S.C. HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2727, 20 October 1894, Page 4

S.C. HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

The following was crowded out of our last issue:— The steward reported that the hot water service broke down during j the month. The large iron tank, in the tower being past repair; three galvanised iron ones had been built inside it, and coupled together, and being papked in sawdust the service was better than before. , Dr Hogg waited on the board to ask that, the , hospital ( be. supplied with a skjeletbn, for the of the nurses and for lecturing purposes. .Most , hospitals have one, and Dr McGregor in his laft report wan ted. to know if the nurses wpre certificated. They could not gain certificates without'some details of instruction for which a skeleton was necessary. A skeleton costs £8 or £lO in: London.—On the , motion of Messrs Moore and Coltman .it, ,was .resolved — “ jChat Dr Hpgg’s [ application to the board to procure .a akeleton be acceded to 1 , in, order that the nursing staff : .may have fuller opportunities of obtaining, instruction and of gaining certificates ”,* : and also—“ That in accordance with' .tfae recommendation of -Dr McGregor this board is of opinion that the nurses -and' probationers should be examined and certificated as well as taught, and that the staff be invited to co-operate in the matter.” As a result of a discuistqn on the state of the barracks, whicV were* reported to be quite full, it. was 5 resolved, oh the motion of Messrs Mooreand Gillingham —“That the chairman be requested to make provision for removing from the barracks any inmate whose friends are in Bf position to support him oqtsjde, or who jsfable tq earn' his own living outside with assistance from the board, in order that room may be found for other applicants who are absolutely destitute. [An old man named Wells wafted on tlje Board to ask for permanent assistance, he Wss oyer 6Q years of age, partially disabled; his yrife wife wfts disabled, and they had one child of 11 to keep. Two married sons were .qnable to help them. He was willing to do any work the hqaTd could give him. The phairiqan suggested thftt the applicant could dq a Uftlp lyork in the do,main, the groquds at the barracks being in good q^der.—Left to the ebafrmaq. Tfie matron at the barrack* applied for an assist apt, as the work had increased yery muph indeed—After a discussion iti was left fo the chairipap tq make some arrangement, most members admitting that the work had increased, and the secretary was strongly of opinion that assistance was necessary.

' Mr Moore ra!:"'! the of the board’s responsibility for boys and gins Warded qqt aftgr their boarding agrr- qmehts terminated at the age qf louffteef! years. It was not right to leave‘them then to their own devices. Steps should be taken whife they were still in the hd/jrd-B Jjaifdj* to get them apprenticed, or iti soma‘ other way ppt |u tjjfi p ( . learning a meaus of livelihood. 3 Mr Moore based his remarks ou the case of a boy who had bolted from the people with whom he had been boarded as soon as he became 14, and he refused to go back to them-—'The board agreed that they should exercise the same suppryisjoi) as the industrial schools, ijutjl the boysaqd gl-fjj are 21, Mr Hill asked if it was a fact that certain patients in the hospital were let off with a payment of £1 per week, while more was demanded from others.—The chairman said there was j2O .such arrangement, but if a patient could uoi pay tljo full amount ho was not pressed for the whole ; they took what they could get.—The steward said fie would not refuse £1 a week if the patient said he could not pay more, but he only gave a receipt for a payment on account. —Mr Hill thought they should give a clean receipt for £1 a week if a man could not pay more. Tho oases might be laid before a sub-committee of the board.—Thp chairman would be very glad if that were doue. —In reply to a question tho secretary stated that last year £203 was paid by 307 patiouts, an average of about 15s each, and this year the average would bo

very much less.—Mr Hill said he would bfve something more to say about this at the next meeting. j Accounts were passed for payment—for hospital, £183; for the charitable aid branch, £179. 6s 4d. ■ f These being ■ paid, there would be left a credit balance of £lsl 7s 6d.