TUAPEKA HOSPITAL BOARD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1463, 13 June 1888, Page 3

TUAPEKA HOSPITAL BOARD.

The members of {he above Board met in the County Council, Chambers on Friday evening last, present — Messrs Bennefc (Chairman), Arhuckle, M'Nab, Livingston, and Smith. MXNTTT.ES. " x The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the outward correspondence approved of. CHARITABLE AID. ' Mrs Cranley renewed her application for aid.— lt was decided to recommend her an allowance of 5a per week. A petition was received from the Mayor | of Roxburgh and others, requesting tntt ■ome assistance be granted James Strachan. —It was decided to recommend 5s a week, as the man was incapable of doing any work. Mrs Geeves (Wetherstones) applied for relief.— Recommended 5s a week. T7NDEBIBABLE IMMIGRANTS. ' The Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board wrote condemning the present system of nominating unhealthy immigrants for this Colony, and asking the Board's co-operation in getting the Go-

yernment to discountenance the proceedings of agents in England, who, for the sake of the fees, encourage undesirable persons to emigrate to New Zealand — It was decided to aoquiesoe with the Taranaki Board. TREE PLANTING. . The Borough Council wrote asking the Board for permission to remove some of the deciduous trees from the Hospital grounds. — The application was referred to Messrs Arbuckle and M'Nab, with power to act. ENDOWMENT FOB HOSPITALS. The Southland Hospital Board wrote requesting the co-operation of the Board in getting the Government to grant endowments for hospital and charitable aid purposes. — It was decided that this Board co-operate with the Southland Board, and that the secretary write to the Premier and Messrs Brown aud Pyke, M.H.R.'s, on the matter. RESIDENT SURGEON'S BEFOBT. The Resident Surgeon's report was as follows : — Eleven patients were remaining in the institution at the beginning of the month ; thirteen were admitted ; thirteen discharged ; one died ; and. ten remained at the end of the month. Ten bottles of brandy and four bottles of port wine were consumed during the month. ACCOUNTS. The following accounts were passed for payment:— T. Arthur, £32 8j 10d; J. T. Nichols, £6 16s 4d ; A. Macdonald, £3 lls 3d; J. M. Fountain, £1 9a Id; Bloy and Tucker, £14 14s Id ; G. 0. Taylor, £15 2s 7d ; T. Anderson, £1 7s 6d; M. Fraer, £4 2s 2d ; Arbuckle, Robertson and Co., £1 ; G. Walker, £14 .10a 9d ; W. B. Martin, 3s 6d. BBSIDENT SURGEON'S BESTRICHONS. Messrs Arbuckle and M'Nab, who were appointed to wait upon Doctors Blair and Withers, reported verbally as follows :— That they had waited upon both doctors to see if an arrangement could be arrived at, so that the public could get attendance of either doctor, and to ascertain if Dr Blair would act as honorary surgeon to the Hospital. Dr Blair stated that he had been acting as honorary surgeon, and he was quite agreeable to continue to do so without compensation, so long as the present restrictions were retained. If the restrictions were removed, he would decline to act as honorary surgeon, but would act as Dr Wither'a substitute for £1 00 a-y ear compensation. He (Dr Blair) said he had no feeling in the.matter whatever, and would only be Joo-happy to act with Dr Withers. In the event of his being away from Lawrence, and a serious case happening outside the radius, Dr Blair would in no way object to Dr Withers attending ; but this was only to be in cases of emergency. Dr Withers considered the offer of Dr Blair very reasonable. He, however, could not go further than his previous offer of onethird his net earnings (outside the radius), which he estimated at £30 a year, which would leave about £70 per annum for the Board to provide if the restrictions were removed. Mr Smith hoped this would be satisfactory to the public. He was thinking it would be best to confine the Hospital doctor to the institution. Mr Bennet said that he had been prepared to move in the direction indicated i by Mr Smith, as he considered It was the only way out of the difficulty ; but now that the doctors had agreed, it would be well to see how the new arrangement worked. He felt confident; that the coacession made by Dr Blair would meet with the approval of the general public, because it was a great hardship if Dr Blair happened to be away from Lawrence and Dr Withers was unable to attend through the restrictions. That Dr Blair had j agreed to allow Dr Withers to attend in i special cases when he was absent would, he felt sure, be a boon to the public. ' Mr Livingston said that those within the radius were well off, but it was outaiders that felt the hardship. The report was received and adopted.