HOSPITAL MATTERS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10086, 27 September 1918, Page 2

HOSPITAL MATTERS

MEETING OP THE BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Hospital Board was held yesterday. Members present were: Messrs H. Baldwin (chairman), A. J. McCurdy, C. M. Luke, F. Castle, B. G. H. Burn. J. Smith, D. Campbell, J. W. McEwan, Rev. Dr J. K. Elliott, Rev. H. Van Staveren and Mesdames McVicar, Aitken, and Neill. The bacteriological and pathological department reported that during August the value of the outside work accomplished was *658 12s 6d. No fewer than 2478 swabs were taken and, the total work done under the various headings was .2793. . . Th(| health inspectors reported that for. the month ending September 17th 110 ‘premises were disinfected, and 101 sanitary .; inspections were made. The principle disease was diphtheria, thg total number of cases being 48, compared with 49 the previous month. There was one case of scarlet fever, twelve of tuberculosis, one of bloodpoisoning, and four of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Thirty-nine _ of, the diphtheria cases occurred in Wellington, one each at Karori, Eastbourne, Onslow, Johnsonville, Petone, Lower Hutt, Upper 1 Hutt, and there were two cases in the Hutt County. On Te Aro flat there were eleven cases, seven at Nowtown, and five at Island Bay. Intimation was received from the Hawera Hospital Board that it had resolved to accept liability for a patient from that district who received treatment at the Wellington Hospital. The number of persona in receipt of relief from the Charitable Aid Board during the month of August was 150, while 465 rations were granted. The daily average number of persons in receipt of relief was 93. compared with 112 for August, 1917, and 127 for August. 1916. . , , In regard to correspondence that has passed between the board and the milk supply committee of the City Council, the chairman, in reply to Mrs Aitken, said that the letters referred to the supply of milk- to the hospital. Tho milk committee of the City Council had been made of the requirements of the hospital and it was anticipated that when its scheme was in operation an assured supply of milk would be obtained for the institution. Mrs Aitken said she had been approached by persons who desired to know what the board was doing in respect to a supply of milk, but as she was totally in the dark she was unable to give any information on the subject. The milk committee which was set up, she understood, had visited a farm at the Hutt, and although she had made a request to be present when the inspection was made an invitation was not extended to her. She desired to protest against the hole-and-corner committees of the board which were being continually set up, so that some members of the board did not know what the others were doing.