ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 15

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

DISTRICT NURSING GUILD

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS' WORK

Appreciation of the good work of the members of the nursing staff of the District Nursing Guild, ana also of the generosity of kind people who give money or other useful articles in "kind" which make the work so much more possible and easy, is expressed in the annual report.

Mention is made of the gratifying fact that it has thus been jjossible to restore half the 10 per cent, cut in salaries. During tho vast year 1886 visits were paid by the sisters to patients in their homes, and 2.337 cases were, treated at the surgery. Patients sent (o hospital numbered 22, and there were 14 deaths. Names added to Ihe register totalled 500, and the number enrolled since the inception of the work aggregated 7440. Many letters received testify to the value of the work done, and the gratitude of patients.

Tho work of training the post-gradu-ate nurses in district work has been continued at the request of the Health Department. Assistance is given continuously to the Wellington Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and on the general committees of the Mayor's Unemployment Fund and that of the Unemployment of Women. An extension of work (also by request of the Health Department) is the care of patients who leave the hospital for their own homes, and whose health needs further attention.

Other social service accomplished by this useful body is that of helping to make Christinas a real time of joy by the giving of hampers of suitable gifts for the season for men, women, and children.

Outings are arranged also, and Mrs.

William Young is thanked for her hospitality to the older patients. Mention is also mado for tho great help received from the Hospital Board of £200, also medical supplies and sterilising.

Regretful mention is mado of the death of Mrs. A. A. Corrigiin, Mr. W. B. Fisher, Mr. C. Batten, and Mr. A. Stace, all good friends of the association.

The committee announces with pleasure that the guild is now represented on the Commandery Council, the headquarters for New Zealand, a request having boon made five years ago for representation on the Dominion Executive. Mrs. A. A. Stace (president) is tho first representative. Many gifts are gratefully acknowledged and good workers thanked, it being mentioned at the same time that annual subscribers are still urgently needed. The distribution of coal, wood, and blankets made a great difference in many lives during the winter, and it is hoped to enlarge this work. Among those specially mentioned are the president (Mrs. Stace), the hon. secretary' (Mrs. Macdonald Wilson), and the hon. treasurer (Mrs. Osborn).