HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Evening Star, Issue 11658, 19 September 1901, Page 4

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

The monthly meeting of this body, held yesterday afternoon, was attended by Messrs P. Miller (chairman), J. Smith, W. Wright, W. Wills, and J. Robin. The following appointments of probationer nurses were reported : —Misses Elizabeth Miller, Ethel Harley, Margaret Wright, and Elizabeth Stimson. Salaries and accounts for the month, amount’ng to £731 18s lOd, were passed for payment. The receipts for the month, including* Government subsidy (£350 17s 7d), amouffiing to £460 4s lOd. The return of out-patients for the month of August gave the number as 590 cases, as against 613 for the corresponding month of last year. In connection with the Trustees' application to the Government for a magisterial inquiry into the charge of ill-treatment bv an hospital nurse, the following letter, dated August 27, was received from Mr F. Waldegrave. Und'r-Secretafy to the Depar ment of Justice:— “l have the fionor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd inst., forwarding copv of resolution passed by the Dunedin Hospital Trustees, asking for a magisterial investigation into certain statements made by Mr T. Mackenzie, M.H.R., in the House of Representatives. In reply, lam directed by the Mi* Aster of Justice to inform you that your letter has been forwarded to the Hon. W. C. Walker, the Minister in charge of the Hospital and Charitable Institutions Department.”—The Chairman said that no further reply had been received —On the morion of Mr Robin, seconded by Mr Smith, it was decided to write to the Hon. Mr Walker, drawing his attention to the Trustees 1 letter asking for an inquiry, and staring that they would be glad to get a favorable answer as soon as possible. The Secretary reported replying to the lett-r of the Inspector-General of the Lunacy and Hospitals Department with regard to the ela : m for subsidy on the contribution of £7O from the University of Otago being refused by the Audit Office", and stated that he had forwarded a memorandum from Mr Gabriel Hodges, contractor for the erection of the post mortem room, in which he estimated the cost of the gallery at £22. He also sent a letter from the architects •—Messrs Mason and Wales—that ■ the price was a reasonable one. The contribution from the University Council was not made solely in respect of the cost of the gallery, and as the cost of erection was small in comparison with the erection of the building, the Trustees respectfully requested Dr MacGregor to again submit their claim for the subsidy on the £7O received from the University Council for the favorable consideration of the Audit Department.—The secretary's reply was approved. Mr A. Hamilton, registrar to the Univers’ty, wrote to the secretary as follows: —“I am directed by the Council of the University of Otago to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 24th August, and to reouest yon to communicate to the Hospital Trustees the hearty thanks of the Council for the expression of goodwill towards the Medical School, and for the careful consideration which the Trustees have given to'the matters brought up by the Comnvt'ee of the Council.—Received. Mr Hamilton also wrote asking if the Trustees would appoint medical and surgical tutors, and, if so, would the Trustees afford the necessary facilities for utilising the material available in the patients treated in the hospital.—The matter was held over for further inquiry.