HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5399, 13 March 1929, Page 2

HOSPITAL AFFAIRS.

MONTHLY REPORTS. The following statements vVtjfe presented at the last meeting of the Thames Hospital Board THE HOSPITAL. The resident surgeon, • Dr. WSowerby, reported that the month of February had been a very quiet one.Dr. L. S. Davis had resigned the position of house surgeon, and Dr. sowerby wished to place on record his deep appreciation of. the high standard of work performed by Dr. Davis as house surgeon. The report also stated that 34 males and 35 females had been admitted during the mpinth. Two deaths, had occurred, and 41 males and 41 females were discharged, leaving, 32 males and 29 females. Seventeen out-patients had Received 64 attendances, and 24 operations hqd been< performed. The coal consumption for the month was 28 tons 4cwt.

The matron, Miss K. iM. Anserine, reported a,t length on staff matters-

On behalf of t;he visiting cpnurAt-- * tee Mr W. C. Kennedy recomme/nded the approval of the requisition for. cutlery, crcc.kerv, and linen, ' Con 4 cerning the linen, it was obvirms that; the steam laundry was now;, working worse than ever before. Even the new linen was torn at the. first washing. The secretary reported that similar washing machines were i- n use j u . several other hospital laundries and commercial laundries, and., were proving, quite satisfactory, ’it was obvious that the fault was fn the working, but it appeared impossible to’secure a competent laundress, as the trained.: women would not leave the cities. To Mr Lange the clerk said the laundry cost over £3OOO, wages cost £5 a week, and there was the keep of the laundry staff, and cost of the coal. Mr Dauby observed that prior to the provision of the washing machines the w-ork was done by hand at less than £2 a week. Mr Parfitt suggested letting the washing by contract. The chairman favoured the idea, but. drew attention to the difficulty of ' assessing the amount pf damage done to the clothes washed. THE HOMES. The superintendent of the District Homes, Tararu, reported that fwo men had beep admitted during February, making a total of. 19 men and one 1 woman. Thepasture on the farm was very dry, and there was no grass.. It was decided to obtain an estimate for installing electric light iiw the milking-shed. OUT-DISTRICTS. The district nurse to Natives,. Miss; N. Jamieson, Paeroa, reported at length on her work during February. Sixty patients had been attended. Native children at Kopu had been inoculated with antityphoid vaccine and children at other, schools had been examined. Lectures had been given to Natives at the several pahs visited. The Patetonga district nurse, Mrs Costello, deported that four patients had been attended during February and 12s in fees had been charged and collected.