HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2710, 14 December 1882, Page 3

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The ordinary meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held, at 4 p.m. yesterday. Present—Mr H. Thomson (chairman), the Mayors of Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Sydenham, Hon. E. C. J. Stevens, Drs. Prins and Turnbull, Messrs W. Montgomery and J. G. Hawkos. The following correspondence was read :

From the Colonial Secretary, acknowledging the receipt of the letter of the 29th November, forwarding copy of resolutions passed by the Board in reference to the suggestion of the Government for arranging a plan by which funds may be collected from the public for charitable purposes in Christchurch. The Colonial Secretary desired the Board to be informed that the Government approved of the second resolution, and with regard to the first, would be glad to know whether the committee expected to raise one-half the chnri table aid required from voluntary si'fcßCfiptions after the current financial year.

The Hon. E. C. J. Stevens moved

" That the following reply be sent: —' That the Board have no reason to expect that they will be able to supply half of the cost of charitable aid by voluntary contributions during the ensuing financial year.' " The Mayor o Sydenham seconded the motion, which was agreed to. From the Government with reference to the cooking stove in the kitchen, sanctioning the purchase of a new range. The matter was referred to the hospital committee.

A letter was read from the Government, forwarding the estimates for repairing the Lyttelton Orphanage, amounting to .£719 4s Id.

The Mayor of Sydenham moved—" That the Government be communicated with, asking them to sanction the expenditure of .£3OO for repairs." Mr Montgomery seconded the motion, which was agreed to. A letter was read from the Colonial Secretary, stating that the Government were in favor of the increase to £IOO of the salary of the caretaker and his wife at the Akaroa Hospital. The Board then proceeded to the appointment of the staff for the year. There were nineteen applications. Dr. Prins said that after being some eighteen or nineteen years in connection with the Hospital, ho had come to the conclusion to retiie and allow the younger members of the profession to get the benefit of the Hospit.il practice. Another thing was that he felt a delicacy in coming forward for a. position on the staff whilst on the Board. The ehairman said ho desired, on behalf of the Board, to express the regret of the Board at the determination of Dr Prins to retire from the staff.

Dr. Prins said he desired to say that at any time should the Board desire his services he should" be happy to place them at their disposal. The Board then proceeded to ballot, with the result on the first ballot that Dr. Stewart was elected. A second ballot then took place between Drs. Wilkins, Townend, Guthrie, Nedwill and Prankish. On the second ballot Dr. Guthrie was elected. On the third ballot Drs. Frankish, Wilkins and Townond were elected: The staff, therefore, is as follows :—Drs. Stewart, Guthrie, Frankish, Wilkins and Townend. The next business was the appointment of a medical officer for the Charitable Aid Department. For this there were four applicants, and on the ballot Dr. Doyle was elected. The following report was read: —"The Hospital committee recommend the acceptance of the following tenders for supplies to the Christcburch Hospital for the year ending 31st December, 18S3 : —Bread, J. A. Kerr ; meat, F. Hopkins and Co.; groceries, W. T. Grinsted ; milk, Isaac Parish; fuel, J. T. Brown ; medicines, Gould and Co. ; New Zealand wines, S. Schwartz ; linen, Hobday and Co.; interments, H. Fuhrman. Akaroa Hospital—Bread, C. Gulberlet; meat, H. Billens ; groceries, H. Billens ; milk and butter, S. Fife ; fuel, H. Billens. Casual Ward, Lyttelton Bread, meat, groceries and milk, W. D. Shepherd ; fuel, O. E. Curtis."

The report was adopted. The Orphanage committee recommended the acceptance of the following tenders for the supplies to the Canterbury Orphanage for the year ending 31st December, 1883: Bread, J. S. Olliver; meat, Cook Brothers; groceries. King and Co.; medical comforts, H. Hawkins and Co.; milk, W. Edgar. The report was adopted.

The Charitable Aid committee recommended the acceptance of the following tenders for supplies to the Charitable Aid Department for the year ending 31st December, 18S3-.—Rations, W. T. Grinsted; extras, W. T. Grinsted; medicines, C. E. Dann ; medical comforts, W. T. Grinsted ; do. New Zealand wines, S. Schwartz; fuel, J. T. Brown ; interments, H. Fuhrmann. The recommendation was agreed to.

The Charitable Aid committee recommended the acceptance of the following tenders for supplies to the Charitable Aid Department for Timaru and Oxford districts for the year ending 31st December, 18S3:—Timaru—Rations, Taylor and Bowie; extras, Taylor and Bowie. Oxford— Rations, A. P. Prichard; extras, A. P. Prichard; fuel, F. A. Waterman.

The recommendation was agreed to. The Ashburton Home committee recommended the acceptance of the following tenders for supplies to the Home for the vear ending 31st December, 1883: Rations, Friedlander Brothers; extras, Friedlander Brothers; medicines, C. H. Neate; medical comforts, Friedlander Brothers ; fuel, A. Hayes. The recommendation was agreed to.

The Hospital committee reported that during the fortnight ending December 9th twenty-three patients were admitted into the Hospital and twenty-seven discharged, leaving sixty-five patients in the institution. During the same period there were two deaths. For the corresponding period last year the number of patients in the Hospital was seventy-two. Seven inmates were reported as being at present in the Akaroa Hospital. The Master of the Orphanage reported that there were now forty-eight boys and thirty-seven girls in the institution. The Master of the Ashburton Home reported that there were forty-one inmates in the institution. The Board then adjourned.