ISLAND BAY

Dominion, 14 March 1919, Page 7

ISLAND BAY

EPIDEMIC REPORT. ~ A 'meeting of residents of Island Bay was held last evening in St. Hilda's Hall to receive the report and balance-sheet submitted by the Epidniiic Committee and nlso to witness the presentation of 11 ilag-pole to the Boy Scouts. Mr. C. C. Odlin presided. Colonel J. G. Hughes, who made the presentation to the Scouts, in a short address pointed out to the lads that the boy who went straight and abstained from taking liquor need never look for work—jobs were waiting for them. He complimented tlieni on the work they had done during flic cpidcmic and the ling-pole would i)c to them a memento of the occasion. , • Mr. E. 'J. Collc.v, secretary to the Epidemic Committee, then read the report and balance-sheet, which were adopted. II was stated in the report that the committee dealt: with JOO cases and the ■number of deaths totalled 12, or 3 nor cent. The cash received in donations and cash sales totalled «C' 93 odd, practically all of which was spent in coping with the' epide'r.iie. " ] The meeting passed a resolution of thanks for the very great services, rcn- ■ : tiercel by the Sislers of Compassion. The ] chairman slated that (he sisters were | the first lo offer their (services, and they ] : worked early and late in helping the | afflicted. The committee, lie said, hud , already forwarded a letter of thanks lo . the sisters, and. lie thought it would be a gracious act for the of the meeting 1.0 be forwarded to.the sisters. Oi\ the motion of the Rev. R. Wood, (lib following resolution was passed:"That this, mooting expresses profound sympathy '.villi the members o) the comliiittce, who, jn visiting the sick, con- •. traded lire disease, and declares its opinion flint some scheme of insurance should l:e devised to compensate those who thus ' suffer from ministering to victims of epidemics.'' j