HOSPITAL & CHARITABLE AID.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 8

HOSPITAL & CHARITABLE AID.

A RKVIKW OF TIIK YEAH, j In I.lm course of a review of tho year's j operations of tin- Wellington Hospital j ami Charitable A ill Board, .Mr. llraiw London flrea-uri-iv .-aid that llw total receipts for tlio venr nuininiiod In 4M3.2H-! Bs. ( lid., anil exceeded la.-t year's by -CfilHl" Is. { lil.! which figures took no account of Hit' / balance in iianil ni general account, .£17(7 ) Is. :til„ ii 11 d Children's Hospital account, J -Kiri.TaS 15s. I'll, in the receipts appeared the amount .tflMB 12-. lil. for in-patient-' fees, which was an improvement by 4:li:)l ) 17-. Id. over.llio nrovious year. The fig- j uri's for tho Otnki Jlo-pitnl were .LSI Ills. ( lil'., and Ih" Otnki Sanatorium .£l3O lis. j lid', bettor than the last year. There was, however, under the heading of Ohiro / Home a decrease of .t'.'W 2s. -Id. in maintenance foes, duo to fewer old age pen-ion- j remaining at the home. The not total j improvement in tho receipts in nil depart- ; inputs was JJSS!) Its. 7il„ or a total receipt s of £5222 lfls. 2i!., which constituted a re- j cord, and would, it was anticipated, com- j pare very favourably with the collections ! of other hoards. • Another gratifying fen,- ( (lire of that side of the balance-sheet was ( the contributions, which represented generous donations and special efforts on the part of the board members.. Those offerings included: Hospital Saturday and Sun:iay, X'tifiO 19s. fid.; the 'Percy Buller memorial fund, X'.'iOl); nn anonymous donor, ,-ElSOi children's fund collections. JJI2I! 175.; Orphan-' Club concert. -Cl2l 3s. 2d.; Hutt district children's Contributions, JiSl 15-. 3d.; tend colled ions, £>f> lfis. Id. Those contributions were supplemented by a Govori'impiit subsidy of 2ts. in the £. The total contributions apart from subsidy wpre .£1758 lfls. fid., which was an improvement of .£1139 3s. Bd. over the previous year. The patients admitted to the 'Wellington Hospital numbered 3008. whilst a total o? 3203 had been under treatment, an inerea.se of 157 over the previous year. The average number of patient* per day , was 258. as against 2-IS in the l-a*t slatcment. The out-patients' fees were returned at X 15455, representing 17,700 at- ' tendances. '

At the end of the year there were 123 persons in the Ohiro Home, the average for the year being 114.7. The number treated for the year was 277. There were 2-tfi children- bearded out, costing JKIM7. Tho number of rations issued during the year were 4!I.0GB.

Taking the expenditure it v;as to bo noted that under nil heads the amount, of .Coli.SSt lis. !d. had been expended, an excess of ,f;S2Sfi 7s. Hid. over the previous vear. That included the cost of the Children's Hospital, .£12,147 10s. 3d. Tt would interest members to know that the total travelling expense? for the year amounted to' nCHi) 11s. 1fld„ members receiving £"6 Id',. Si!., and the staff -£2ft Is. ml. The previous year's allowances amounted to JMfiO

The portion disclosed appeared tn him (Mr. London) to be sah'sfachry. It was trim that each year disclosed a marked increase in expenditure, perhaps indeed jriT-ainr 1 lmll an. increase of population would warrant, hut in eon.-'Mering that phase of tile question it- must lie home in •mind that additional responsibilities were now east on beards in tho administration •of the Public Health Aet, and the maintenance of an Infectious Diseases Hospital .v.vav from (he central control. Mr. I/mnon concluded ills remarks by paving a warm compliment, to the staff. the acting-chairman (Mr. Kirk) and several members of the staff complimented Mr. London on his interesting and lucid review of the year, and it was decided that the, remarks be typed and circulated anion? members, mid that an expression of thanks to Mr. London be placed on roford.