HOSPITAL BOARD

Southland Times, Issue 18821, 14 May 1920, Page 2

HOSPITAL BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING,

The monthly meeting of the Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held yesterday, there being present Messrs J. Fleming (chairman), H. E. Niven, R. Fraser, W. Norman, C. Robertson, J. Matheson, J. McDougall, C. Kerse, T. Rhodes and Mrs Cruickshank and Miss Birss. Leave of absence was granted Mr J. Cockburn. EXECUTIVE REPORT. The executive’s report stated that the treasurer reported that the receipts for April were £1356 11s, payments (including transfer to loan account of £3207 12s, and building account of £1903 13s 9d) were £9407 17a 7d, the bank balances being general account credit £707 6s 9d, loan account credit £3263 7s 9d, and Government subsidy totalling £3334 8s lid still outstanding. The Finance Committee reported having examined acocunts and salaries totalling £3251 3s 4d which were recommended for payment. District Nurse Heaton reported having attended eleven patients and having made 59 visits in April.—The report was adopted. SECRETARY’S REPORT. The secretary reported that during the month there had been a good deal of sickness of a mild nature throughout the district, and in consequence all the Board’s institutions had been kept busy. The appointment of a second house surgeon and a full time masseuse was recommended for the Southland Hospital. The installation of a complete X-ray plant was, owing to the lack of room, abandoned until the new hospital at Kew was erected.—Adopted. The secretary of the Southland Division of the B.M.A. wrote forwarding the following motion, which was carried by the Southland division:—“ln the opinion of this division there is urgent need for the establishing in the province of Southland of a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis; further that a more suitable site than that of the present institution at Kew could easily be obtained within the province. The ideal scheme would be n national comprehensive one including relief of dependents, farm or forestry colonies etc., but failing this, in view of the increasing number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, the division would urge that the Southland and Wallace Boards take immediate and united action to provide such an institution in a suitable part of the province.”—Received, the resolution to be forwarded to the Hospital Board’s Conference for consideration.