HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARDS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12666, 20 January 1912, Page 2

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARDS.

The monthly meeting of the Cook Hospital/and,. Charitable Aid Board waa hbl_Plasjj!. evening. '-* There were present : Messrs C. Gray -(chaipma-n) y . R. Johnston, W. Webb, T. Jex-Blake, F. J. Lysnar, G. . ,W» Humphreys"/ A.- - ; M.- *■ Lewis,' *• T-. Holden, and the Hon. Captain Tucker. ' 'Tlie matron," Miss Godfray, acknoAVledged gifts from. Messrs Morgan, AgneAv Brown, and Deling..;' * (': , ! The custodian of the Old Men's Home, Mr Vigis, reported -that there had been no admissions: during .'.the month, onej patient had been committed to tho mental hospital, and' one had left, leav- ' ing 15 inmates at date, including, tAvo females. '- - 1 « .'■;-.' ■•■- '-....• ■-.-'.. -.'.j.- . ■■ The financial statement.- Avas as- fol-loAA-s- Debit balance* -_155i_> 14s 7d ; accounts presented hereAvit'h, £1518 19s sd ; 'debit balance after accounts -'paid, i £3071 14s $ Government .subsidy : due, j £1421 lis ; patients fees . and pensions received, £146 6s Id; dependencies, capital levies and subsidies £3000, passed to-day by'CboJc County Council. ■ ' The house report showed • that 73 patients, had been admitted during •,-,tha, rtbnth, • 66' 'had been discharged, 4 had died, leaving 57 iri the hospital at present. „ . „..-•■ | '; The chairman totated that Mi*. Vigis,caretaker- of the .Old Men's Home, had applied . for three AveeKs' holiday, which had been granted. ' ' ' i ; Dr. Valintine advised that the draft by-laws had been approved of with minor alterations, which 'were duly con-, firmed. - >_»..'_'' a : a .« 1