HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 222, 18 April 1933, Page 4

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS

Board's Monthly Meeting j ACTIVITIES DURING MARCH j Subsequent to the annual meeting; of the Stratford Hospital Board to- j day the monthly meeting was held. ; the chairman, Mr. W. L. Kennedy. ; presiding. ! Welfare Officer's Report j

The welfare officer, Mrs. E. Marsh.. reported that a number of calls had been made for various adjustments of j family affairs during the month and j thai substantial aid had been given ■ to three families whose cases were de- J serving.

I Medical Superintendent's Report j I Tin' medical superintendent, Dr. D. i Sloven, reported as follows for _ the I month- Number of patients admitted, ;51 discharged 49, deaths 3. inmates i 30, out-patients attended ml, admis-! i sio'ns to maternity ward 1(1. births 14, i i visits to ante-natal clinic 9, patients ! I admitted to isolation ward 4, patients j I remaining- 4, causes of death syncope, [phthisis and heart, failure, number of ; operations 18. I ~ Tangarakau Medical Association I>r. J. C. Smith, Public Works Mo-1 1 dieal' Association. Tangarakau, for- , ! warded the. following figures for Feb- j Iruary: (5 en oral nil. births 2, deaths ! nil visits 13, consultations G2, modi-I I cin'es dispensed G 6, patients sent to i i hospital 2. ! I District Nurse's Report I The acting-district nurse, Miss E. ! Robertson Whangamomona, submiti ted the following report: Patients /, ivi-its 41, cured 4, dressings and modi-j ! cines supplied 4. j Hospital Garden I The' gardener, Mr. D. J. Nash re- | ported that new. lawns had been hud , and the grass sown Two flower beds , had been made in the centre of the lawn and 150 narcissi bubs had been j planted in one bed. while calendula, Pk s (orange colour), were sown in ! he, other. The border of the path to the annexe had been sel back about two feet so that there is now no en-! croachment. and the steps can be used , i from any direction. The border garden | had been filled with 150 geranium cutI „ dianthus; Virginia stock and I incarnations and violas. The grounds | iwere in excellent order and the yege-. alio gardens bad been prepared for; 1 planting. Already 450 young cabbage, an s had boon planted. Space for Silowors, onion and cabbages had I Uso been prepared and the work o I ! sowing these vegetables would be, i carried out immediately. Visiting Committee's Report , | ThP visiting committee reported i that there was a good supply of vegei ables and that the grounds were m fair order. The painting or a poilion ! ofth annexe bad been completed and SU. improved the appearance, con*derablv. The committee suggested a i umber of minor repairs and im- : provemonts to the grounds a as I here seemed to be too much giouml u or cultivation it was recommended ' ,Iv,l the potato and pumpkin giound ibe fenced off. This would requ ro even chains of fencing to complete I the job satisfactorily and it could be i stocked with .-hoop. The comnuttce I also reported that there was a great Seal of work required in the grounds and that it could be done by the use of unemployed labour. The work mended was that of fencing, cleaning of creek, cutting willows and Mackberries.

The chairman stated that the tiling covering the roof of a verandah at the isolation ward was in a bad State of repair and he suggested that repairs be made. It was moved That the work be carried out immediately by a local contractor. Mr. Tlimn moved an amendment that tenders be called in view of the fact that the bulk of the work at the hospital had been given to the contractor mentioned. He considered that other contractors should be given the opportunity of securing the job. i The amendment carried. JU _