HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 259, 6 November 1906, Page 3

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

■ _— ) * The ordinary meeting of the Hospital and •Charitable Aid Hoard was held yesterday :l afternoon. There were present: Messrs. i.l. McLeod (iv the chair), ,1. Fitt, Maurice I'asey, ('. L». Grey. W. Read Bloouiheld, - Sturges. Bruce, aud <;. Knight. 5 I Infirmary Ward. — A telegram was read from the Hon. lie... Fowlds. M.H.R.. stat- ' , iug that he would be pleased to comply 1 I with the Board's invitation to lay the 1 foundation si one of the new infirmary J ,ward. and asking If the ceremony could ' take placr on the liotli instead of the lilt.ti 1 I pro_. li was agreed to postpone the cere- ■ | mony until the L'Oth. | Dispensary.—Tbe monthly return from the dispensary showed that duriug October ; ."»:>H prescriptions had been made up. The ; secretary stated that no prescription was I made up unless on an order from the ofj flee. There were a number of renewals. . I The chairman thought some supervision ' | should be exercised by the Board over the | number of prescriptions made up. The return was received. ' | Lighting.—The Hospital Committee's re- ! port statetl that the engineer, having re- • ; ported that the dynamo at the hospital was ' | still in an unsatisfactory condition, Messrs ' j Crosher aud Sons had been requested to ■at once put It in proper working order, fali- - I iug which the work would be done at Lheir expense. j Some heated discussion took place on the subject of the lighting of the operating j theatre. Mr Bloouilield stated that he had been informed that operations were always postponed if possible till the following day, 'in the event of eases coming in after dark. ! This might entail serious, if not fatal, rcj suits in emergency cases. The Chairman said the operating theatre at the hospital was the best iv the colony, I and he had been assured that it v*as the best in tlie Southern Hemisphere. (Applause.) Even if the electric light did tail there was a nexcellent supply of gas. Not a single case had come under his notice where operations had been postponed owing to the failure of the light. The report was eventually adopted Laundry Plant.—The Costley Home Committee reported that it was inadvisable for many reasons to build an up-to-date aiundr.v at the Costley Home. The Chairman explained that the majority of the laundry work came from the hospital. H was against the interests of public health that such liueu should be carted through the streets, especially that from the infectious diseases wards. Considerable expense woulfl be incurred in carting' the laundry work from the hospital to the home, aud tno same number ol laundresses could do the work at the hospital without the assistance of the old men, and he believed at less expense. I The report was adoptnd. , ' i