Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7875, 18 July 1905, Page 4

Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

TTh; monthly mtttitar of tile Taranaki Hospital nnd Charitable Aid Hoard »al held on Mondav. Th# Chairman (Mr U. Tisch) presided, und there were also prvsent, Messrs !K. Cock. V». H. Ucllonald. E. M. Mur- S ley, J. Andrews uml .1. Drown. Stratford Award

The report of the Auditor-General in retard to the adjustment of accounts'with tie- Stratford Hoard was laid on tbe tabic. The award to the Stratford Board was £315, the original claim being £2OOO. McmbtTs expressed gratification Bt tho terms of the award, and at tho fact that the adjustment was at last lrnnitely wttlcd. It was agrved to forward a cheque for the (mount of the award to the Stratford Board. —Annexe.— I'r. Lea Iha id advised at the previous inoeiiDß the appointment of a charge nursv for thv consumptive annexe, and the appointment ui another probationer, being of opinion that the charge nurse a nd one probationer would be sufficient staff t,, do the nursing work at the annexe at pr.. *nt- He further suggested that the probation staff sbouhl take annexe duty in rotation.

■ The Chairman reported that the jsuggeiukms had been givi,i eJTcct t„ I'.v the apfioinlin-nt since last meeting of Xur* K. Millar. «l .Hid lately of Uusleiton, as charge nurse, and Uie appointment „f Jliss «. Short, of New Plymouth, as additional i>r«l,atinner.

The t'hairiitin inrther staled that the house, committee had accepted thy en.lee ni M.-S.MS Clarke. A. Co.. for Uv iurni.-hiHg oi the annexe. 'the footpaths had been nsphaltwl, and the building nu.s njjw ready to nceive patients'. —Laundry.— Mr M.sseiigir, architect, submitted i plan for n room at the rear oi t i<-<->ld Peoples' Horn.- lor the purpose oi a laundry. The estimate j| cost with washing tubs and nipper complete Was IC'ut. Ihe Chairman's rcioinnMidotioii that tenders be ciilicd lor the erection of thv laundry was adopted. —Hiainage.— The Old Peoples' Hoiw. (he chiiirman reported, has been connccl.<l with the lloroiisrh »-wr, and the work; .if connecting the hospital will be completed ne.xt week. —Old {'copies' Home—- . Mr A. K. Karrar. manager .it the Home, reported t.uw. during tbeirxmlh •»no male and three females had been admitted to the institution. On July 17 there were 21 inmates in the Home, :« males and 8 females. ■email- had left, during the month. The general health of Lib inmates was fairly good. l)isci]iline was excellent, with the exception that one case of Jninkcnncss had occurred, the ofTend--T being Cautioned a.s it was his lirsl ■>ffence since he had been an innate. The Haw.ra Hospital and Chanlablc Aid Hoard sent two inmates t,> the Home. One. a female, was i n receipt of the Old Age. Pension, and the other, a man, or 7tf, was iu rvctpt ot in Im|icnal pension ol 118 .js iier annum.

—A Hating IMscr.-piincv . The Kgnnnt County Council wrote pointing out that th,- Hoard levied on i valuation of Jtl.-,K.398, the omount, staliil in the valuation roll computed by the Valii-r-Oenernl. Alt tlrii rami, hoKi-cr, lias not rati<l by the Council, a portion being ftiffive land The total ratable v„lue of th,- Kg•nont riiiinly on March St. linn. ~,s rer valuation roll, was £n:t'J.:tSt.bu( ihe total rat'ibte value as jier rale Imok, am) ufvin which lb.' Council •oUri-is rat--, ri'xi'tnsive of native 'aiost n--,s onlv tHIL'.SIO, n .liff.r■nc<- „! CW.n:t7. "ni,. Hnwera Hoard '•■ vied r.n-£t»l.:iHH, and ih<- Taran.iki Hoard on Jt.t.".«.:t!)K. Thcs-e nvo -•innuni? eorrespond with tjr UiUil ratable value of the CoUnly, plus ttoi; which the Council could not •trace, •tith a view to having line Hoard's evy made as j»t the rate b;i n k v(ll"ation. and not the larger sum. the Council askixl that the matter b* looked into. The lV>ard il.t-idnl <o r-ier the iim--tion t/> the \'alu>r-f:eneral. -rinafie,-..-Th'i MCie.tiiry ixpoii'.il a credit lull-

an:c ol £5)9 Is lid at the end of la*t month. After providing f o r all ihu iiceoiints, and outstanding liaMl,ities including V.i\:> to the Slr H tl}>rd Be* id. thf overdraft -would be £428 Is -id. .Yltmbcrs considered the financial position of the Hoard very satisfactory-. The Treasury forwarded subsidy amout ting to £->\:, included in the nlnve figures. —l'roJtilioners. Tho following names were adiied to the list of probationers, in resituist" to their npplirutions :—Hiss /.aida Hair. Musterlon : Miss Ada Cowling. New I'lyiimiith ; Miss Harriett Young, I'ivniii : -Miss Mary Itugin. I'jiiea. Miss Cowliingjljeini; the only ppplican, to furnish medical certificate, the secretary was instructed to ivipiest the others to do so. On the motion of the. chairman n resolution on the subject was rcscindied. and n motion pirried lixins the age at which probationers will he ieceived at 21 instead oi 19 a s formerly. —Miscellaneous.— It was iimmioii'd in the chairman's report that the small paddock adjoining Morley Street h:ul been'ploiighcd, and i hedge planted round the boundary fence.

Membeis afterwards paid a visit tfi the hospital and Old I'eople's Home, and inspected the annexe. The <|tiestion of admitting tuberculosis patient* from outside the Tai'anaki hospital district was discussed. Moiiilicrs were unanimous in agreeing thai Xcw Plymouth should not be inumlatod by tuberculosis patients from outside districts, and pass.il a resolution that tuberculosis patients from out. side the Tartinaki hospital district be not admitted.