DISTRICT OF WAIKATO HOSPITAL AND CHRITABLE AID BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3346, 7 December 1893, Page 5

DISTRICT OF WAIKATO HOSPITAL AND CHRITABLE AID BOARD.

The usual monthly "meeWof the iiLboye Board c was s -'hiM-in i the B()roughttGouncil i.Chambers, Hamilton, yesterday.;s.Present: . , Mpssm A,. Primrose (chairman), W,' Jones, A. Snjith^Ji' McGuirlc clnd Fi'W. : • j The-'ihinntes■ of!the 5 last;meeting;having., •' been read ,and ■ Mr, thdt, ; before' vacatinfir ' their .seatsViiie. had iriiicli pl&iure in l proposing' avote'ofihaiiks r to'Mr'Primrose for his chajrjnan -during the,paft>year, and spoke in the incst , felicitous f J terms of Mr' 'Primrose, f and' the untiring and' punctilious' manner in'which : be had .carried ,out the duties ;i perta|i|jng. to' /the office.'p-ThiSjWas Recpncle'd ; by!Mr Teas-' dale, who' endbrsed' all Mr 'liari g 1 had said,; arid earned'> by acclamation'.f-Mr,l Primrose, j,in, responding said, lie had striven to do all' the welfare of 'the ! Hob-; pital, and Ke s had ! to r thiink the of the Board for the kind; manner in, which they;had .always, .treated, ; him.—Mr Mo~ Xruirk said in hii experience ! of 'chairmen, extending bver f sbme26 years; he 1 must: certainly givelthe,pa)m.<to Mr Primrose}f (>r : ' ; kindness, abilityaufi courtesy. , , I This having'cdmpleted J the business of the meetingi the members rose. ;;! 1 v/New, Board,—Advices were read from' th? yarious.lpcal boclies"that' the' following haa been elected' 1 as'representatives :to ; tile' ■ Board*: For Waikato 1 (4): Ji i 8,, I Bailey,: G.. E. ,C]ark; jA. Primrose and S, T. Seddon., V\Vaipa $)": Messrs'?., A: and" Jv i B. j Terisdale.'; Piako '(4)- N, J.! Htint, T,, Gavin,i W. P. Chepmell and J. S. Browne. Ha mil-, 'ton (1): VV. Joiie^' Oathbr i id(?e(l)JaV.S. Bond; Raglan^l)': 1 J.' McGuirk. 1 Withthe exceptions of Messrs \V. ; P., Chepmell and J. S. Biowne, all .these gentlemen were , present' and took their seats. ;:t j" | Chairman,-The< secretary (Mr W., ; de Turner) being in,the chair,, MrLan? moved •; that Mr Primrose tie chairman'for' ilie eri-; ' suing year.—Seconded by' Mr Bond.—Mr Primrose thanked the, members, fjpr the, honwiirin, nominating him, but .considered that • a change should be made in the'chairman.; 1 It was not advisable to always ! run in - the. :: flattie groove,,: He would therefore pfppcse. - Mr Hunt. This .was, seconded by, Mr Kusabs.-Mr Hunt' declined the ' honour, being only a new member.—There being no , r other member proposed Mr.Primrpse.was ! declared duly electacl.-Mr Trimrose in re--turning thanks, congratulated' oneidf their members (Mr Lang) on his 'election, as the member for VVaipa to the. House of Representatives, and said ' that Mr' Lfcng ! would be an acquisition, l 'and one who.wc'uld have the interests •of the Board at heart,—Mr r Lang briefly thanked them, and said lie .would'do his best for the Board and 'district generally. i••■'.i„. • ■Committee.—Messrs 1 i'Primrose,Lane, Seddon, Hu.nt, Chepmell: and' Jones were elected as a House and Finance,committee.! ; ,(CoRRESI'ONDENce.—Th e inward arid out-' ward correspondencewasread aridapproyed of. , ■ '•' '.j*> ■ ■ "V.'; '■: Fostek.— A communication 'was read from, Mr «T. H. Foster, Te Akatea, in reply toViequesi; tfcafc lie' should -make arrange- . ments for the payment of .the. expenses; in, connection with the infant child : which ■ the asylum authorities refused to 1 admit-with the mother to the; Asylum. .-It was; to ,'the effect that. Constable, Cavanagh should be applied to for payment.His wife was harmless although |perhapslla;little ecbeiitrie aridf she had been so for a number of .years. ■ He had by the action s of the j e ft ; with six children, t'iie eldest a gi'rl of ' l2 years and the youngest one 3 years, and was on the verge of j ruin;—Mr Primrose said he had known the woman for a number, of years and f she had always been in the same state.' Judging'from Foster's letter, he considerrd that the police 1 had exceeded .their duties, He did not think that Foster could pay the 'amount.—Messrs Seddon, Teasdale, and McGuirk 3poke in a similar strain*. —Mr Bond thought that the, action, ■ taken by the police should not be questioned, y and that ! the:R.M. who committed her. was' quite capable of attending to his duties. He cited the. case of Rhodes at Tauranga. Thepolice .were blamed in'this case for not arresting .the man' as a lunatic before he t had . ciimmitteilbme offence.y-It .'was eventually. ' resolved to write/'to _ Constable' Cavanagh, at Ngaruawahia.'asking him for hisgroiinds for having Mrs Foster arrested-as ajunatib. ■ AVillAn.—The Auckland Hospital in- : formed the Waikato Board that Thomas v Willan; of had been admitted 'as an urgent case, suffering from rheu- • 1 matism.—The amount due forattendance, ' is £3 16s, and it was decided to account and collect it from Willan.: j'< Leases.~k communication from/Mr. A.- { - Swarbrick, Hamilton, relative to ; the titles, etc:, of the leases was relerred to Ihe Finance Committee to report on at : the next meeting.,,. < u . ~>YnsQN.-Mrs Horrie wrote .with reference to the case'of Mrs : Wilson,, Hamilton, who, is destitute, ' and with' four 'small children.—The Board decided ! tp take no action in the matter, as they consider "that Mrs Wilson has her remedy 1 from a'man named Green. • ■ r';'',' : Hot WAter. The ' House Committee reported on the matter iii : dispute with J.' : Petford, the contractor for the hot:'.water ' supply at the Hospital - some three years "'"ago, to the effect that be had no . claim.— The report was adopted. ■. : : ; h : ; s Nursing Staff.—Miss ißothwell's term as probationer nurse expires at the end of: the ; preserityear.''When a probationer of 2 years : Mies Rothwell passed an exceedingly credit-• able examination 1 and it was unanimously, ; .decided fto ;promote,her at the end of the i .year to.the position "(if 2ndniirse at' a salary; of :£BS per annum;'"lt was also decided to advertise iu The Waikato Tmisfor another probationer nurse, and' it is then thought that the extra expense incurred in providing ' additional nurses*'will be; considerably'cur- , tailed.'• V Electricity.—Dr. Kenny, " r the. House Surgeon, who was piesent at the meeting, ■ Explained - very 1 fuliyo tOf the the necessity ,for. having, an electrical plant at the Hospital; He estimated the, cost ; of one; of 50 cells at say £so ( to £OO. NoHos" pital Nva's complete.without such a plant.—, ; Mr'Teasdale moved that the matter be left in the 'hands' of the Committee with;power ' to act;— Seconded by, Mr Smith.;—Mr Bond' ' ' moved <as ,an i. amendment, that the matter stand over until the next meeting and in the meantime any patient .be. sept to Auckland: who could riot be treated without it;— This; was seconded by Mr Jones.-For the amendment there voted 6, and against 7, and the , voting for the .motion being vice versa, it undeclared carried. ' . Journals.-For the use of the staff it' was decided to aubscribe :to : two medical journals, at a cost of £4 a year. \

his" titori thlsr"report;.the -ae<rcretary stated,thero were 19 recipients of Oharit'ablo s Aidj aWI4 male" irimifres in the refuge, one paying for his maintainence. 'Finance: To Bank credit balabce, £358 5s 2d; subsidise by Government, £15i1168.' Ctmtributions dueLocnlßodies, £418.4s 6d; £ for £ subsidy due,on, same, £4lB 4s 6d. Total. £1461' 10s; 2(1 • les's, accounts to be "paid, 1 £255 Is sd,' leaving a balance of'£l2o6 ;8s 9d.; Theexpenditure for the month in- ! eluded, Salaries,; £67 ;lfis ;,; Charitable ,Aid, £28155; sheeting £l6 7s 3d; draft £27 f ,Bs> chloroformipt, £4 4s; Timber, £7 0s"8cl; Auckland Hospital, £3ll6? <y •maintainence (Ayhvard,i£s, and other ordinary expense's. jThe'amounts received /since, jast meeting are Piako County, contribution; £m,M ; fees,'£so '6s 6d ; and voluntary contribuiion,;,£lls;'total,£l96YjM; Triereporfc , mi i receivedland adbpted.—The dbctor'srepbrtwasr^ahd;adopted^ M '■ ■' '- 1 '■''■ i ' ; usual relief was ordered to be cbntiniiod until next meeting, with the exception of Davis at Te Arbba; who has ; been appointed to a position at the baths, and! Mrs Roycrdft at Waiorongomai, Who is dea'd. > f /:■:.■■> ■■A :..•■>:,:,)' ■< m ;! ;: $ \ :