TARANAKI HOSPITAL BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8116, 22 May 1906, Page 2

TARANAKI HOSPITAL BOARD.

At Ihc monthly meeting of tlio Taranaki Hospital Board, there were present: Messrs G. Tisch (chairman), ft. Cock, C. Andrews, J. Brown, C. O'Sullivan, and McDonald.

Several charitable aid cases were dealt with.

The Nnrlh Canterbury Hospital Board as!<cil si;p;>urt in urging upon the Government' tin- necessity for ostablishi.i 0 ' n Stale ho no for incurables. The circular ;>ointed out that it was a nutter for the Government and not lor the different districts to undertake individually, for the very first hospital district tint set up such a home would be rushed by numbers of from other parts of the Colony. The Chairman said he had always been of 'opinion that tho State should establish limues for incurables, one in each island. Large numbers of incurablo pa'ients wero admitted to hospitals, and, al't 'r man / years, were draftod into the old people's homes, which were maintained for the aged and hale poor—n.it for incurables. He inoyed to the eIT c' that the Taranaki Board grants its hearty support to the proposal. Iu concluding his remarks Mr Tisch said that if all tho beds were to be taken up with incurables, what would becomo of the casual cases and accidents P

Mr McDonald seconded, and the motion was unanimously carried, Mr J. C. George, as trustee- for the estate of Mr J. "A. Maisey, wrote with reference to some rents paid to the Board and accepted by the Secretary as payment of the Board's claim against the estate, in tho face of an understanding that the Board would wait with other creditors until the estate could liquidate all liabilities.

Tho Board decided that as the Secretary had made all arrangements with Mr Maisey personally, and had apprised his agents and his solicitor, that his action had been straightforward and most busmcss-liko in securing payment of the Board's dues. The Chairman reported that Miss

Honeyfield had been appointed as nurse at the Hospital under arrangement with tie Government, who would pay £25 salary, pay £25 to the Board for her maintenance, and £3 for uniform annually. Nurse White had resigned her position, and the stuff had been re-organised in order to obviate the necessity for engaging another nurse at a high salary. He made some very complimentary remarks about the conduct, and ability of the Board's nursing staff, and particularly mentioned the excellent manner in which Miss O'Brien had managed the Hospital durin * the matron's absence recently on a holiday. He.moved, " That this Board conyey to Miss O'Brien their appreciation of the manner m which she has discharged her da ies as head nurse, and have pleasure in asking her to accept an additional £l2 per annum to her salary." making it £67 per annum.

The motion was seconded by Mr McDonald, aud carried.

The Chairman's motion to increase tho salaries of Nurses Trask, Bayly, and Crozier, third year probationers, from £2B to £35 per annum, was carried.

Mr A. W. Ogle, of Waitara, wrote asking for an increase of 2s a week to the 5s weekly grant to "Alex the Greek," as tho old fellow could hardly make both ends meet.—The Board decided that it could not grant any additional aid, but would admit the recipient to tho Old People's Homo.