WAIPIATA SANATORIUM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24836, 9 February 1942, Page 8

WAIPIATA SANATORIUM

MEETING OF COMMITTEE The monthly meeting of the Waipiata Sanatorium Committee was held in the Otago Hospital Board's offices, Dunedin, there being present Messrs E. Macdonald (chairman), J. Rodman, J. Ritchie, W. C. Davis, W. Bryant, T. Golden, A. T. Harris and J. H. Smith. The chairman referred to the death of Mr Edward Morgan, of St Bathans. and a tribute was paid to the valued services rendered by him as a member of the committee, and especially for his activities in connection with the committee's farm. A resolution of sympathy with Mrs Morgan and family was passed. The medical superintendent, Dr A. Kidd, reported that during December 19 patients had been admitted, 8G were discharged 1 had died and 67 were in the institution at the end of the.month, the figures for the preceding month being 13, 15, 0, and 135 respectively. He recommended as suitable for admission to the sanatorium 6 patients from Southland, 1 from South, Canterbury, 3 from Ashburton and 1 from South Otago. The Director-general of Health forwarded a copy of the Building Construction Control No. 6, 1941, which required that all constructional work, other than dwelling houses, estimated to cost less than £ISOO and requiring less than scwt of structural steel, .shall be wholly stopped on January 31, 1942, and shall not be proceeded with unless a special permit is issued by the building controller after that date. He also advised that the War Cabinet had approved of payments to hospital boards at the. rate of 5s per day from the War Expenses Account in addition to hospital benefits of 6s pe'r day from the Social Security Fund for hospital in-patient treatment of sick and wounded soldier patients after their' discharge from the army in cases where the disability is attributable to service in the present war. . General

The secretary reported that on January 27 the associated boards had patients in the institution as follows:—Southland 66, South Canterbury 31, Ashburton 11, Waitaki 5, South Otago 11, Vincent 4, Maniototo 3—a total of 131. Since the previous meeting 19 patients from seven hospital districts had been discharged and there was a waiting list of 10 patients from two districts Statements of the committee's receipts and payments for December showed that on December 31 there , was a credit balance of £6734 6s Id. Statements of receipts and oayments for the nine months ended December 31, 1911, as compared with the amounts estimated for the period were also submitted, the actual maintenance receipts being £2039 2s 3d, less than the estimate and the actual maintenance payments £77 17s Id less than the estimate. ; ". .

It was decided to hold the next meeting of the committee on February 24 in Dunedin.