MASTERTON HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4669, 14 March 1894, Page 2

MASTERTON HOSPITAL TRUSTEES.

The ordinary monthly meeting) of v theMasterton Hospital Trustees was-: ; held yesterday afternoon;: ia the : Borough Gounoil Chambers. ■ There'' were present Messrs J. C. Boidingtdn(Chairman), Kev. Father: MbKenna,'6, S. W. Dalrymple, and J. B. Keith. ''iamm:.--:ik.::-: : :. The minutes of the prevdHHH ing were read and qonfirmed^^^^S ■-.■'■■■■'. FINANCE. '..'.. . vv:£ : A credit balance of &lk was re«- ' | ported, the instrument, fund staridine ■" atf2so,lss'3d. : ; , -- : .., :'> ;V .- OOBRESPONDENOE.'-.<-. From the Paliiatua Count£pounv oil, eqplosing £lO for the f^spital funds; -.,:•!' ■■■"

; 'Mr Boddington kid. that : he had seen in the', report .of the-;Pahiatua County Council that complained been that patients sent'down from the bush had been refused admission, and that ihefe had been great difficulty :fflr the bush- settlers to obtain admission.. He had no recollection of anyone being fefußed: admission, and Jiß';wa3 certain no genuine case had been -'exclude!'' He had asked'tlie > Seoretary to prepare a list, showing the number of patients from the Bush doring the last year.';.. -.' .' ;

; Mr Sellar read the;returnj which showed that thirty-font non-pay- . ib'g - --patients and seven : paying patients had been admitted from Pahiittua, while from Eketahuna and the surrounding districts forty'nine non-paying audsix paying patients had been admitted,

I/Key, Father MoKenna moved,'that in acknowledging the"amount forI warded,'attention Bhould be oalled by: the'Seoretary to the'actual state of affairs, and that the remarks of tbd Council, as reported, were uncalled'' for. ■••.■.•'•

- Mr Buddington in seconding the motion, B»id that the Council should be asked whether they had any case in their mind. The hospital would soon ■ be full of mafingerers unless proper ■•' r supervision was exercised. -jßut. ho : properly certificated case was" ever - ' refused. This revenue from; the ".;!'■'.'. Council came about from the reoog- 1 " nition that accidents were frequent in the bush, and,that many oases were' "• treated in the Master'ton Hospital. : A Subscriptions'irbm that distriot were ■ few, and when Mi J. Vile was chair- : iM man of the CQunoilhe initiated 'tnlfPlH grant and expressed himself well sat- V iefied with tlin management' of the • ■ Hospital and the treatment of, inmates. ... XtM Tho motion was then carried-'•'•■Jl unanimously, ) 3'r ')1 .The Secretarvi said he had received :'m a reply-—thefirat far veara nmt,± ■; 1 from Langdale, subsoriptioDs ha^^^^^^^^BM see t^^^^^^^^^^l Mdington^^^^^^^H syptemon wbic^^^^^^^^^^^| was n^^^^^^^^^^^l the voluntary a^^^^^^^^^^| existence i hey wc^^^^^^^^^H a hospital rate h^^^^^^^^l also■ o^^^^^^^^^H at th^^^^^^^^H Wairaropa^^^^^^^^H desiri^^^^^^^^l Mr Boddington in or^^^^^^^^^M grant w^^^^^^^^^H to say^^^^^^^^^| careiully was a slight deficippa'perdonbtlfija;™ it would be made ifodUringlheyear; :i - £660 waa the estimated revenue,' ; ;; £68510 a the estimated expenditure, Mr E.Brown, Town Clerk,asked ■ =•' for a change of day for the Trustees'.' •. meeting, Bince inconvenience was caused on account of the Borough Council meeting on the same cfayii. • It was decided to hold the letter over . for consideration, * ■• VISITING MEMBEB.' •Mr W. H. Beetham was appointed visiting member for the ensuing month, ... mm, f The Hospital diary showed that, four males had been admitted during the month, seven male's and two females discharged leaving three male inmates at present, ACCOUNTS. The following acoounfs were passed for payment:-Messrs Johnson, £5 2e4d; 0. Hughes, i 3 6s i-H.Jone?, «* £l4s 8d; J. Wickens.il 6s 7d. « The Trustees then went into committee to consider patients accounts,