HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 11

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

;:A meeting.of tho Hospital Trustees was hold' yosterday .morning, the Hon. C. M.: Luke,' M.L.C., <presiding.W Thero:i*]fo ; also present:. - Messrs. Geo. ,E. C. Kirk, J. Danks, A. :Smith, J;: Trevor; a.-W,..M'Ewaii, and Qcoi' " Londoni'v ; .■•'.'.'.'■:■.■•■••■■; - .-■: ' ~ .-.-:•. ;■ .•Tho Town- Clerk, wrote, stating that the city' engines hart reported,that the old fire station' at Pipitea Street'waa no longer fit for habita-' tion,'and-would have to bo rembred. Tho i : trustees:gftT6Htheir consent-to-the removal of , ; ■tho';buil(ling:;;":, ..•■--■;- /v-v.. . ~, . . . , ■Ok the ' mittce it wnsdooided:-That the board insnro- " worth., of ;.iW property,!with tho State ■ Fjre Insurance,. and renew i 20,00- with vhe' ' . South Brihsh';lnsu'rftnor) f Co.j. ; tliatVtho tehder of Fi.S.Witton for, tho.supply 6f milk : be acooptod. ■■";.-..., •.; -y •■;.■•.'.;."•'■.:",.;.. : . ~.''. '■ '. ■ A return, of expenditure: on. wages .and . salaries, for,tho half-year '-ended- Soptombor 30,' j aaked.for;by..Mr..M'Bwan ) -.was':presonted. Tho , return shoNvod. the estimated wages'' for'tho , half-year, to be \«C1800, and the aotual wages, . including excavation, for-the. Fever Hospital,- :.. i!l6lJ7s. Gd:,-a'nd;:clerkAof; works, X2B, £2305'' Os.fld.i asogalnst «Gi?7o 15s.', Gd. for the saino' v ,- period, last year.' ; The estimated salaries ,vere , ,J!30(I0, and .tho!ac.tnal„,salaries, .including'pay-' , ments. to, Dr. Ewaft.and "the"'late - : secretary, JE3341 lis. 2d.; as-agoinstr*3Uß foriho - ■ half-year:of. IDOB.' Tho 'salaries, of tho staff, nurseß,.maid3.(ctc,,-^totliW- 115.;2d., and tho-wages of tho laundry," labour, clerk .'of .works;- and. ex6avators,. X 2365 6s, cd.' '•■•■'. , Mr., Jl'Ewan expressed tho opinion that-the i wages retiuired.watchingiduringitbo'inext- half-' :••: year, to: keep them;within the"estimate." '* : '' f ) '.I'.Tha. /alreadybeen -made,' and'instructions had been jtiven- . ; to.keep expenses.down,' -Ho must admit that . a little extra labour Tiad been taken on during tho winter) but the estimates would, he thought, ■■' come out to.within.a'-i'vaction'of the totals, v: , : Messrs..Trevor and Loidon *ere appointed a' i sab-commitleo, with power to expodifevtho •&- ... cavationwork."-- ■~ " . Tho'rotbrb of: patients fnthe' hospital to r October , ; 18 sh6Wed; ; a 'grand total of -210, as ;■ against 284 for- tho samo period last y&r. '.- In tho general- hospital there are 85 males and : 70 female's j ii\ 'Victoria Hospital, 10 males and ; ' 20 females; .Seddon Hospital, 10 males„6 ( females. . The.retu'rn of in-patients showed'the'total on ;'•• October i to bo 109,- as -against 258- for the samef period last year.■'.-:'."",'..■'.. ...-;-.., '- •■ Tho receipts from ...ont-patients" for-the'" two'..' . wfceks to Ootober 18 totalled:,Xls,lss.; 1 as against;' •■' l£U 7s. for the previous'fortnight; In-patients' r to Ootober 18 yielded ;tC137:185.. Bdi;'"as against ;'• J2IBO ,BS;Bd.'for:"itho previous fortnight.. ".,■.' ■v ..'- The of<receipts-and: expenditure • frohi October',s-.to:OotOber'lß'showed^receipts : £1220 6s. 7d.i' and'.'expendituro 2s. 2d., leavinga debit balance of 41017 4s. sd. On th6'.l recommendation-.of-the Finahoe Committee,-aC^! - counts amounting to £1176 Os. 7d. were passed.' '■'. : for payment.-:- '■', ' ' ■ .-■;.