MASTERTON HOSPITAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3048, 19 November 1908, Page 6

MASTERTON HOSPITAL

MONTHLY MEETING OF TRUSTEES.

The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Masterton Hospital was held yesterday. There- were prej sent—Messrs J. B. Keith (chairman), J. J. Mead, W. Fisher, H. O'Leary, K. Brown, and W. Harris. The Treasurer reported as follows :—Gensral Hospital—Receipts £BO 17s, disbursements £270 15s 9d;, credit balance at last meeting £2OO 2s Id, credit balance at date £lO 3s 4d. Infectious Diseases Hospital—Receipts £9 6s, disbursements £126 13s 6d, balance at last meeting £192 6s Bd, balance at date £174 19s 2d. The Matron's report read as follows : -Patients in Hospital at last meeting, 27; admitted since, 20; 'died, 2; discharged, 28; leaving 17 now under treatment. A report was also received from the Matron stating that the "Lawson-Tait" hospital bedsteads had arrived from England in good order, and that the patients fuund tlwm most comfortable. A "letter from the InspectorGeneral of Hospitals was received in reply to a communication from the Trustees, expressing the opinion that the Trustees were legally responsible for fees of Commissioners appointed to adjust the dispute over the estimates between the Trustees and the District Hospital Board. The Trustees decided to pass for payment the amount of their Commissioner's fee. Dr Ross wrote, in reply to a request from the Trustees, for a statement in connection with the admission to the Hospital of a man who was suffering with delirium tremens. The reply was considered satisfactory. A letter was received from the Wellington Education Board with reference to the Trustees' decision to grant a supply of water to the Lansdowne school from the Hospital main on payment of £25. The letter stated that the Board thought that such a sum was excessive, and pointed out that as any supply from the hospital main would only be temporary until the completion of the Lansdowne water scheme, and as the school was not being erected for profit, the connection might be granted gratis.—The Trustees decided to adhere to their previous decision. The matter of better ventilation, lighting, and providing a milk safe for the second isolation ward at the Hospital was left to the Chairman and Mr Harris to attend to. Messrs Harris, Keith and Brown were appointed to confer with Dr A. Hosking, medical superintendent, in revising the schedule of drugs, etc., before inviting tenders for their supply to the Hospital. Mr Harris was appointed visitingmember for the month. Accounts amounting to £lßl 9s 7d were passed for payment.