HOSPITAL LEVIES AND ESTIMATES

Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 2

HOSPITAL LEVIES AND ESTIMATES

£90,000 REQUIRED FOR THE YEAR. AN INCREASE OF-50 PER CENT. The principal business at last night's meeting of the Hospital Board was the consideration of the-estimates for the year. The matter was brought forward by the Finance Committee, who reported as-per statement of estimated receipts and expenditure submitted, in addition to the.£l,4oo (which will not be subsidised by the Health Department) required for Alexandra Ward, the sum of £88,600 is required to be- provided by levy, and Government subsidy thereon, during the year 1920-21. Of the £88,600, the sum of £70,000 is required for ordinary expenditure and £18,600 as capital expenditure. The division between the local bodies and the Government will be as follows:—Local authorities, £37,683 17s lOd: coital, £9,300 and £1,400 (£10,700); 'total, £48,285 17s lOd. Government subsidy at 17s 3d, £32,416 2s 2d; capital (£ for £), £9.300; total, £41,716 2s 2d. Grand total, £90,000. The committee recommended that authority be granted to give each contributory local authority notice of the estimate of expenditure and income and proposedapportionment of estimated expenditure, In order that formal making of the levy may be proceeded with at the next meeting of the board. Attached to the report was the following estimate of expenditure and receipts for the year from April 1, 1920, to March 31, 1921:- . '•"■jsi- Expenditure. y..— . i i ■'■ Ordinary-Expen- gg -3a 1^ dtture. .So!. £<& .56 "Sg Ogs -£< M Industrial schools and Homes £ 4,300 £ 3,500 £ 3,600 Dunedin Hospital » maintenance ... 36,000 45,485 48,000 Benevolent Institution maintenance 5,700 6.936 7,000 •P. V. Sanatorium maintenance ... 5,600 5,120 5,380 Maternity Hospital maintenance ... 1,100 1,236 1,300 Fever Hospital ' maintenance ... 700 1,156 1,200 Tapanui Hospital maintenance ... 800 979 1,000 Tuapeka Hospital maintenance ... 900 1,023 1,000 Kaitangata Hospital maintenance ... 350 421 450 Port Chalmers maintenance ... 210 234 250 Wakari Hospital maintenance ... Prince Edward Children's Convalescent Home maintenance (includes grounds expenditure) Outdoor relief ... 6,000 7,815 7,900 Public health ... 900 995 1,000 Outside boards ... 300 240 240 Otago Univexsity (dental) 400 400 400 Otago University (bacteriological) ... 650 650 650 Grant St. John Ara- ' bulance ... ... 250 250 250 Administration ... 3,000 3,279 3,300 Interest, on overdraft Wakari grounds ... 250 211 I Store account (all institutions) ... 250 2,311 250 Euidemic account ... Middlemarch Hospital maintenance... Ttotal £91,120 ■ The capital expenditure totalled £20,000, the -estimates for 1920-21 being : —Wakari building account, £6.561; Wakari, purchase of additional land, £2,100; Wakari, furnishings (new main block), £2,000; Tapahui. additions, £1,900; Tapanui, new ward, £500; Tapanui, equipment, £400; Middlemarch Hospital, equipment, £900; Prince Edward Children's Convalescent Home, alterations, £500; Roxburgh Hospital, £839; contingencies, £1,400; Mater- , jiity Hospital, £100; and boiler (Dimedin . Hospital), £3,000. The following are the estimated and actual receipts for the year ending March 31, 1921, based on the actual receipts for the year 1919-20:

The Hospital Committee recommended that the following appointments be made to the honorary medical staff at the Hospital for the year ending Slst March, 1921 (alteration being made in the usual number—viz., four physicians being appointed in place of three, two applicants being appointed to the position of ophthalmic surgeons, and two assistant ophthalmic surgeons, with one assistant ophthalmic surgeon, to the out-patient department) : Physicians—Drs F. Fitchett, W. M. Mac- ■ donald, S. Moore, C. Jones; assistant physicians—Drs R. Ritchie, J. T. Bowie, - K. Ross; surgeons—Drs L. E. Barnett, E. J. O'Neill, F. S. Batchelor; assistant surgeons—Drs W. Newlands, T. Fergus, W. Carswell, S. C. Allen; gynaecologist, Dr Riley; assistant gynaecologist, Dr Charles Xorth; ophthalmic surgeons, Drs H. L. Ferguson and A. J. Hall; assistant ophthalmic surgeons—Drs W. I. Bathgate, G-. Fenwick, and A. J. Cottrell; physician for diseases of children, Dr E. H. Williams; ■ Etomatolojrist, Dr H. P. Pickerill; assistant dental surgeon, Mr Cecil Tait.—The report was adopted.

S Dunedin 8 Ho as — d IS II Hospital ...; £10,000 £10,644 17 6 £11,000 Benevolent Institution 3,000 3,032 17 5 3,020 Pleasant Valley Sanatorium 2,500 2,622 8 1 2,500 Maternity Hospital ... 350 ' 426 11 4 400 Fever Hospital 250 414 2 0 350 Tapanui . Hospital ... 300 508 5 8 470 Tuapeka Hospital ,„ 160 257 4 5 260 Kaitangata Hospital ... 50 16 17 2 30 Port Chalmert Hospital ... 15 103 13 2 55 "Wakari Hospital .... — 279 8 4 500 Industrial schools and homes 700 684 11 5 700 Other boards 60 98 15 11 70 Outdoor r». lief 450 420 0 0 400 Interest account „. 150 150 0 0 150 Eent 175 160- 0 0 ' " 125 Otago Uni- - versity bur46? 4 saries 400 7 440 Miscellaneous income ... 200 330 15 0 300 Land and estate agents 250 238 5 0 250 Sundries 650 _ Prince EdwaTd Children's Hot- "* pital - .,. ~" *"* - 100 £21,120