AMBULANCE WORK

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8794, 25 July 1914, Page 7

AMBULANCE WORK

WELLINGTON CENTRE ANNUAL MEETING AND DEMONSTRATION. An interesting programme was provided for a laige audieuco in the Town Hall last evening by the St. John Ambulance Association (Wellington Centre), which combined its annual meeting v.-Uli a musical entertainment and a demonstration of first-aid work. The chairman was His Excellency the Governor (word Liverpool;, president of the c.ation in New Zealand, who was accompanied ■ by the Countess of Liverpmm '1 no 39th Company of Senior CaUeis (.\ewtowu) formed a guard of honour outside tho hall, while inside tho musing division performed a similar function. 'Xne gathering was also attended fie tne" .Stayer 1 Ait J. H. Lukc) and mis Luke. Xne annual reports of me. association: wore formally put to tho meeting by Xtis Excellency, and adopted. WORK OF THE YEAR. The chief work of the year, suited the annual report oi me general committee nas neon instruction in amon-aneo anu in nome nursing and amoumnee transport or sick anu injured. In all twentymo Classes or instruction were neai under me control oi mo centre. Xna were neia in nemug.on, Carter.on, Foxton, tiaseia, iliastei tun, Napier, t-almerstuu -Norm, I'otone and Wanganui, rue total number attending me masses oas yti’i, of wnicn 1 oi were men anu 200 women. The subsequent - examinations were passed by Ix2 men and by HO women. Tne amfauiance transport work none by tne assoemuon’s contractor, Mr james Joimston, bus been very satisfactory. JJ tiling the year the association's vehicles were used in 479 cases lor removing sick and injured. mention is made of a gram ot 2UKI to the funds oi tne Centre from the T. G. Maeartnv trustees, and of a bequest of AouO wmch is to no received from the estate of tne late Mrs S. A. Rhodes. Tae nnancial statement showed that tho receipts lor the year (inctuumg 0-33 14s flu brought forward) amounted to £4 20 3s sd, and. the expenditure to £4Ol 7s su. Tne committee of tne XJ-ieftriot Nursing Guild reported that in Wellington, from .November Ist, 1912, to October 31st, 1913. the records show that 176 additional district patients have been registered, and 6728 visits paid by the distinct nurses to tho sick poor in their own homes. The last offices were carried out in connection with ten patients and thirty-three were removed to the general hospital. According to statistics, 1613 cases have been attended to since the appointment of the first district nurse on October Ist, 1903, giving a yearly average of 161 for the past decade. The Wellington ambulance division-re-ported that 134 oases were treated during the year, an increase of thirty-five over the previous year. A great number of these were on the football fields. In all cases the treatment was satisfactory, and credit was due to the division for the manner in which its members carried out their work. On September 29th the annual inspection and re-examination of the division was hold. Assistant-Com-missioner H. H. Seed conducted tho inspection. and Dr H. E- Gibbs was tho examiner. All members present passed the examination. A satisfactory report was also presented by the Wellington nursing division of the brigade which now has a roll number of sixty-two. The Wellington South nursing division, which was registered at the -end of 1912, with a membership of thirty-six, likewise reported a year of progress. VALUABLE WORK DONE. Colonel W. J. Will, V.D.. D.M.S., in addressing the meeting, referred to the valuable work carried out by the association in its various branches, particularly the nursing division. Who was it, no asked, that oame to attend the sick and distressed: —The district niurse, whose advent was like an angel's visit. If an accident occurred in the street, who came to the assistance of tho injured?—The amublanoe officers. lie mentioned that the association .in Wellington -had' got together some £6OO towards the erection of ambulance quarters, but so far it was behind other centres in not possessing, the necessary building, and- if subscriptions did not come to hand at an accelerated rate, it would be 150 years before this centre possessed its first building. presentation of awards. Tho distribution of awards to the Wellington members was then made bLord Liverpool. The ceremony was notable Tor the large number of police constables included among the x-ecipients oi honours. The awards were as follow ; Medallions.—Mildred F. Baker. Clare Butts, Minnie Battersby, Clarence A. Barrett. Walter Dallow. Edward E. Farnsworth. Ernest Jessop. Douglas C. Jones, Herbert S. Jones, Leonoard G. Lowry, Louie C. Mack, Frank March-ant, David A. MoGinnity, Alfred Pleasant, Clarence D. Thompson, John H. Trevithick, May Upton. Francis W. Ward, and Jean B. Wilson. labels. —E. R. Baker (senr.), L. Barclay, J. Coyne, W. R. Dixon. W. W. Dutton, W. J. Feeney.-J. P. Hislop, H Leah, J. Nicol, G. Radcliffe G. Baud nam, J. T. Scimlenberg, F. Stevenson, D. Tucker, and J. Waters. Certificates, nursing and first-aid.— Ethel Aiken, Robert Anderson, Jessie Barclay, Elsie Bray, Ruby L. Bock, Herbert B. H. Bird, Alfred Thomas Beaver, Albert Edward Boves, Frederick John Deer, Ernest Robert Boyland, Walter Arthur Burberry, Pa-ttie E. Corrigan. Maud Mary Crawley. May Cozens, May Cook) Mary L. Clark. Joseph Freer Clayton, Percy Cosgrove, Thomas William Cox, Michael James Cunningham. V. J. Donaldson, Alonzo Patrick Dwan, Dorothy Dutton, Colin Dalbeth, Adeline Elirlibeth Edmeades, Bessie Bargers, Frances Margaret Finlayson, Eva Fleet, Janet C. Fraser, James Michael Flemming. Mary Fanny Gaby, Constance Glasson. Belle E. Heintschke, Frederick Harrifeon, Prank Hedgman, Charles George Hurley, Thomas Young Hall. John ■ Isbister, Merle Jacobson, Rita Jacobson, Ernest Carlyle Jarrold, Ellen Kinder, John Kerr, Mis J. p. Lube, Jacobifia Luke, Euphrasia le Du. Marv Lockwood Arthur George Lake, Mauriee Roy Lawton, Jessie Matilda Moor house Sophie Morrell, Miss B. Mitchinson Mis« McKenzie. Alice M. Mander, Matthew

McLaren MoCallum, John Albert Mitoneli, Mrs J. Frobyn, Dizzi# Mary Rowell Athole Frtslon, L. T. Pattie, t Alfred Mason Piatt, Kenneth Parkinson,. Her bore Edgar Pearse. mre J. W. Robinson, Amelia Ramsey, Mary Hanson, Euen Ray. Ellen Rowse, Leo uenediot Revell. Michael John J. Roche, Marion Salisbury, Mabel Simon, Flora Sinclair, Ethel May Willikint, Clarrie Sulifant, W. H. Shore, Amos Sirett, lidward Sliven, Richard ii. Stephens, Lillian Thompson, Miss J. hi. Turnbull, Miss Vare Ruth Wallace, Gladys Wells. M. Wright, Elsie Williams, Amy Mudiel vVTIson, Gladys, I. Worboye, Joseph Harrison Worboys. John Wakefield Williams. John Walter Yorsteu. and Florence Zohrab. The following were elected' to the vacancies on the general committee : —Mrs G. W. Barltrop (.re-elected), Miss Robinson, and Colonel W. J. Will. AMBULANCE DISPLAY, The feature of tne ovemiig was, undouutediy, me ueu,.i,iJburauoii of hrst-aiu oy nrcmoeis of me auiomance and nursing uivisious. ‘ "Sie have received word,' etateu Ooionel Will, “mac a seiious accident Happened a few minutes ago/' The uunouxaiment was met by expectant silence, wnich was changed to laughter when the speaker aimed that one man nad lost his beau. but that it was being drought along, together with his bodj, to receive me attention of the nursing squad. Aitnough the accident was purely imaginary, however, ml the conditions except the actual injuries had been excellently stage-managed, and a number of cadets were packed on stretchers by ambulance men and delivered to deftfingered nurc.es, who completed the treatment of their supposed- and tucked the patients comfortably into bed. During the progress of the display its principal details were lucidly explained ov Colonel Will. In responding to the vote of thanks of which he was the recipient, His Excellency the Governor remarked that it was time that the association was in possession of a suitable building. Ho congratulated the members on the excellent work they had carried out. A handsome bouquet of violets and autumn leaves was presented to Lady Liverpool by Miss Mack, on behalf of the Wellington District Nursing Guild and the Wellington Nursing Division. During the evening songs were rendered by Miss Mary Grant and Master Rodney Pankhnrat, and a recitation was given by Mr W. A. Spencer. Miss Ethel M. Barclay played the accompaniments. A collection in the hall resulted* in an adddition of JH3 Is did to the fund of the association.