Waimate Hospital Board.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 107, 26 September 1901, Page 3

Waimate Hospital Board.

A meeting of t e Hospital Board was held yesterday . tuere being -present - : Messrs Sinclair jo mir) O’Connor, Atwill, -Inkster, Sthdhblm» and Douglas. Dr. Barclay was also in attendance. • a return of patients in the hospi hi showed 3 males and 7 females in a>< return ; J.l males and 4 females admitted during tile-mifnth ; 7 males and 6 females discharged, leaving 7 males and 5 females still under treatment.

The matron reported that during the month L2 had been paid. The rtport was adopted.

A letter was received fibth the Hori. W. J. Steward, stating , that ho woutyi proo fed with thfeT Separate Hospital Districtßilrthis ye u it possible. TheOoairman reported that a meeting of the Mayor, the Goairmaa of the County and himself had beeh.sammoned histi y,; and they draw up, in conjunction with the Coun.y So’icitor, a bill to meet the purpose. This was forwarded to the Hon. W. J. Steward. i A copy df the MU was raaff and approved by the meeting. The Chairman said he hoped the bill would pass, ka they would be great gainers. . Mr Studholme moved that the act‘6.l of the Chairman, in getting this bill drawn up, should bo approved. They wore ’pleased th<t the Chairman hkl acted so promptly. v The Chivrman i.vd the question of warming the wards was one that should be attended to. With Dr. Barclay and Ur. SyuiHg he had gone into the matter. Dr. Barclay explains 1 by means of a ‘iag-km, a gjocTstylu of.gratehe knew of. He recomm nded that th. y should make rnquiiie* as ’to where this grate was used and then got one on trial. It was decided to act oa this eugges- ■ tiori. - ’

Mr Stuf’holme - ported having visited the hospital, and ‘found e verything satisfactory. • Messrs O’CV-nnir and Inkster weio appointed Vidtdta for the month* Dr. Barclay reported that it was desirable to gut a regular supply of fish for the'hospital. .. , . A discUSs-ion followed and several member’s said that it was to be regretted that someone in Jho town had not energy enough to provide a regular supply for the town. .... ; . The Chairman stated that the Government had made an overcharge in their aucouht for: pdttihg dp the telephone service. The C erk bad written about it. bu*. io reply Jtiad bee A received Thru the instruments were very much out-ol-dafce, ai,d they sboulJ not pay thc account till good insfruin nts were put in. Accounts amounting to LBB 9s 91 were passed for payment, and the Board rose.