PLUNKET SOCIETY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20720, 6 May 1937, Page 10

PLUNKET SOCIETY

TIMARU BRANCH The monthly meeting of the Timaru Branch of the Plunket Society was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday. Present: Mesdames L. M, Inglis (in the chair), F. F. A. Ulrich, F. J. Mottram, J. A. Millar, C. Hall, T. B. Lane, A. Wigley, W. Sowerby, C. W. Wood jnr., G. D. Virtue, C. S. Marshall. R. T. Turnbull, C. Hayter, F. T. Wilkin, G. R. Lee, C. S. Bruce, F. G. Raymond. It was decided to send Mr N. D. Mangos a letter thanking him for his unfailing courtesy and assistance on every occasion that the committee appealed to him. Mrs C. H. Johnson was unanimously elected the St. Andrew’s representative on the committee. The treasurer acknowledged with thanks collections of £l/11/- from Miss Moyle, Sprinkbrook. and £l/19/- from Mrs A. Ward, Southburn. It was decided to send letters of thanks to these country members for their assistance. A letter conveying the committee’s congratulations to Mrs J. C. Begg on being elected Dominion president, is to be forwarded. A circular letter enclosing an illustration of the new ventilated perambulator as recommended by Sir Truby King and the Plunket Society was shown to the meeting. The pamphlet is available for all makers and all makers have the right to make this perambulator. Nurse’s Report The number of new babies is as follows: Breastfed 12 Mixed feeding 1 Artificial feeding .. .. .. 1 14 Visits to rooms— Adults 301 Babies 282 Older children 41 Total 624 Visits to homes— Old cases 213 New cases 37 250 We would like to thank Mrs Raymond for the gift of scales for our rooms. These have been adjusted to suit our purpose as test weighing scales, and will prove most useful. We would also like to thank Mr Anderson of the public gardens for kindly supplying us with flowers for the rooms this month, and for the promise to continue to do so. This is a very great help to us, as keeping the rooms supplied with flowers is a difficult problem, especially in the winter months. Another baby was sent to the Public Hospital during the month for observation. The baby admitted two months ago from Tarcora has been discharged. Only one visit was paid to Pareora this month. The babies there are all making good progress. The health of the babies and old children is satisfactory. We have kept touch with the mothers by telephone and letters during the quarantine period.