HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10570, 17 January 1896, Page 4

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

♦ The monthly meeting of the trustees of the Dunedin Hospital was held on Wednesday afternoon, and attended by Messrs P. Miller (ohairman); J. Carroll, H. Clark, S. S. Myers, J. Green, MiH.R., J. N. Brown,and J. Robin. REPORTS. The House Committee reported that donations to the Christmas dinner to the patients were received as under:—A. and J. McFarlane, preserved fruit; Thomson and Co., aerated waters; Dr Colquhoun, case of oranges; Dr Macpherson, ditto; Speight and Co., cask.of ale; A. Nees and Miss Fogo, each £1 for purchase of fruit; Anderson's Bay Christian Endeavour Society, £1 4s 7d, donation to children's ward. There were also a Urge number of donations of clothing, toys, and flowers for the wards. The following tenders for 1896 were accepted :—E. F. Lawrence, meit; J. Fleming, potatoes; T. Lewis, milk; AY. R. Latham, bread ; - A. -and J. M'Farlane;; groceries, tea, and wine; J. Swan, coal; J. Davis, cleaning of chimneys ; T. D. Mockford, cleaning of closets, &c, ;J. M. Gourley, funerals; B. Bagley, and Son, drugs, &c. Mr Andrew Glass bad been appointed gardener, in room of Mr J. Knox, who resigned at the end of the year after 18 years' service. Nurse James was acting as matron during tho matron's holiday.—Adopted. The Finance Committee reported that the receipts "for December were :■' In-patients, £69 17s ; out-patients, £8 Is; donations, £4- 12s ld ; students' fees, £68 ss; voluotary contributions, £100 ii 6d; sales, £18 2s';—total, £269 4s 7d. The receipts for the present month to data were : In-patients, £24 10s, out-patients, £3' 19s; students' fees, £8 8s ; sales, £3 8s ; voluntary contributions, £34 9s 6d ;—total, £74 14s 6d. The bank book showed a credit of £434 16s lid; cash in hand, £4 19$. The amount collected to date from voluntary contributions was £134 13s. The sum of £283 6s 9d would ba required from the Hospital Board for the payment of salaries and accounts tor December. Adopted. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Dr Stenhouse wrote: —" In accordance with by-law 68 1 have respectfully to request that you will be good enough to appoint me honorary consulting physician, and thus retain my connection with the hospital. There are special reasons why this should be done at present which are no doubt well known to the trustees."—Referred to the House Committee to report to the next meeting. Dr Barnett wrote:—"l am directed by the honorary medical staff of the Dunedin Hospital to request that by-law No. 87, which directs that three members of the honorary staff must be in attendance at a consultation held prior to an important operation, be modified sd as to allow of two members of the honorary staff I being considered sufficient in gyuecoiogic.il cases, iam also directed to once again, bring under your notice the desirability of making such arrangements as will relieve the house surgeon from the control of the out-patient department for ordinary surgical and medical cases. The recent alteration in the date of appointment of the hew house surgeons would allow of due notice of any change in the outpatient arrangements being notified to candidates. lam farther directed to lay before you a requisition for an instrument table (for use at opsrsitions) composed of glass and iron, which could be locally, satisfactorily, and speedily made at a cheaper rate than it could be imported for. Tbe honorary staff wish you also to bear in mind the requisitions previously forwarded, including one for an imported operating table of glass and iron, and a suitable instrument cabinet of the oame materials. Lastly, at the appro*ching Medical Congress there will bo a full display of surgical instruments and appliances, and in view of the very defective armamentarium at present possessed by the hospital, the honorary staff beg to ask for authority to spend' £25 or £30 at least on suitable and urgentlyneeded requirements, which cm be chosen 'from those placed on exhibition." — After lengthy discussion it was resolved not to alter by-law 87.; that the trustee* could not see tbeir way to comply with the in referonce to the outdoor department; that the request for a small table be granted; and that any instruments required must be requisitioned for in the uiual way. The Registrar of che University wrote thanking the trustees for appointing the lecturers to the university to the honorary staff. dispenser's resignation. Mr M'lnues, dispenser at the institution, forwarded his resignation, and intimated that be should like to leave at the end of the month.— The trustees expressed themselves satisfied with Mr M'lnnes's services. It was resolved to advertise for a successor at the salary of £100 a year, with £10 advance per year up to £120, and to comply if possible with Mr M'lnnes's request to be relieved at the end of the month.