HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BONED REPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15396, 7 March 1912, Page 4

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BONED REPORTS.

The following arc ;l>c committee reports lo In' siibni•(t< <) al tn-niulit's niK'tinj of lllii lle-pital iiml Charitah|..> AM Hoard:Tlh> Sanatorium Committee rnjiorts that <Inllio four waeks four females liavo Ihvii ;i<lnli(!<• 1 ami ('tie female discharged, leaving 17 mul<-s ur.il 15 females :il. pre-ent in Plea-ant, Valley Sanatorium. There tiro ;it present four vacant l/.'ds fur sun!'I'ho Hospital Committee rojiorU that the Hon. 11;'.' .Miinstc.r lias approved of Iho uppuititiuouts of l)cs Jtiiiiiu, tstewart, And Wily;. l ils lion-:* surgeons at Dunedin Hospital. .Mr T. Lewis has requested to extend j his contract for supply of milk to Dumliti ; and Fever Hospitals until September 30. j 1912, a! present contract prices. Autli- | only lias Im'n grunted to |«y tile slim of £22 lO.s due t;i Messrs •!. and H. Six!t for a set of copper sterilbcrs, steam coil trays. (He., supplied to Dunedin Hospital mi Moron, 1910. Statistics.Tile following are tin shiiMirs of Dutiediti Hospital for fortnight ended .March 2, 1912, —viz.: Remaining ironi l"'«l»rnury 18—77 male*. 57 females; admitted. 31 males, 74 females; discharged, *33 male*. 29 females; died, ono male; niniiitiing in Hospital on .March 2, 69 males. 62 females—total 131. Diiri'if: thy fortr.ight ended February 23 live patients have hvn admitted to the fever hospital ;i.:xi seven discharged. leavintr 12 patient* al present in llic Hospital. The Finance Cominitl-'o recommends that: The undermentioned iiisuram.es, which expire on March 31. 1912. I>e renewed for a furtlier |>eriod of 12 iiionths, as follows:' (a) Fire—To placed with the National ItiMtraiK-fl Company for division ci|tiallv with the,si- companies wltc.M lN'.ad offices , are Ino.ilcd in the Dominion, .Hid to include . the Stale Fire Insurance "(lice. |l>) Accident - j To lx> pl-jiiti w ith tlr.- Ni",v Zealand Insurance i Company, to he divided equally lietwocn | those companies doing t.lii.s ohios of Iv.isj. j ncs"s, and whose head offices aro located ' i-i the Dominion, including the Government . Insurance Department. (e) Fidelity—To . Im' placed with the Standard In/ura ( en I - paJly. to bo divided n|Uiilly Ivtweon those companies doing this e!a.<s of business, .and wlum' head office*. are heated in the.Dominion. Anthoriiv has Inen granted for investment of amount re.discd. Advice ha'" liecn leeeived from the district manager e.f the l'uhlic Trust. Offic;> tlu:t. Duncnn M'Swevtie, who iceontly died at, the Otago Benevolent Institution, has left an estate, which is rained approximately ii| £45, lo thi' Dunedin lli.-.pil-t!. and ihe chairuiati and secretary haw hen authorised t>> act in regard to proving the will and realisation of the estate. Mr Tom l#ewis has been requested to extend his eontra"! fcr tiie sti|>jiiy of milk to ti:e Jraiortiii;, lli-jpil.tl for a ix'ri(Kl endiii',' Septemher 3C, 1912. at. rvnt coiitrar'l pricos. The Tua.]>.'lia Hospital C'.iminilteo lias heen rei|itcstcd to iiri'anjro for oxteiuion of owitriiets for supplies to Tu:ip'kn Hospital for perioil omiiny Septomlvr 30. 1912. at pivsent prices. Durinir tiie fortnight ended '.March 4. 1912, four patients have been admiilod tn tlin Muteriiilv Homo, three eon-nneitK-'ntr: hit-vo in.l;en plr.ee, five lienor's have l.vui rocoverol. thri"< lialiies hiivo In en li'irn. inakiii(, r it total of 643 to dato since the Htspital wks o|yned. I'awliiTlK and finainx'. as per Fir:;uHo liook Mil niittv'd herewith have lieen passrd for |«ivnient amniintini,' to £934 3s lOd. The hiliincis <:f tht> varini's iic'.ounls of the 1-c.ird in oti M.nr:-h 5, 1912. wvre m (ieneral nrcnnnt for). 1"<2D78 19s 3<l; huildint; nr.d cxlension amount, (cr). £1810 IJ<_ lOd; Cnmpliell interest ii'.wnnt (cr), £355 6s; lalnratnrv atf-nunt. (cr), £262 U sd; Hospital Satiinlav a."-nt (cr), £309 12s 9(1. Total, £5815 12s 3d.