HOSPITAL BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13730, 21 October 1908, Page 2

HOSPITAL BOARD.

The monthly meant.: of the Schjih t_an ierbury Hospital boajd «i& held .yesterday. Present; Messrs J. Talbot (chairman?, J*. £v. Uillmctiam. yii'leti Craigie, U. L.vall. I'" Stiidholnw. .V i lands. M- Mullin; atid W-. S. Masiiu. Mr Buvtoa tent qn apolo^.v. THE BOAKD o i iyAKIJE. On opening the- ifteelinc the cha rnnn made a siatem«j!'. I'egarainj Uis boani s finance-. There «« that day a credit fcsiance of £1774 10s Id, and accounts to par were £1556 10s sd. Tlies-: were 'limaru Hospital £526 12». tonlracts £fc>4. Waimate Hoseitai Maintenance £471 8.-, Talbot liosp tal £o< 16s 'ld. Charjiable "Aid £3ll 7s lOd. i-trulhcotian section £lO5 &j 6d. These payn.ciHs would Lave a credit of £217 ly.s 8!. Ili_- JL>oard would inquire about &IQUO to cart-y 'llOlll on till the cud n f Apt-1 for ihcir oiuinjiy expendttUie-. and £ol>o extra lor \.aiiiiaU, ??r estrp building and e.\ua maint'.nam e ch'noiigb the fever epidemic. Against this th'io -nun to tjf- ~_t the credit balance that day £2l < 19s b'd. government .=ubcidy outstanding £2500, local bodies' (.oniributions due £616 2s lid; otUvr item-?, say £2CO, total £5594 12s 7d. Fioni i:n» must be paid £627 on (.ontracts current, kav-'ng £2767 12s 7d to cany 011 \\ 1;h 4 i5l the end of April whereas they would require about £4OOO for maintenance oniy. and there were other payments to be made, so that they would have to obtain nil overdraft before the end of the .year. The secretary lead out some figures he had prepared of e.xpehdiuiieri which had hot beeit provided for in the estimates f'ot the year. These were L.xtra building?, Waimate: £-350; operating theatre i£2t"o! £lO3 not provided top by 1 Ik- b:qtsest; architect's fee® £<?6; consumptive shelters (£180) £OO due; drainage aiid septic tank. Wamatc, £200; additional bilildings, Waimate, £167; and due on children's ward, limaru, £l5O.

Air Gillingiiam protested against life expenditure at- Waimate. The Board weie spending tttoiiey on the central institution, ond keeping it up to date, and 20 miles away there --watt another large establishment. go ; ng on. growing .and spending a lot of money. It was putting too big a burden upon 'he district. The chaimicin deprecated discussing tbt subject On that litlir. There would be a financial shortage, and the ijne?tjon was whether the Board should make a fresh levy upon the local bodies, ac> ihey had power to do if He suggested that the Board should considtr the whole question fully at neit mooting. Air Misiin said they anticipated a shortage at the cud of the year, and would have to lean pietty hcav ly 011 tlie.r bankers at tli» end of the year. But if they made the same levy next year, they would not have the same expenditure and would J-blc to tide- over the nejet year. in reply to a remark that the bank might not Oe willing to give them an ov<idralt. Mr Majlin said the account was a good one lor the bank, as there was a credit balance most of the year, and sometimes iargjt funis,, and the banker would do wlui tie could for them. .

The Board agreed that the secretary pre pare * list of prospective receipts and expeuditurc, and that the chairmajt and Mr Craigie should interv cir the manager of 'he Dank of N'ew Zealand »binii ln>: lit' ' es?aty advance, and report in next nice I ing. •Mr Craigie mentioned that tile thanks of the Board were due to .Mr ,S. lackenzie and Mr Boekaert for lending i:>-.ior cais lor the drive given to J,ady I'lunket »>n the DccaKion of her visit to oj>eu th* t'hildrcti'* ward. VISITOR'S REPORT. Mr Butler reported that he had veiled • lie Talbot Hospital and foand everything >at if factory. "The grounds "ere very much improved. He also visited tiie Old Men't> Home and Mis Voting asked that two or three rooms be papeied, .ind a Kcond bath was needed, there being only on<\ for Mr and Mrs Young and Si in mates. If I hoy were going to hare a ti"w Home the bath might stand ovci ; otherwise one bath tor 31 va» not enough. 'Ill" general hospital also appeaico ali tight. The matron asked for some in terior painting, and in thy face of th# financial he advsed that this be held over. The consumptive shclteib were not in lite yet, and be would itn* to see the electric light installed within, inst.ad of gas, as it woulil l>e more easily ■uined on and off. It ivas Mated that a comparison of the cost had been made, and the electric light : ould b- too expensive to iuxtall. I he visiting commit I c wore requested io lepoit where a bath could b* placed in the Home, and on its ccM. WAIMATE HOSPITAL. I he sec re tan- of the Waimate jiospital I rune-ti wrote that owing to the scarlet f'-ver epidemic, the cost of maintaining the hospital had increased vciy largely, and it iiad been necessary )o : ncttr an overdraft of £270 to enable the accounts priwnted at la*t meeting to be paid. Th* Hoard asked that the balance of the main tenance demand for the current year, £174, b- remitted as soon as possible, and also that under the extraordinary curcumstances • his Board would see its way to im-ieast the amount of demand for th« year. Th« f*rer epidemic w;n evidently abating, no fiesh i iises having occurred lor some tim*, and if the Board would piovide for an ad dtional t>um. which is estimated liot- to • xceed i.iv £ooo. that would be cocr-id • red Mifticient lo enable them to cany on | until the end of March next. The liu> i tees w«-re run,tiling their expenditure ■ | the barest working limit. | It was r-'solved lo forward the £l7l. j and lo leave ill.- question of the extra £.Vf<) •'ill lh<- iinaneial position u-. dealt wjih at. next meeting. I TALHOT lIOKI'ITAI.. j , Mr T. X chols. caretakei of th» 'lalb-.t Hospital. iep.„led thai ther.- wei* l< pa turns (scarlet ■ feverl at pre--tit. All in I c«*«*ary work about the building and | grounds had b. en attended to. Mi fluid ley had pro en'ed a. graniaphone to the h"'. pital for the use ot th** childieu. - Mr Craigie moved a vote of thanks to Mr Huiitely. 1 he llmi. J. Anstey wiole thanking th* i jo-'dii-al ami nuising Ktalf of the '1 alboi | Ho-pilal lor the skilful and kind lieat j in-lit of 10., daughter «liile mid. r treat- ! ill-lit. _ j I lie seerejarv i-. port. ii that the mini ! bei of patients in ho-p~i,d .lining >-p;. m I ber were lo in ho.spiial on th.> 1.-t. and • ! ; were adniittrd during th.- month. making j I leated. Of th''.s» *lO li.oi been di-- j ihaig.ij 22 cuied. !) ielicv.l. .<> ;iicni- j and 1 died. I lieiv w- ir tli'-ict"!* ' *9 i * in.iiii;ii*.' unij. > : t .-.-it men; i Hr lietl, rinideiit suig.on, irp.ut-d :li.ii | tli.-te wei.- now only r-ix < a- ( >, in | 'hat. had h.-en ll|* I** ov. i !no uionti-r-. .ind "iilv tin* c or fom : u!>. 11 iilon*. .;t».j >»?-r<r Nil col. ho had been Main*''! j! ! t hi :>ti hur. h. had be.*n .ippoint<-d liv i!;- ; Malum. :||.. \ .1, ai,.v 111 I lie stall. I'lli KMili c for the ' <io*iilii|it iv.* >li< Itn ■ !m*. lenm f..r th.- Ilooif.. 10.-kei- and bed-p-li"iild l.i- proviti. d, lln t<- \rer-- no pa ti-m- in jii't now ihat. roiiM l>r flnft.*.| into lli.-in. 'Mi'- ;ln--' 111111e11< «-ibitir! "i •let'd had arnv«d ill Tmiaiu. but in -nrli i a damagr .i t cudi:ion that h.- li.ni >)<■, |m. .| ' ••'"■i" d- liv. ly •!,, : h.*<i rn jt. 1*! !>rft w ,i u* !i»m :>* i i to urn !"i' Mi' .«hclw-tr. .irifi t»i tiw- p.if:>r3;» u i: ii thr t tit«> :h»iu rOUKKSPOMHAVi; '1 hj- <.f rli. 'Thimmi !*-• : < '*»nij».»ny fnrnani ,\ y/.i ] 'J, ;.j T\ If .t-i* II iiv •tiit.M i th I - thf j * '" : in furi'f. will. I. tiirx .11 1 f><* h.U)'tr>l n\* i r.i ; V ■ inMr-ri".-, n *i £1 2* l 7'i (<• i>r . i|«ri(ir'i !ti pr*tv;ii^ « lii i*'in.** t>. .\i f..r any « hiMi<n ;n »lt- ■ j( tunc, ainl £8 IV* to .(•!- i iiH to tin? -mi i.u :v.titl "f :U ti.K'i [

Ths Canterbury Fire Underwriters' Association forwarded a certificate for the electrical installation itt the hc&pital'lhe Dtinedin Dibcesan "I!iist Board forwarded a cheqile fbt £l2:, the half rear s diMdvii'd iti Hie ttiisseli liiinti; r'te Motint Peel Road Board; in [bt- ! "arding a cheque for £lO5 life, the contri j Button for the year, asked how the Bbard I arrived the aiitoiiht of the TtleT had jiad gi&it trouble with the Valua- ! Hon Department: as to the rateable valtie of the district; but matters had at lait- ! b.en straightened: The true rateable j vale wai £4i57;529; tie Valuation D£I inad6 it £483.405. j 'lbe Chief Health Officer wrote that j the Health Department could not recog- ! nise any liability to pay the expenses bf j nut.~ing the patient suspected bf plague ! r-oiiK- lime ago. The Board must ac•T'" ull oliqli liabiliti - : . bHAIiITABLE Aiii: l)r. I'aterison; Gei"aldine. wrote, siiggcM ing .tbit- a definite; arrangement should be Hjade for jriedical Attendance iip'on the ehildreii whorii the Board had boarded ou.t it tleraidinc, and offering to Undertake aiiy nectss.arj- duty bf that kind, if appointed, at half the usual rates. —The Board discussed this proposal for some time, Mr Alaelin advocating it-s adoption. The chairman and otheir, feared that the system if introduced would grow too fast, and it was decided to leave every case of the kind in the country in the hands of the ltjcal- Member, t-dhe.% to be t£ut iiiiu the hospital if posßibie. 'the secret ait stated tLat ft>me old dge betsioliei-s iii tte Itbme had objected to niß jioidiilg theif pension certificates.— Members agreed that the pensioners could not be alowed to receive their pensions attd stay in the Some too. and the secretary was authorised to point out that if they did not give up the certificate.- 1 tli y could not stay there. A few charitable a : d caves were dealt with. In one new case 35s a month whs allowed to a woman with five children. Special matters were dealt with and account.": passed for payment. An examination was made of the hn>tniment err-/? Mentioned bv t)r Rett, and it was decided to mak-» a claim for damage agairct, the t'nion Company.