DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2388, 18 February 1915, Page 9

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS jFROM PROVINCIAL (CENTRES.' (From Ouii I Special OorreepondonLi.l -PAHIATUA. The newly-appointed ovoreoor to tho Akitio Comity, Council, Mr. G. T. Stewart, of i'iatherston, was at_ one time- assistant '.to a former Pahiatua Co u lity Kngineer. At tiie meeting of the Pahiatua Druids'. Lodge, very handsome P.A. ooiiar aittd leathdr case were presented to Bro. 1). W. Wilton, Appreciation was expressed of the-, service rendered to the Lodge by tho. recipient for soveral years past. - , . 'I'll© price of the two-pound loaf of bread in Pahiatua has risen Jd., and is now retailed at sd. per loaf. It iras decided at 'the meeting of the Pahiatua Fire Brig&de this week to revise the rules of lie brigade. The brigade will be represented at the Timairu Conference by .Secretary 'D. W. Wilton.

'jlio funeral of the late Miss Marie Brosnahan, daughter of JUr. D. Brash.v lian, of Konini, was died at oil Smiday, took p'ace at the Pahiatua cemetery yesterday. The deceased kid. only reached the age of 21 years. ■ The present roll aumber of the Pahia;tua District High School is'270, and in the secondary department 38. ; WANGANUI. j A curious anomaly Jn public health i legislation was mentioned at to-day's •meeting of the jWanganui. Hospital. 'Board by the- chairman, 'who_ said his attention had beeil ca'led to it by the ißistrict Health Officer. Medical men are obliged to immediately notify the iiealth Department of any cases of'ill-, fectious disease coming under their care, but no such obligation is imposed on hospitals where cakes come direct into siich .institutions, 1 and the chairman pointed out that it 'was conceivable that tlio Health Inspector might not be able to- obtain the necessary infonnation to eniible him to trade such diseases to thefr cause, and'effect the proper safeguards. Tho board bsolved to instruct the 1 responsible heads of the Wanganui and 'Taihape Hospitals to at once notify the Health authorities of such cases in the manner required of ordinary practitionbrs. '. . . The. Hospital Board's officers having grown : ; too small for i requirement, it has been decided to ariect new offices on land already owned by; the board, at a cost .of'£looo.' . i, The board also .decided to appoint a permaiUnt dispenser to the Wanganui Hospital staff. ■ During, January 147 cases were treat-, ed in thd Wanganui Hdspital, of whom 67 were discharged and' 4 died, leaving 76 in tie, institution-at the end of the month. In the Taihape Hospital for the same period, the number of patients treated wis 27, of whom 13 were discharged arid two diefl, 12 remaining at the end of the month.