HOSPITAL BOARD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 254, 17 February 1921, Page 6

HOSPITAL BOARD.

MEETING HELD THIS MORNING

A inciting of ihe Pahncr.-ion North j Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was | held to-day, (i;u chat.matt. Sir .lame- Wit- ■ on. presiding. Others present were Messrs ,). K. Hoinbiow, J. 11. Vincent, L. T. MeLean, W. Murdoch, S. A. Broadbclt, I!. W. Sciioi, M. A. Moodv, Mrs Gill and Dr WhiiokiT. A claim for filO was received from Mi 11. Cole, who stated ilial a suit ol dollies belonging to lorn had been destroyed by having Ueii ictt on the hospital verandah j for four weeks. It was explained that the j ..nil had been It'll to he fumigated.—The j -.i-retarv stated thai the statements were correct, and the clothes had been overj looked.--!! was decided i<> obiaiu n report. 'lh,. Health Departmcul wrote poiiiting, nut thai Board- should i.ol commitl ihem--■•lves to au.\ capital expenditure unless I|, r .y could iind lie' funds nece-sinv Io meet ii. ' |i could no! be lakeii as a. lortaint) 1 that money i.-o'uld be ob'tained by uay ol j |.- m from liic Public Trustee.—The chair- | man explained that he was ;ili.io-i positive ill,ii the loan for whicli ihe.v had been j iivgoiitniuo- with the Public Tru tee would ji , o'iit tined in Api'd. In any case ihe ( Board lit d power h Oider-in-Gouncil and conrenl of the Tica-mv i" raise the i aiiioiinl by oiiier means. in ie|:l\ to a lettei' from the nur.-iie. > mil mittee ni Waikaitae, ii was decided Io state thiti ihe iippointmeut of Miss Donovan -cinld nol be decided on until she had coin pleted her induing six months In Iff. In the inei'iuimr. the post would be held open. 'Cue secretary of the Nursing Guild wrnti asking ihe Boitid io increase the CuiTfI subsidy Ist f.IOO per annum.- Mr- Gill -aid j ibill the Guild wtis well worth the additional j nibsidy f;o:r ih" Hoard by reason of the work ii did in r, lieving the Board of many j ciiscj iit;;i would otherwise come into ihe ' hospital, -liege-ted ilnn a deputation I v it on the Board. Sir James Wilson considered thai the I I'oo'd would as s.oou accept the palieut- in •!'..- hospiial. \l present there hi.:, a big' i.vfrdr.il't. md die Boaid was nol in a : (c-ition io i.iak-- ihe inevease. I [i: (lion .hi that the. nuiiier of supporting n Disiricl Nurse did nol rc-i wil'n ihe Board. In ti wealthy 'own like Piilmeistoi: North it naI hardly r matter which ihe Board, uhieh j tlww its funds from ihe district, should be J asked to conlribtiie to. I On the motion of Mr McLean it w; -de i ' id.ed lha. the Board could nol see ii- way ■lr-ar to increase the subsidy. J The Otaki Town Hoard wrote sialiii" ihai ii had nominated Mr ,T. P. Brandon. Otaki. io replace Mr >\ Pe.nn, resigned. It, was c'cided to inform ilia controlling nuthoriiv. ihe Levin Borough Council, tlud (he ' aeancy had oci urresl and Ihai il remained '-'<■ Ihem Io lake ihe necessary steps.