Palmerston North Hospital.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 75, 22 September 1894, Page 2

Palmerston North Hospital.

■ ■ ♦ Following is Dr MacGregor's report on the above institution up to March 31st last :— Number of patients admitted since 21st November, 1893 (date when Hospital was opened), 73. Discharged, 49. Died, 5. Remaining on 31st March, 1894, 19. Sex— s7 males, 16 females. * Localities from which patients came : Palmer s ton .North district, 65 ; Mastertoti district, 2 ; Napier district, 2 ; Wanganui district, 1 ; Wellington district, 2 ; South Australia, 1. Nationality. — English, 18; Scotch, 3 ; Irish, 8 ; New Zealand, 34 ; Australian, 3 ; German, 4 ; Danish, 2 ; Swedish, 1. Religion. — Church of England, 29 ; Roman Catholic, 16,' Presbyterian, 8 ; Wesley an, 8 ; Lutheran, 7 ; Salvation Army, 2 ; Church of Christ, 1 ; no religion, 2. I have paid several visits to this hospital during the year, and did all I could in consultation with the trustees to help in its successful inauguration. It has had seventy-three patients under treatment since its opening, which shows that there exists a real demand for such an institution in the distriot. Its medical care has been entrusted to Drs Maclntire and Porter, who take admissions week about. Miss Dougherty, a well trained and capable nurse of great experience, has been appointed matron, with trained assistants. As a hospital, the institution is well administered ia every way.