HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1840, 22 August 1906, Page 4

HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Tl o monthly miotmj; of tho Ho'piti 1 Trustees was held in inn scoreiivy’a iilico yo.toidj.y i.f;oi noon, thoro I eiug t Messrs NDlini (chairman). Matthews, J Jit. lit in, Linding, Joyce, and Tuol.y. Tiio Auckland Chnritnb’o Aid Board wrote iniimaiug that their circu'nr of the Sill inel. was Dt -tided as a two-fold olio (1) Wire tho lands vested in tl o Board er Trust cf ? (2) Wire tbo 1 mdi (whether vested Of otherwise) udininiitc-rcd by t!.o B-.nrd or Tey e:: ? Tbo Chuirmffn said that this ovielohtly referred to endowment land.-', largo ar: as of which had boon act aside under Iho End own.'on t A.t for tho upkeep of bo?pita's They had ao endowment land* here, Iho land upon which tho hospital u!o>d having Ineii bought by the people. It was decid d lo reply that thero were i o o ido•>me: t binds here. Tbo Chiritahlo A'd Bcatd wrote ashing to be supplied with a !i*t of p.vic-nts treated last year who had not paid tho fees.

Tho Chu'tmati said tho Charitable A : d Board was n: t cmitl.il to imko such a dem .nd. Tho Planner in which tho Braid was constituted and tho Trustens elccti d was opposed to such a course. It' anyone were mtitled to utU for such information it was tho contributing hod it h, who might ask it through their vaticus rt prcscmatiio?. It was tire paupl who realiy found tho m n nty. The Hospital woo'd shortly bo managed by tho Cnarnahlo Aid Board. Mr Matthews moved that tho letter lie on the table, Mr Toohy moir d -J, 110 emsidorod that thoy wo.o doing t' oir bo.-t to collect th f. os, i,nd if tlrj people weto not satisfied with their management of tho institution they could e'cct others. Mr Jojeo a kod if lire Chairman know what was intoudtd. They might g;t at that. Tho Chairman said ho did not know. From the newsp-prr reports ho knew that tho Charitable Aid Board's mot tings woro only attended by a vrry small numbor. Mr Ha ding sahl that thoro were oettain members who were net satisfied with tho way tbo present Trustees were managing lha ho'pitah Ho did not know what their g rund of complaint was. Too Chairmin ea'd the poop'o who contributed were tho ones to complain. Tbo motion was carried without dissent It waß decided to call tenders fjr general supplies, to bn in by next meeting. The Yisi'icg Oomtmtteo, Messr- Johnston ord Ha-ding, reported that during tho mrnth they \isii.d tho hospital ml found iverything in order. Messrs Q roonin fud Boland's contract fer tho new uursts' cotlago and alterations 1 1 tho old bud iing had been sr.(i faerarity completed aud tho furnishings preeured. Tho cottage was now occupied, and in tbo building formerly urod os nurses’ qua-tors wore ten beds for pa'icnis. Tho tot a! number of patients' bods at data war 46, and the total number of patients under trea'mant 30. Tho grounds around tbo now cottage had been levs lit cl and laid down io grass, and tho lawns in front of the main buildings woro being rclaid, A numbor of tho trees in front of tho hospital bad been cut dowD, ns wril cs come cf tbo gum (roes between tbo hospital and tbo ccttiigr, which were being cn! up for firewood. Thanks woro duo to Mr A, F, Ma'thews for kindly fur-ni-bing tho levels for relaying tho old | Ir.wuF, and to Mr Har'.on for supplying (beloveds enl laying off ibo grounds at the cottage. They lecom.neude ! that tbo small building evretod for a contractor's (tli.oby Messrs Smith and Scott bo romoved to tiro river bank and used as a gardener’s storeroom, and that tho floori|;g of tbo \crandah of tho old nurses’ qonriir' ho renewed, Tho advisability cf fitting up asa h rcterio'ogioal laboratory in nnr ot tbs backrooms rf tho old nurses’ queitors not at prosrnt eroded for tho reception of patients was submitted for consideration in accordance witli Dr Mnr-

ri pon't» wiskoj, Tnc Ijttu g) icquirrd woro plnin wo don tables along two sidtn of the --cm, two incubators, soma Bunsen btrure, and sink connecting with tho dru nat tho back of tbo bof-pita'. The c at would piobably fco about £2O. Micro-

ccrpic work was at present done in the dispensary, wtu ra tho surroundings woro unsuitable, Dr, Morrison considered it necessary that facilitios for bacteriological work should bopiovidod if the best results of hospital treatment woro to ho looked for.

100 Chairman said there was much in the repo t for consideration. 'i’bn minor recommendations were adopted.

In regard lo (ho bacteriological labors-k-y, Dr, MOl risen, who was in attend- ‘ iiee, stated that they could do without the room is in tho past, hut for doing good work the rocm was an absoluto nocoesity. Is would he- supplying a long frit want, ei. d if thoy desired to keep (heir hospital up to the other hospitals in tbo calorrios, fie litica thou’d bo provided for such a rerm. 0 :■ tha motion of Mr Matthews, it was doeiJrd to Ot up tho rcom as scon as funds (llo.vcd, the Chairman, Mr Harding, and tho mover to go inti tho mitto*', and tubmi a report to tho next mooliDg. M asra Jjhustcn and Joyce were appointed a visi iog commutes for tho month.