HOSPITAL STAFF

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 155, 26 March 1920, Page 7

HOSPITAL STAFF

' ■ WAGES AND SALARIES INCREASED. ' j With the additional increase approved of bv the Wellington Hospital and Chari- | table Aid Board yesterday, the salaries j and 'wages' of the hospital.staff from the i vear ending March, 1914, to date, have j been increased by over 100 per cent. i The increase in ,1920t21 pay-roll amounts j .to, ,£sß47.'nr. an increase of. 19.29 per cent.' •) I over the rates ruling in 1919-20. This i sum is distributed as follows:—Medical ! superintendent, matron, .nursing staff, djimtal department, and dispensary, ' ,i' 3232; porters, etc., ,£333; house steward \ ajid clerical. ,£GS; engineer and outdoor i fltaif. ,£1170; maids, i£4GG; laundry, ,£37G; ! head office, public health and. district ; nurse. ~£175: charitable, aid and Ohiro ! Home. ,£3O; total. ; The increased sum paid out in salaries ! and wages for tile period of 1913-11 to 1919-20 : inclusive equalled 82.25 per cent. | over the 1914 .figures, as the following ! summary discloses. Total for year end- j cd'.March. 1914. ,£IG,G26; for year ending ! March, 1920 (approximate), ,£30,302; esti- j ma te . for ,1920-21 (includes new increases), j ■£3G,149. . j In 'dealing with the increases the j chairman (Mr. F. Castle) said that in ! the past there had always been plenty J of probationers offering, but nowadays owing no doubt to the cost of living, j thev .were scarce, and the board had, j to increase the. remunerations-. j .Tlio Hon. C. St. Luke said that_ the , < increases were not what v t]w committee j would .have liked to have given, but tho I committee Jiad done its utmost. Tha j board would probably receive a .great '•! deal of criticism.from controlling bodies, j but the increases were not extravagant. . j . Mr; H. Black considered,.,that the in- i creases were unavoidable and justifiable. .: Waaes of Ward Maids, Etc. Apart from the, increases granted in the cases of medical officers, sisters, probationers. and other officials, the salaries of oualified.masseuses were fixed at uer, annum—tho charge masseuse to be paid ,£2OG per annum. The wagos of ward maids are also to be increased as follow (past wages in parentheses) General Hospital, to 275, 6(1. per week (225.),- dinin c-room maid. 2Ss. Gd. (245.); matron's maid. .80.?. (275. Gd,); two sewing maids, 28s. (id.;..(205.); one sewing maid, jti os. 6d. (38s. 6d.); head sewing maid, £i Bs. (£2 Gs.): ono sowing maid, XI Bs. (il.Gs.). Nov Fever Hospital—Cook, ,£2 (355.), 1 Matron.authorised,to increase tho maids' wagos up to ss. per week if necessary.' Clifton Hospital—Cook, (355.). Old Fever Hospital—Cook, JC] 17s. Gd. . ' (355.): housemaid. ,2Gs. (245.); kitchenmaid, 2Gs. (215.). Matron authorised to in- , croasc tlieso wages up to ss. per week if necessary. . Nurses'Home—Six housemaids, at .275. Gd. (245.);.tw0 dining-room maids, 275.-Gd. 245.); ~one pantry.maid, 275. Gd. (245.)} one scullery maid, 275. Gd. (255.); one re-. lievina maid. '275. Gd.i2ss.). Dailv workers (charwomen, etc.) to bo paid 10;5. pe.r diem and car fares. ,Laundry—Head ironer, Is. 3d. per Hour (101(1.).': ironers, Is. 2d. per liour (10a.) j and. general workers, Is. per hour (9d.). Nursing Staff Salaries, Particulars of the increases in the salaries-of tho nursing staff are as follow (the salaries for 1919-20 are givon in parentheses):—Nurses,' first-year from (.£2O) .£3O; second year, from (,£25), .£4O; third vear. from U35) .£SO; fourth year (if missed' hospital examination) (A'ss), ,£9O; fifth year, from (£OS), JilOO maximum:. sixth year, from (£75 maximum). Sisters—First year, from : (iCOO) -£110; second year, from (,£100) ,£12(1: thllxt year, froni (.£110) J3130 maximum; fourth year, from (.£l2O maximum). Nieht .sisters—Extra allowanco, of Ids. Gd. ner week. Fever blocks (2) —First year, from (.-£120) r£l-10;: second year, from - (.£130) '.2150 maximum; third year, from (iMO maximum!. Nurses' .Homo-First year-.from '(ii'.'O), second year, from -..(UMBO),. <£lfl0;' 1 third vear. from (£140) ,£l7O maximum. I Assistant matron—First y*ai, from • (XMO) £175; secoi'.d year, from (£150) i JJISS: third year, from v X'IGO) .£195 maxij mum. : I Jtf.addition' to;tho fl foregoin" toircs fres I Iward representing .£"2 10s. nei .apnumV.iiriforni, ,£s\los. per annum; laundry,' .£5 per ininmi'Vaiid medical attention, JUS per anuuui; <i total of i! 88 t)«r annum is ..provided over and above salaries, „