HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18867, 21 May 1923, Page 10

HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Rovai New Society ‘for the lieult i of ‘Women and Children was held m ™ Plunket office on Friday last, when theie were present: Mosdnines Johnstone (in the chair), Jos. M'Gcorge, Carina t Jones, Arundel, Isaacs, (Jlapperton, Hubert, Rd * tray, Shand, M’Kibbin, Gallaway, Gar Galloway and tne Misses Lee, Gow and the secretary. The matron of the IvaiitaneHarris Hospital reported for month ended April 30, 1923: Patients admitted for treatment —mothers 7. babies 10: discharged--mothers 7, babies U; in fm April 30mothers 2, babies 16; largest nurnier patients in on any one day-mothers o, babies 20. One premature baby died halt an hour after admission, and of the babies admitted two came from Seacliff one Jiom Port Chalmers, one from Mosgiel, one from Middlemarch, one from Burnside, one trom Canterbury, and seven from Dunedin ana suburbs. There are 12 Plunket nurses and 11 Karitane nurses in training. fUmlcet Nurses Fanning, Butler, Jesson, Mitchell, Cameron,' Thomson, Brougham, and Hutchinson began training. Ot the to Plunket nurses who sat for examination, 14 were successful. One Karitane nurse sa for her examination and passed. Visitors for the month totalled 201. About 20 interested mothers from Taien visited the hospital on Saturday, April 21. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies of the,committee. Provision was made by the committee for the admission of babies under months who were victims of the flood. One baby was admitted and cared for, ana was also provided with a set of clothes when discharged. The Plunket nurses for North and Central Districts reported as follows: Babies on list, 525; babies breast fed (including partly breast fed), 113; new cases for the month, 18; visits paid to homos, 286; visits to Plunket rooms, Stuart street —194 mothers, 177 babies; visits to Roslyn rooms—72 mothers, 72 babies. Number of bottles of humanised milk sent out from the Taieri and Peninsula Dairy 4909.’ The Plunket nurse for South Dunodin District reported as follows: Babies on list, 250; new cases for the month, 18 babies; advice to expectant mothers, o; babies breast fed (including partly breast fed). 120; visits paid to homes, 226; visits to Plunket rooms, South Dunedin —145 mothers, 138 babies. The Plunket nurse for Anderson’s Bay and out-stations reported as follows: Babies on list, 128 j babies breast fed (including partly breast fed), 40; new cases for the month, 4; visits paid to homos, 151; visits to Plunket rooms, Stuart street from Anderson’s Bay district—adults 28, babies 24; visits to Plunket room, Port Chalmers—adults 14. babies 12; visits to Plunket room, Mosgiel —adults 12, babies 7. Visits were paid to out-stations as follows: Mosgiel 3, Abbotsford 4, Green Island 4, Burnside 4, Port Chalmers 3, and Ravensbourne 4. The nurses reported that colds were prevalent among the babies, and that there were some cases of gastric trouble. It was decided that a special effort be made in October next to raise funds for the society on the lines suggested by Miss Lee, who was present at the meeting, and who briefly outlined a scheme by whicli an attractive fair might be arranged.