THAMES HOSPITAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5461, 14 August 1929, Page 1

THAMES HOSPITAL.

MEETING OF BOARD. ROUTINE BUSINESS. The Thames Hospital Board held its monthly meeting on Monday, Mr W. E. Hale presiding over Messrs J. W. Dauby. A. R. Robinson, P. E. Brenar., W. G. Kennedy,' J. K. Lange, and the secretary, Mr G. Tonge. Apologies were received from Messrs E. Walton, C. Parfitt, and C. Fletts Treatment of Natives. The Bay of Plenty Hospital Board : forwarded a circular letter expressing the view that if those hospital boards interested in the hospital and nursing treatment of natives wore to put forward a combined effort some satisfactory measure of assistance might be ■ obtained from the Government. The channels of approach through the asi sociation and the Department of Health had been tried so often without avail that if any assistance was to be obtained the matter should be jtaken to Parliament direct. If the ■ board was favourable it was asked to i appoint a representative to a conferi ence which would be arranged. , The chairman said that the matter i had been thrashed out at every conI ference .for the last five or six years, i and the decisions had neon ineffective owing to there being insufficient push by the association. The matter only affected a few boards in the North Island. On receipt of the letter he ; had instructed the secretary to advise ;the Whakatane Board that the ! Thar es Board would be represented i at the conference. j Paeroa Hospital. ; The town clerk, Paeroa, wrote : thanking the board for its authority .to have the work carried out of laying [out the grounds of the Paeroa Hospital, ani expressing approbation of !the manner and promptness with 'which the matter had been dealt with. ; Pleasure was expressed that the •work would be carried out with local Paeroa Donation. : The town clerk, Paeroa, forwarded a cheque for £lOO, being local voluntary contributions for hospital purposes. Received with thanks. Resignation. ; Nurse I. Paton wrote resigning position as probationer. The chairman said that she had only been in the board’s service for six weeks. She had an opportunity of joining the Waikato Hospital staff. , The resignation was accepted. ; Charitable Aid. ! The Hauraki Ladies’ Benevolent Society applied for £lO for charity purposes in Thames.—Granted. Heating Material. ; A Thames carrier who had been the successful tenderer for the (supply of firewood wrote drawing attention to the fact that a supply of firewood bed recently been delivered to the hospital by . some other person. The chairman explained that during the last few weeks there had been an adute coal shortage throughout the Dominion due to the earthquake interfering with supplies from the South Island, and it had happened that the supply at the hospital had run so low that something had to be done urgently to keep the furnace going during the night. Accordingly a stack: of wood ■which had been bought last year ■was brought in and used.

In reply to Mr Kennedy the chairman said that since the railway service to Thames had been altered a delay of three or four days occurred in getting trucks of coal from the Waikato. The matter of getting a refund from the coal company to cover the extra cost of firewood would be considered when the position became normal again. Nurse Jarrett Memorial. The secretary mentioned that so far only about £3O had been collected for the purpose of providing a headstone over the grave of the late Nurse Jarrett. It was decided not to close the subscription lists until next month. Surgeon’s Report. The resident surgeon, Dr. W. Sow-i erby, reported that 37 males and 47 females hod been admitted during July, 39 males and 44 females had been discharged, Four patients had died, three of cancer and one of pneumonia. Thirty-three attendances had been made and 41 operations performed. The acting-matron, Sister E. Davies, reported on staff matters and mentioned that the number of births in the maternity annex ? derjng July totalled nine. | District Hornes. The superintendent of the District Homes, Tararu, reparted that one woman had been discharged during July, and there now remained only 20 men. The chairman mentioned that everything was going v»ery smoothly at the homes. District Nursing. The district nurse to matives, Miss N. Jamieson, Paeroa, reported having attended 115 patients, during July and had visited the schools at Paeroa, Tapu, Tararu, and Tifrohi’a, and also 18 Maori pas. Accounts. Accounts totalling £l2|BD 14s 8d were passed for payment.