WAIAPU HOSPITAL BOARD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 8

WAIAPU HOSPITAL BOARD

THE MONTHLY MEETING (Herald Correspondent.) The mojitnjy meeting oi the Waijipa iiuspifal Hoard was hold at the I lusj.'iial. Tc I ! nia, yesterday aftci noon. JTesenl : .Messrs. A. W. Kirk, elicit man. i - aii iic. Form, McCiti lorn, A. 11. Williams ana l l '. J. Williams. Tin* estimates for the iavtinmning year were considered. In connection with ilie item oi 0250 nn the capital espenihl’.ii-.' for portable X-ray apptualus. lit. Vaitu line asked that this mailer should he held over for fm t her inquiries. '! In* consensus of opinion amongst members favored the acquisition of this plant a ii would save Ihe horn d i > tisidornM, expense, as jiatients ret)ui ring X-rav examination had lo he sent in Gisborne, causing the detention oi' the pnlienl, the lees having to he paid by this board, ii was finally dc'idcd Hint tne secretary should write to cither boards of about the same si it is as Ibis to tide In opinions with reference to their experiences of X-ray apparatus.. The actingmedical superintendent expressed himself strongly in favor of ihe acquisition of the plant. ■ The capital expenditure asked Air for the year ending March 31. 1931. is only £377 lls lfld, against £1265 expended in the year jusi past. (In March .31 the hoard had cash in hand and in the hank amounting to £1075 Is lid, this disclosing a healthy position. The estimates for mamtenanee and capital e.x pend it uiv as subfitted ivy the secretary were passed with minor altera at ions. The l’nder-secretary lor Native Affairs wrote slating there were no funds available to aid in the treatment of a ease eiled. The district- nurse at Tikitiki reported lo eases treated at the collage hospital, and 15 al their own homes, and 17 visits. Till' action of the district nurse in engaging a domestic was confirmed, and the matter of an increase in salary deferred until next meeting. The sistofi-m-oharge, Tokomaru Bay Maternity Home, reported five admissions, throe discharges, and two remaining for the month : 38 eases were admit led during the year. The medical superintendent reported seven, men and ..live women admitted for the month, and one death. Tho matter of testing the old steriliser, and reporting concerning a new one was bit *o ihe itedii d siioeiin! eiident. The matron made certain requests. The mat'or of lining an extra store-room and erecting shelving was favorably, considered. arid the work will he done. The board found itself unable to agree to the laying down of linoleum in the men s ward. The required poimission was given for the purchase of dressing gowns and slippers for patients. Accounts amounting to about £3IXI were passed for payment. The annual report- of Dr. Mackey, the medical superintendent for Ihe year ended March 31, was submitted The number of patients treated for the year was 213, as against 215 for tlie preceding year. The comparative freedom of the ci>nt|ty from infectious diseases was noted. No eases of’ typhoid were admitted, this, no doubt, being due to the excellent work done by the Health Department in preventive innoeuhuion in idle native schools. The improvement in the grounds was commented on. The Maternity Home was very Isvorahlv commented on as a credit to Miss Heine. In genej al cleanliness and standard "I p-u-sipg attendance the home was much ahead of most private hospitals, where higher fees were charged. Ac preciat.ion of Ihe work of Miss Cornish and her staff was expressed, and they were thanked for then- bwaltv and c

nnesatiori. I'i the roml'i/li’i'.' paragraph of lu's report the superintendent placed on record his aporoeiaf inn of the nor sonal help (riven him as medical oth/is hv the late Mr. William Oaies. 'I oN I v. Oates, in lio small iriensnre, was due the greatly imtu’oved condition ol the lies pital and grounds. "Jfis aim had always lioen to improve, the hospital sen ire.