WELLINGTON HOSPITAL BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 5

WELLINGTON HOSPITAL BOARD.

'• A meeting .of -.the -.Wellington. Hospital Board was held yeste/day, the members pre-, sent .being: Messrs. J. r.Luko. (chairman), R. C. . Kirk, F. T.' Moorq, ,C. J. Crawford, and J. W. M'Ewan. ' Regarding a letter from' Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.P.; applying for' 1 Thomas Marshall's admission .toi.the, Q.taki< Sanatorium, the surgeon of. the Otaki Hospital wrote that the case - was not one-for the,course, suggestod. . .. ,It was decided to visit and inspect 1 the Otaki" institutions, on: Saturday . The matron of tho Otaki Hospital, Miss E. M.. Sealy, .returning to her duties after, leavo of absence; reported that ovorything; in the Hospital and Sanatorium Was in good order. There wero at present in tho Hospital seven ;males and four. females/ and at tlio Sanatorium' nine/males. , . Tho annual balancc-shcet was submitted to. the, meeting. The receipts wero as follows -Balance, on April 1, 1907, £362 18s. lid.; Wellington City Council levy, £9136 155.; Horowhonua County Council, £981-ISs. 4d.';;:Hutt'County Council, £1163 65.; Lower Hutt 'Borough Council, £539 45.; , Petone Borough Council, £657 9s. 4d;; -.Onslow Borough Council, £297 ;15s. Bd.; Karori Borough' Council, £333' 13s. Bd.; , Miramar Borough Council, £205 4s. 4d.; Eastbourne Borough Council, £95 3s. Bd.; Levin Borough, Council,' £63 25.; Johnsonville Borough Council, £76.; 83.: . Government subsidy, £13,603 16s/Bd.; ; patients' fees, Otalii Hospital, £232 65.^6d.; Sanatorium, £300 75.; donations, £61 123. 6d.; overdraft, £631 3s. 10d.; total, ,£28,742 ss. sd. On tho expenditure side,'.itlie chief-items were as follows: lington Hospital Trustees, £18;5.00'; Otaki Hospital (maintenance, repairs, etc.), £1362 19s; : 2d.; Sanatorium (maintenance, repairs, and additions), £6755 Os. 5d. : ; : Hutt Valley, Hospital site, ,£1847 105.,'; secretary's salary 'and sundries, .£lO2 Is. Bd.