs, Mesdame Ji Boyd, Prosser, Semple, and Smith each 5s ? small donations £1 9s,6d,:total £18 12s • J Northland, proceeds- of raffle £5 10s 'i Ngaio, Mr. Parker 10s, Mr. Jerram 10s 6d t * Mesdames Godfrey. -; Manttan, Oldfigld m_ McGowan, Fpster, Walshari, Hall. McNat • J Lynneberg, McGregor, Newton, Hills, Jei •i ram, Irvine, Casey, Richardson, Franks Ji Mason, Anyon. King, North, Hicks, Guv t_ Lea, Lomas, "Tiger," small donations £ SJ 18s, total £11 8s 6d: Wadestown, Lad *Z Beauchamp £6 6s; Kplbum, Mesdame 5 Neal, Anderson, and Turner, 15s each Jp Karori, proceeds of bridge party £8 15' lj box-money £1 19s; Miramar, Guessin ■t Competition £10 2s 3d,: children's part 5 £1 10s 3d, musical evening 10s,, Mesdame yS Webley and Ward 5s each, small, sums C Sd, total £12 18s lid; Hataitaij-box-mone 14s 3d, Mrs. P. -Hunt ss. .