DUN-TAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

Dunstan Times, Issue 405, 21 January 1870, Page 2

DUN-TAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

""he annual meeting of the contributors was held in the Council Chamber on Saturday last. Vincent Pyke, Esq., President, occupied ■ ho chair. The Chairman, after briefly explaining the object of the meeting, called upon the ■Secretary to read the report, which was as follows : Seventh Annual Report of the Committee of Management of the Dunstan District; Hospital : “Your Committe, in submitting their annual report for the year ending the loth of January, 1870, have gre. t pleasure in stating that the Institution is in a most efficient con lition. During the year great improvements have been made in aid around the Hospital. A residence for the Surgeon has been erectea ; a refractory ward of stone has been built ; Alexandra Ward and the kitchen have been lino ! throughout with hoards, and thoroughly ventilate 1. The chimney of Alexau ra Ward has been re-huilt, and that of Albert Ward has been built two feet hi her, and other improvements, such as papering and paining, have also Ken effected in the If - pital. A large iron tank has been fixed m the water-race at its highest dotation, and the water conveyed from it to the Hospital in pipes, adding greatly to its sanitary condition. The water would likewise be most useful in the event of lire. A thatched roof has been put over the pantry, a portion of the out'buildings ha’ been converted into a wash-house, and the boiler usul for washing and other purposes set in stone work. The remaining portion of the reserve has been substantially and securely fenced in, ”n I three acres ploughed up and planted with potatoes. Eurther'arrahgemeuta have been made which will enable the work of the Institution to be performed with less expense an I greater efficiency. The comfort of the patients has received your Committee’s consideration. Iron bedsteads have been substituted fur the o'd wooden stretchers, and new inattrases, shce i ,g, &e., pnmhtsed. “ T he surgery is repdete with instruments and drugs ; indeed the appliances for the treatment of any case that may demand the attention of the Surgeon are now perfect,

“Your Committee have t.o report that, on the 17th of January last, Dr. Shaw was granted three months’ leave of absence, a.ul Dr. Niven was appointed acting fn - geon. On the 2Sth of June Dr. Si aw sent in his resignation, when Dr Nevhi was reengaged. On the 17 th of August a special general meeting of the contributors was held, for the purpose of electing a Resident Surgeon, in the place of Dr. Shaw, resigned. There were sixteen candidates, but the voting was between Dos. haw and Barrows, and resulte i in a tie. Another election was ihrefore held on the 14th of September, when Dr. Burrows, M.R.C.S.E., was duly electee ; but that gentleman being unable to take charge of the Hospital until the end of October, Dr. Thomson was temporarily engaged. Dr. Burrows commenced his duties as Resident Surgeon on the Ist of November, at a salary sf X 420 per an:' num. Thu increase of salary from £doJ was made consequent on the Surgeon resi 1ing out of the Hospital and attending the prisoners in the Clyde Goal. “ The lirstgeuoraluieot hgof contributors for 18J9 was held on Friday, January 15, waen the fol.owing gentlemen were elected members of Committee : —Vincent Fyke, Esq. (President), W. Fraser, Esq. (Vice Presi ient), A. Christ qihers (Honorary Treasurer), R. Barlow (Secretary), and Messrs. Huestun, Haslttt, Ma. shall, Hastio, Faehoj Clark, Patterson, Grin dey, Beck, Ziole, Rev. G. S. Ross, and Preshaw. On the 17th August Mr. P. Kelly, of Gro.nwe 1, was elected a member of Committee, vice C. Ziele, resigned. “Your Comm ttee have held twelve general, fourteen emergency, anil fi.o a journal meetings, at widen cha attendance was as follows : —Vincent Pyka, Eip (President), thirteen; W. Fraser, Esq. (Vico President), one; A. (Jnristophera (Treasurer), thirty ; R, Barlow (Secretary), twenty-eight; C. Houston, thirty ; J. Patterson, twoaty-oigiit; W. Griadley, twenty-seven; J. Hizlott, twenty-sis ; M M .'utdnil, twenty-live j Co Clark, twenty:

ftvo ;C. 'P. Beck, twenty-three ;J. Hastie, eighteen ; G. Fache, seventeen ; C. Ziele, ten, Rev. C. S. Ross, ten ; J, A. Preshaw,

“ During the year one hundred patient have been admitted into the Hospital which, together with sixteen remaining a f t the commencement of the year, will give a total of one hundred and sixteen who have been relieved. Out of this number ninety have been discharged, cured, or relieved, thirteen have died, and thirteen still remain in the house. Fifty-five outpatients have also been relieved, “The in door patients were from the following places Alexandra, twentythree ; Clyde, twelve ; Tinker’s Gully, ten ; Drybread, nine ; B'ack’s, eight; Bendigo | Gully, six ; Cromwell, six ; Bannockburn, 'our; J. M‘Lean’s Station, three; St. iathan’s, three ; Teviot, three ; Dunedin, 1 wo; Hogburn, two ; 'Cardrona, two; 1 .negate Creek, one ; Campbell and Low’s 1 tation, one ; Nevis, two. “Many of the cases admitted have been exceedingly severe and troublesome, the 'C ommittee in several instances having found n rcessary to engage a special night wardsto an. “ Your Committee have to acknowledge tl e great assistance rendered to them in th r raising of funds by the following gentlemi n an I committees :—J. A. Preshaw and P. Kelly, of Cromwell; J. U. Bourke, B1 ck’s; Local Committee, Brybread; 'J. R. Jones, Bendigo Gully ; All Nations Go. npany, Bannockburn; W. Bohning, Gel man Hill ; Pierce and Washer, WelshInai i’s Gully ; Mr. Norman, Albertown ; ’Chi u Chee, Alexandra; and the Local Con mittee of Tinker’s Gully. “ 1 Your Committee regret having to draw your attention to the small assistance rendi red them by Alexandra, which, altiio igli sending in double the number of patiei ts of any other place, has only contril ut ed the small som of £3B 7s. for the year, - f which amount £lO was for a horse race, i 0 11 a. Gd. from the Chinese, and £3 3s. paid into the Resident Magistrate’s Court i set dement of a dispute. During the you r J 863 the contributions from Alexandt i w ere equally small; the reason assigned f( r: .his by many of'the inhabitants being that i he affairs of the institution are conduct 6 1 partially. Your Committee wonl 1 , there; ore, strongly recommend that some gentlec an from Alexandra be elected on the Com fittee for 1870, in or ’er that this erronei -u impression may be removed “By the 7 reasurer’s report, which will bo read, it will be observed that the expenditure is far in excess of that of the year 1868. : Tour Committee would explain that this ii i principa ly due to the large outlay in 1 lildings and permanent improvement “Your 0 mmittoe’s term of office having 1 expired, t’u v resign their trust into your bands wi hj the assurance that they have done thoir best for the institution, and trust thc'T il accessors may continue to dispense the it ne amount of relief as has been •hitherto a 5 j rdod. “R BARLOW, “Secretary. “ Adoptel lat the annual mooting of contributors, I Id at the Council Chauffers, Clyde, on S ..turday, January loth, 1870. j I “ VINCENT PYKE, i “President." I Resolved on the motion of Mr. Cam- ! bridge, see tided by Mr I’. George, That the report, 1 s roa’, be adopted. TheTreaj irer’s financial statement for the year 13> 0 was then read. Resolved, on the motion of Mr. George, seconded by Dr. Shaw, That the report be adopted, auc that it be published in the “ Dunstan T hues ; likewise that a number of slips be pi inted for circulati n. The Chau nan explained that, ns the Committee’s Bonn of office had expired, it was necessary to elect anew one, which was at once j roccede-1 with, and resulted ii> the clectio i of the following gentlemen : —Vincent Pj ke. Esq. (President), William Fraser, Esq. (Vice-President), and Messrs. Christophers (Honorary Treasurer), Milburn (Secretary), Johnson and Cambridge (Auditors), and Messrs Preshaw, Hazlett, 'Griudley, Gs-rgo, Barlow, Marshall, Fache Ferair 3 , Clark, Ross, Beck, and Naylor, Members of ‘Committee. Dr. Shaw Aisn, and in ft few words expressed the to "at pleasure it affor ed him in being present, and would propose that a special vote of thanks be accorded to the late Secretary, Mr. R. Barlow for the very , efficient nianfi*-r be had performed the du- i tics during lis term of (ffice extending i over two yea s. On being secondel and - put to the melting, it was carried. With a vote of thanks to the Officers and the ret ring Committee, the meeting sepa- . rated. i 1 - ,