Thames Goldfields Hospital.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2982, 5 September 1878, Page 2

Thames Goldfields Hospital.

The usual 'monthly meeting of' the Committee of .this institution was held at the Salutation Hotel yesterday afternoon.

Present—Mr Ji Frater (President),' the Revs. J. T. Hinton, It; S. Bunn,PP r O'Beilly, S. J. Neill, Messrs T\ L.^Mur-" iuj, D. Miller, T. W. G,udgeon, M. Mulligan, J. McGowan, J. -ileushaw, L. Ehrenfried, J. Wilson, H. Mcllhone, A. Ankcn, and Hudson." \ ' , • ' minutes. The minutes of. the previous, meeting w ere read and confirmed. .• ' , house committee's bepobt. ' ' The report of the House Committee vms then read as follows:—" The com- 1 uiiuee for Augustt report that the monthly .".(•counts have bean examined andi passed for payment, and* that the arrangements nnh respect,to conducting, the management of the hospital are perfectly satisfactory.—Thos. Wayth Gudgeon. Chairman." ' X >l ' ! The report was adopted on -the motion of Mr Mcllhone.

hon". tbeasubeb's bepobt. '' '. The hon. Treasurer then read the monthly report as follows :—Receipts.~ Dr. To balance, £463 16s 9d ; subsfirip-' tions, £14. 2a; donations £3 lls 4d; patients' 'charges, £3 Is 6d—£J.B4 lls 7d: Expenditure : Cr. By salaries, £67 17s 3d ; maintenance, £31 6s 4d; medical com-' f0r..3, £1 Is 6d; drugs and appliances, £8 13s 6d ; p'riniing, advertising, and s'ta-! tionery, £1 16s 6d ; furniture,, 16s 8d ;! building and repairs, £5 10s 6d; commisr) sion, \L9s 6d ; miscellaneous expenses, 7s i(sd; cash balance, £13 .4s I lOd; bank !balance r £342 >i7s;6d-^£jlEi4 lls 7d. Lia-j Abilities. — To salaries. £56 -10s 6d; general 'account ;!ct')ri?erit;';£s4 Os id ; balance j =£245. 115..9d--£356. ; % 1 4d. '-Assets■* B$ icash'bal«hce;'£L3 '4s! Ito f bank balance^ 5£34"2 173,6d-4-£3o6 ; ,as^d.^ a ,x ,t >. :.' .■'.. | '< The report was adopted on the motion U'ihe:!&£&.x. ife,iu s .__;..^_;,:i:l:: j HOUSE SUE'GEON.'S: HEPOET-. ...- |.

The report of this officer was read as follows:—" Gentlemen, —The inclement; wis3ttr6rj^ej'h'a|fef endlnspdcia- &bsß| fpasfc! month* irssVincreased ti/e number'"bf ap-j plicants for »hoapit|ljj:re,lief beyond tliej usual'average. ftl'trust' the'speedy advent' •of spring,, bringing—with it milder ranged of temperature, will indicate an improve*! merit; in the publicibealth I bj!? K\t'ftl\ rin the average. There has been one'death to

record:—that-, of-a patientwho had suffered; for a long time from spinal debility, and I whose decease wasUusu'eiied-'inby a;'gene4 . ral breakdown of all the vital powersJ Zymotic diaease-^remained' 2', rdmitted: 2, discharged 3, died 1; constitutional—f admitted 1, remaining 1; local—Remained; 8, admitted 8, discharged 5, remaining' 11; violent—remained 8, admitted 2, dis-j charged 2, remaining 8. —remained; 18, admitted 13, lj remaining 20; .out-patients, 76.— F.! OTlaheett. L.R.C.5.1." ; • ■ j The report was adopted on the motionf of Mr Murray. * ':'/ : ?■■■"■■'"'■'■ -j :: FUNERAL COMMITTEE'S BbEOET. \ The Committee appointed <o enquire; .into the manner fof conducting-Hospital! l funerals submitted the following report:; —•' Your committee baring inquired into, the usual conduct of the funerals from the hospital by the coutractor, recommend that in future, where a patient has died, ' and has to be buried at the expense of the hospital, and without friends to assist in the interment, or in <he absence of such friends to render such assistance, that the dispenser be authorised, when such circumstances render it necessary, to the best of his judgment to employ two men to follow the corpse to the cemetery and assist the undertaker in bearing tbe body to the grave. We are of opinion that this, in addition .Ho the arrangements already made, is all that is necessary.— James McGowan, Chaibman:" i * The Rev. J. T. Hinton suggested that a fixed rule be laid down for payment of men attending funerals. Mr Uenshaw said it was sefdom these men would be required; os the deceased generally had some friends.. The dispenser was not bound to provide men in every funeral. With reference to state-, merits that had been made as to the difficulty of getting clergymen to officiate at Hospital funerals, he might mention that the committee had made enquiries, and had found this not to be the case. The report was then adopted. . HOUSE COMMITTEE. The following gentlemen were appointed House Committee,for the ensuing month : The Eeva. J. T. Hinton 1 and V. Lush; Messrs Gudgeon and Miller. . ' APOLOGIES. ' The absence of Messrs McCullough and Davies was apologised for! " lIOXOBARY MKDICAL STAFF. ' The Itev. J. T. Hinton said that at last meeting it was decided to elect Dr Gilbert on .the Lonorary medical staff when he

was registered as a duly qualified medical practitioner. He-moved that Dr Gilbert's name be added to the honorary medical staff. Mr Eenshaw seconded. Carried. This was all the business.