PALMERSTON N. HOSPITAL BOARD.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 10 September 1920, Page 2

PALMERSTON N. HOSPITAL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the above was held at Palmerston North yesterday, Sir James G. Wilson presiding.

It was resolved to make a levy on the contributing local bodies, to enable the Board to furnish the new. portion of the hospital buildings and the resident doctor's house. The Chairman stated the amount required would be about £IIOOO to £2500, and it was agreed to levy £I2OO to help meet this expense.

A lotter was read from the College •Street (Palmerston North) School

•’ Committee, asking that toe Hospital Board undertake the treatment of defects in children, pointed out by Dt. Gunn, free of charge.—After some j discussion it was resolved" to inform the committee the mutter was beyond 1 the Board’s jurisdiction. It was the function of the Government to look I after the public health.

The Waikato Hospital aad Charitable Aid Board wrote asking the Board to join with them in protesting against the system of subsidies for hospital boards that had just been introduced. Under the new system some boards received very much increased subsidies, while others hud theirs reduced. The Waikato Board, for i:t

stance, has had its subsidy reduced by about one-half, which they contended was most unjust.—The Chairman explained the effect of the new subsidies was really to assist the boards that were prodigal in their expenditure, a' the expense of other bodies which were more careful of their fund:,---The Board decided to support ti; .- Waikato Board in its protest against the new system of subsidies. It was reported tliat the electric lighting plant for the hospital buildings bad at last arrived in New Zealand, and would be fitted up as expeditiously as possible. A returned soldier wrote offe ring 10 keep the hospital grounds in order, and supply seeds, for the sum of £750 per annum.—No action taken.