HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 6

HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

/ RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED;

: - The monthly meeting' of tho Hospital Comraitteo was held yesterday afternoon, Sfhcn the following were present: Messrs. J. Godber (chairman).-H. Baldwin, B. R. .Gardener, A. H. Hindmarsh, F. T. Moore, ,L. M'Kenzie, G. Nash, J. Trevor, and the Kcv. H. Van Staveren. Tho following' recommendations from tho House and Finance Committee were adopted:— - V , , That Nurso Hudson be appointed charg« nurse at the Victoria Hospital, and Nurse Speedy be" appointed -relieving, sister 'for three months. "*'/

:: That the resignations of Charge Nurses K. Carter, G. Houghton, and Kifching, be accepted ■ with, regret; :.:■■;.- ', That applications be' invited for- tho positions of. sisters in, chargo of ■ the maternity ward, and as honorary obstetrician., "•'.''-.'•

■ That Dr. Woodhouse. senior house.surgeori, bo appointed .acting-medical superintendent, Dr.. J.:. Ewart '■ bo • consulting riiedical superintendent, and Dr. Fyffe, leoturer. to tho:nursing classes during' Dr. Hardwick Smith's absence in England.

■'■ That, a practical mechanical engineer be appointed i to take charge of tho steam plant: and all electrical arid-mechanical appliances under .tho control of the board.. - That the;steam boiler imported for the Otaki Sanatorium, not now .required, be utilised at tho Nurses'- Home, Wellington Hospital,.and that it be fitted tip in oonnection with tho super heatcrs i at present in use, so asto obt-jin a plentiful supply' of hot water nt all times with o minimum of- attention; , ~ -\"

: That donations spieially given for th« Children's Hospitat bo keot as'a special \fnnd, ; ' and, that thi» sistdr in charge, with the anproval of the medical suneriiitenallowed fo'purchase .eldthirig and extras for the children'from this .account;

.- The'-following 'is a stati'nioht of.. the returns of the patients at the hospital-for, .tho/fdiii- weeks, ending Jnnhary G- (last year's figures' are given ' in •'.pare'pt.'ie < "! l < for comnarison):—To Dpremb'er 9, 1912, ?nn 1935; admitted. m'IPS); d ; soharped:,2oß /?09); still'in; W (237 V, Of tho.total of ?,ar. natiehts'sHUin,'l7S nrp rria'cs. ,and 123 females.:'' They-ire distril»i.M-in'tl". vnrions; -.wa'-ds as follows-—Seddon, Ifi males and C ffmales;. Vi.ctord, 20 and. 1!); •,-infections diseases;; -3 «md. 17;,. .clul/'df'Vs,';+7 and 'tOj general, 87. an(1..72.-;. s -■"; " : Th'e ptnki FubTC'mmittep rewted:tVat '.th« '■ho ■•/•? ittirx'roh-r. warn a"s" MlW:—-Kospital:: 12; discharged.'lo; vnde,r trcatmen'f. s'fpr»al»'s' !>id : R ni."le"..-"Soiatorinm,: Admitted;'- 8; discharged.,' C j lurider' treatment, 10 femalesf. aH'lo-r'jilos. ', ■ -. .'*'••'.','''■'■.;,' Spmo over the nnrchase nf-a; Vori-9 and cart took, place in .cntirnitt' 1 '!.: •It. was afterwards- annoupepd ; thatf'A i»ti>tt»r-.W3"f tn V>9 r'ef«rred .to the'Ofaki Stib-C'ommitteo for. full inquiry. ;■. . V'. •''. v'