PLUNKET SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 4

PLUNKET SOCIETY

DECEMBER AND JANUARY

The'monthly meeting of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children was held recently. There were present Misses Cameron, in the chair, Mesdames Symon, Hannah, Wood, Johnson, Aiken, Kalph, Miller, White, Ilott, M'Eldowjiay, M'Lean, Leach, Collins, Brown, Tythe-Brown, Mirams, Corkhill, Hoggard, Maylor, and Miss Barnett. Apologies were" received from Mesdames Paterson, Hodson, Bullock, Hall, Burgess, M'Donald, Emerson, Luke, Fotheringham, Davidson, and Hassell. A motion of sympathy with the family of the late Mr. S. A. Longuet was passed. Mr. Longuet had been a member of the Citizens' Committee which gave the Truby King Karitane Hospital to the society; he had always been a most sympathetic and loyal supporter of the work, and his death is a very great loss to the Plunl.ot So«iety. The committee recorded its> sympathy with the sufferers by the earthquake. The secretary reported that on receipt of the newa the services of the Plunket nurses and the Truby King Karitane Hospital had been immediately offered to the Health Department and the Ked Cross Society, the society being anxious to do all it could to help mothers with babies. Mrs. J. M. A. Ilott was appointed to represent the society on the executive of the Earthquake Relief Fund. The committee resolved to commence making clothes immediately for children up to seven years of age, the work to be carried on through the year, and the finished garments to be handed to the Plunket nurses for distribution to necessitous people. Mrs. J. A. Hannah was welcomed back from her long visit to Sydney. It was resolved to send a letter to the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, congratulating him on being made a Companion of the Ocder of St. Michael and St. George. Nominations for the office .of president, proposed and seconded, are to be sent to the secretary not later than Wednesday, 25th February.. The Plunket Nurses' report for December and January gave the following par* ticulars:—Total number of new cases*, 277; total number of visits to homes, 3510; total number of visits to offices, adults 4340, babies 3131, children 479, detailed as follows: At headquarters, 1534, 724, 194; Eastbourne, 166,-141, 34; Seatoun, 199, 184, 17; Miramar,. 237, 219, 19; Lyall Bay, 292, 276, 11; Hataitai, 247, 214, 27; Newtown, 193, 152, 14; Island Bay, 262, 224, 16; Brooklyn, 295, 211, 10; Kelburn, 81, 70, 12;. Karori; 271, 240, 29; Northland, 172, 137, 23; Ngaio, 186, 130, 18; Khandallah, 89, 71, 14; Johnsonville, 102, 90, 4; Tawa Flat, 2, 2, 0; Porirua, 19, 14, 4; Plimmerton, 19, 19, 2; Eastbourne,. 166, 141, 34. Visits to homes were paid in all the above districts, and to .homes in Kaiwarra, Titahi Bay, Paremata, and Pukerua Bay. Number of babies wholly, breastfed, 222; number of babies, partially breastfed, 25; nuniber of babies artificially, fed, 30; number'*6f'expectant mothers/new cases, 83; number of expectant mothers still under supervision, 385; return visits to expectant mothers! to' ante-natal clinic, 449. The nurses thank the ladies who motor, ed them to. their cases, also the committee for Christmas, cake, Miss Sybil Nathan for Christmas cake, Mrs. M'fcldownay' for shortbread and hom,e-made soap. Clothing collected by Mrs. Morgan from Mesdames Fraser, Cooper, Inkster, Paisley, Marsden, and toys and books from Masters Grosvenor, Francis, and Morgan were made into suitable parcels and distributed for Christmas by the nurses. Mrs. Cook was thanked for £1 to buy fruit for'those in need of it, , Parcels* of baby clothes came from Mesdames Hanson and, Leigh Hunt, the Northland Methodist Church, and flowei's from Mrs. Wilson. •'•,-■. The matron of the Truby King. Karitane Hospital reported admissions in December and January, 21 mothers and .34 babies, from Masterton, . Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Dannevirke, Lower: Hutt, Petone, aud Wellington1 and suburbs. The largest, number in residence for any one; day. was seven mothers asd-25] babies^ There were' 601 visitors to the hospital. . ' The following . are thanked for gifts:— Mesdamea Hafl, Chriatnms ham; Mrs. Ilott, Christmas ham and'fruit;'Wellington Committee, Christmas"'; cake; Mrs. Eichardaou and the. Misses Joseph and S. Nathan, Christmas cakes'; Mrs. Robinson; strawberries and cream; Miss Christie, china; Sir Truby King, fruit; Mr. Miles, side of • lamb; Miss Hitchcock, vases; Miser M'Lean, fruit; Miss Cooper, case of gooseberries; Miss Nicol, case of' plums; Mrs; Mayo, woollen gloves and booties; Mrs. Dawson, cellulars; Missf AyreJ'T)ins; Mrs. Shaw, woollen singlets; Mrs. M'Eldownay, books; and Sir Truby King, Miss Hitchcock, Mrs. Robinson, and Mrs. Gray, flowers. The treasurer acknowledges the following donations and subscriptions:—South Wairarapa Plunket branch,, £10; Pongaroa sub-branch, £5; Wellington Girl Guides, £2 10s; Mesdames Erankland and Caverliill, £2 2s each; Mrs. Aiken, £1 Is;. Mrs. Reading, 10s; Mrs. Orr, 103; Mesdames Stewart and Join-net, 5s eacq. _ Received from sub-committees:—Hataitai: Mesdames Colson, Tennent, Kinross, and Gotlieb, 5s each. Wadestown: Lady .Beauchamp, £6- 6s; Mrs. Treadwell, £3 3s; Mi^'Hardy,'£lls; Mrs. Carmen, £1 Is; Mrs. Harley-Brown, £1; Mrs. Eaton, 10s 6d- Mrs. Clere, 10s; v Mesdames Edgar and Carruthers, 5s each; Mrs. Eastwood, 4s; total, £13 4s 6d; Khandallah: Petrol for nurse's car, £1 16s 6d; Mesdamesi M Lennan, Davis, Grady, Poole, White,. Meek, and A'Hearne, 5s each; total, £3 11s 6d. Kelburn: Mrs. Lee, ss. Island Bay: Mrs. Zander, ss. Miramar: Raffle doll, £5 16s; cake day, £1 8s; box money, £1 10s 8d; card parties, £1 14s; Mrd. Russell, ss; total, £10 13s Bd. Seatoun: Mrs. Ardrey, 10s- Mrs. Wilson, ss. Karori: Mrs. Graydon, £1 Is. Northland: Proceeds of raffle, £8 9s; box money, 2s-, Mesdames Egley, Adams, %fflen, and Morns, ss* each; total, £9 Us. Eastbourne: Mesdames Hart and Wilson, 5s each..