HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1929, Page 10

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

STRATFORD BOARD MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held yesterday. Present; Messrs W. L. Kennedy (chairman), J. T. Belcher, M. Gernhoefer, J. O’Neill, R. V. Kay, E. Marfell and G. P. Harkness. The medical superintendent (Dr. D. Steven) reported that during the month the number ef patients admitted was 73, discharged 61, died 3, remaining 48, outpatients attended 14, admission?, to the maternity ward 13, births 12, visits to ante-natal clinic 24, admitted to the isolation ward 11, remaining 11. The matron (Mrs. J. Hunt) reported that Nurses Simpson, O’Neill, Buttar and Watt sat for the half-yearly hospital examination on June 12, all being successful. The State midwifery examination would be held at Wanganui on August 7 and 8. Six medical and surgical cases were attended to during the month, reported District Nurse Myers at Whangamomona. The shelter and tool shed had been erected and seemed suitable for the requirements, reported the visiting committee. The grounds were in good order and maintenance work had been attended to. The Stratford A. and P. Association secretary advised that consideration of the board’s request for a donation to the cost of the proposed ambulance had been deferred. —Received. In the same connection the Rugby Union informed the board that the request had been referred to a special committee set up to deal with the question of accident insurance. —Received. Messrs Gernhoefer and Kay were appointed visiting committee for the ensuing month. WHY NOT NOTEBOOKS? VALUE OF RURAL LECTURES. When a Government officer, especially trained in his subject, delivers _ a lecture on a matter of such vital importance to'the dairy industry as the care and treatment of pastures, and backs up his remarks with an extremely interesting series of lantern lectures, there is much to be learned by paying careiul attention to the talk. At Midhirst last night a good attendance of farmers was keenly interested in the lecture, but it is doubtful if many will subsequently obtain tne full benefits from the mine of information then at their disposal. Farmers who take the trouble to attend such lectures, it has been suggested, should remember that there is nothing undignified about the presence of a notebook and pencil. If some of the more practical advice so freely offered were taken down by the farmers jn their own writing for their own use, it would be a compliment to the lecturer and would prove worth-while in the management of farms. RUGBY REFEREES. FIXTURES FOR TO-MORROW. Referees to control the central division junior Rugby competitions to-mor-row have been appointed as follow:— First Juniors. * Celtic v. Stratford, at Stratford, 2.45 p.m., Mr. G. Were. Eltham v. Cardiff, at Cardiff, 2.40 p.m., Mr. H. Gush. Third Grade. Stratford v. School, at School, 2.4 a p.m., Mr. G. Collins. ... Inglewood v. Celtic, at Inglewood, 2.4 a p.m., Mr. C. Mulaney. A team to represent Stratford firsts will be picked from: Butcher, Sharrock, Keightley, Young, Rudings Fookes, Neal, Lawrence, Collins (4), Algal, Rob son, Hughes, Childs, Hadley.