HOSPITAL BOARD.

Otaki Mail, 7 February 1919, Page 3

HOSPITAL BOARD.

♦ —_ MONTHLY MEETING. - | The monthly mooting of the Palmer- : ston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board vras held yesterday. Present: Sir James Wilson (president), ' Mm Crabb, Messrs J. A. Nash, M.P., : IS. A. Broadbelt, H. Smart. D. Collis. M. A. Moody, J. W. Brumwell, J. K. j Hornblow, F. Penn. and Dr. Whitaker. j ,» Mrs Crabb suggested that two port- . i able inhalation machines should be ob- i I tained for use in the schools. I .Mr Nash stated that>he cost would be £l4 each, and the matter was re-

fcrred to the executive committee to make inquiries and report, '•limes and Ongley, solicitors, advised that under the will of the "late ilrs jFairhurst, an old Palmerston resident, J a legacy of £SOO had been left to the ! Board. On the motion of iir Xash it was doj ctded to appoint a probationary nurse | from the hospital to assist the matron at the Old People'3 Iforai\" \ Messrs Cv'llis and Moody were authorised to arrange for the purchase of cows for the hospital and home. Inspector O'Brien reported that during the past Mouth there were 12 case; of infectious ji, x h\: district, "dbtfiUutcd as follows:. — Puimerston Xorth. diphtheria ?,. measles 1: Peild- : ing, nil; Poxton. nil; Bevin. diphtheria 1; Shannon, diphtheria 1; Oroua. diphtheria 1: Pohaiigina., rtipluSs-nria. X; Manawatu, trachomc j: Cmk% tiiVte?: culosi's 1. ' On the whole the. district had been fairly free. All premises ! were visited and disinfection, carried out. ....

E ¥. Aishcr, charitable and officer, rej ported that in compliance with a teleI jram from the Public Health Dcpart-L.nent-to* investigate and relieve all liccessitous cases of orphans and widows, he had made the neeessary inI [uiries. So. far 28 widows and S Liidowcrs had applied, and 21 cases had ! .men dealt with by the Board.- He rc- ! gretted to report that in only four eases wore the lives of the deceased insured, and that in no more than five cases had the husbands of the widows been members of friendly societies. He drew attention to the fact that applications from widows for pensions should bemade to the secretary in writing, with ■ particulars as to the name and age of the deceased, when he died, and the date of the birth of each child.