Payment of Subsidy For Hospital Will Be Passed

Northern Advocate, 12 February 1940, Page 6

Payment of Subsidy For Hospital Will Be Passed

Information that £2400 of the outstanding subsidy temporarily withheld would be passed for payment at an early date was received from the Director-General of Health (Dr. M. H. Watt) by the Whangarei Hospital Board at the monthly meeting today. The board claimed a subsidy of £3069 12/5. WATER SUPPLY. The Whangarei Borough Council’s i decision to charge £3OO per annum for supply of water to the hospital was discussed and it was decided to investigate the position. STATISTICS. I The return of patients in the hospi- | tal showed an increase at the end of the last month compared with that at the end of December. Patients admitted during January totalled 207, 193 were discharged and three died, the total remaining at the end of the month being 85, compared with 74 at the end of the previous month. DONATIONS. A clock presented to the nurses for use in their sitting room by Mrs W. Hoey, of Kamo,' was among the donations acknowledged by the board. Other donations were:—Mrs Pepperill (Houto), plums; Mrs Draper (Whangarei), flowers; Mrs O’Callaghan (Tikipunga), flowers; Mrs J. Finlayson (Kiripaka), fruit; Mrs Logan (Whangarei), flowers; Mrs W Ulan (Whangarei), books; Mrs Surman (Whangarei), books; Mr and Mrs Vining (Onerahi), fruit and flowers; Mr and Mrs Kendell (Whangarei), sweets, strawberries and ice cream; Mrs Simons (Whangarei), flowers; Mrs B. Hales (Maungatapere), fruit and vegetables.