STRATFORD HOSPITAL BOARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 60, 9 November 1915, Page 6

STRATFORD HOSPITAL BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid "Board was held this morning. I'refitmj;, Mr .McAllister (chairman), and ile,ssi;s, llihe, Meredith,' Smith and Walter. Dr. wrote as follows; I presume your Board will not charge any men who may requireoperations done and render them tit for military service. If that is the case, I shall lie pleased to give any services required at the Public Hospital either as anaesthetist or consultant free of'eharge, and if this offer is accepted I shall he obliged if you will notify me of such rases. The same offer holds good for any men requiring my services who have returned sick or wounded from the front and lor the dependents of any men in military service. The Hoard accepted the offer and also resolved that no charge should be made for men going into hospital to make them lit for active service. An invitation was received from the Borough Council and staff to he present at the'reception and farewell function on Thursday evening.— Accepted with thanks. .> i: A circular letter was received from Dr. T. H. ,A.. Yalintine to the effect that when visiting the hospitals of the United Kingdom recently he found that arsenite of soda was heing used with much success in keeping down the fly nuisance. The following extract from "Nature" was enclosed"lt is st;ited that .Mr -Malley has published an account of the use of sodium arsentite in South Africa as a poison for flies. The bait used is made by dissolving one pound of sodium arsenite and LOlbs of sugar in lOgals. of water. The'liquid is applied with a syringe to non-absorbent surfaces, to pieces of canvas, to manure heaps, and rubbish tips, Hunches of twigs of trees, the leaves of which when plucked do not crinkle and drop oil', are dipped in thei solution ami hung up where the Hies congregate; the Mies drink the poison, and die. it is said, literally in heaps. In military camps tin; method has been applied with success, and in the absence of suitable trees, pieces of canvas have been sprayed and hung up find the bait has been sprinkled near where the Hies congregate. The bait is, of course, human poison, but in military camps there is no risk of its use. The method has proved extremely effective for the house My out of doors, and its use for fruit Hies has shown that an apparently reckless use of arsenite is not attended with risk to human beings." Received. The .Medical Superintendent's report was as follows:—During the mouth twenty patients were admitted, II) discharged, and 18 remain. Nine operations were performed with anaesthetics. I beg to recommend that Nurse Weir be taken on the permanent staff, as she has now completed her three

months' probal ion. Adopted. Tlie fiiinli'ini-'s report stilted that :i!l the grounds weye in good order and the vegctahles were doing well.— Adopted. A. Gray. Satiitary Inspector, in his report, stated thai no infectious diseases, were notified in the district during the month. Several Food .shops were visited during the month. — Adopted. The*aetion of the chairman and .Mr Sole was confirmed re milk supply. The action of the secretary in advis-j ing the Health Departmenl that two beds could he found for wounded soldiers was confirmed. The garlener was authorised to crop the ground around the [solation Hospital. The Chairman commented on the position, of the. Stratford Hospital as disclosed Iw the Departmental report

for the year ending March.;!.!. .Members considered the position of tin hospital, in comparison with others. very satisfactory. Accounts amounting to £227 were I passed for payment.