INFECTIOUS CASES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1569, 27 September 1905, Page 2

INFECTIOUS CASES.

A COMMITTEE TO AGAIN EEPOET The monthly meeting of tbe Charitable I Aid Board was held in the Borough CounI oil Chambers last evening, when there I were present; His Worship the Mayor, I Captain Tueker, and Messrs Harding, Miller, Bright, Webb, Lysnar, Clayton, and Whinray. The Custodian of the Home wrote pro- | testing against the case of diphtheria being admitted to the Home. It was not intended for suoh cases, and there was no means for coping with infectious diseases. Neither was there privacy or isolation. The danger was increased, rather than diminished, by admitting the patient, and there was the danger to his own family, a risk which he had not undertaken. Ho I considered that they should be prepared to properly doal with anything they cook in I hand.

Mr Miller said that the Board should make some provision for dealing with in* ' fectious oases. He bad visited tbe Home, and opart from tbe ouslodian’s oomplaint found everything working satisfactorily. Tbe Mayor proposed tbat a committee be set up to take the question in hand, and determine upon a site where they could erect a cottage to deal with cases of this kind. Wheter the Board or the Hospital Trustees maintained the Home a'ter its I erection was another matter. It was the duty of the Board ,to have the place erected. He proposed thßt Captain Tucker, Mr Harding, and the mover be a

committee to deal with the question. Mr Bright said there were only five or six cases of the kind occurring in the borough yearly, and he thought they shonld endeavor to find someone who oould offer suitable aooommodation. The oare of the patients was the most important thing. j

Mr Whinray seconded ■ the Mayor's | proposition. He considered it time they rose to the oocasion and provided a place. The hospital should render first aid for everything. The Mayor and Town Clerk were placed in an invidious position in hunting about the place to find accommodation for infectious cases. I

Mr Lysnar thought tbs proper remedy was to build an addition to tho Old Men’s Home. Had they built the proposed Old Women’s Home there would have been no trouble at all, and they would have had someone to attend the patients also. The motion was carried, and the committee arranged to meet on Thursday. . His Worship tbe Mayor aDd Mr Bees were appointed visiting committee for tbe sowing mouth.