REEFTON HOSPITAL, ANNUAL REPORT.

Inangahua Times, 3 April 1878, Page 2

REEFTON HOSPITAL, ANNUAL REPORT.

;' T'hp ConnnitlocM Annual- Uoport for tho, yonr ondod lull Murch, 1 87H, prosoutod' 10, tho SuliHoribqra. on, Monday, tho Ist pril, M7B< , Go:itl(!mon,-~Tn profipntinß our an mini roport to, tho subscribers* wo. nro hnppy to stnto that tho ail'iuv* ot' tho, institution aro in ft tolerably satisfactory, condition, .notwithstanding, thp inpronsod'numbor of pntiem>, which have been treated' (luring tho yonr, and also thq incronso of salaries as compnrod with. v proviqus. years.. During. l;ho pnst your it was found nocossnry to oroot a, now Mprguc.at n coat of £80 r this item has also added considerably to tho yonr's expenditure. A roforoneo to tho doctor's report w.jlt also show that sirong rocommondntiotjn havo from.tiino to time .boon made to erect anew ward ;, tho 'committee fooling tliat nnoh niv addition is absolutely mjeoswitiy liad pirns, and. ,Hpooi.fioo1io«B pivprirod and tondora wcro (invited, tho Inwnst tfciifj'i* rouoiv^d was Mhat of Mr UlmrloH OWu-lfor at .£2B2 l -10.i, tho. amount boi'Jj? oousidorod ronsonablo .wp.-.hnvr nrrnnßed to nocopt Mr Crolicr'H, tendvr Ru!ij'?ot, howovor, to tho. np-provn) ipflhU in,potinp. It will,, ihorcforo, bo ,'mulorstood" by,, the innomin^, comn>iU«o 'that they nmsjt ncpept! tho. respond bility ■;of tho 01'oo.tion of ♦,]»<? now ward. Dkirinf? 'tlic pnat y«ar a (ailing ofFrin tho wubsrip* lions from .tho county district k vory p,o.r« 'icoptihlo, and Homo sy.stoni of canvass will I'lmvp to bo. adopted othor, tlmn that, now in voguo. Tho dulioj of Hocrelary haw hitherto boon, fulfilled in, mi honorary capacity, but tho nmounkof. clerical world now. rcq,yirod to bo perfoniiQd is mor.o .tlinn oould bo oxpootodito bo eflieicntly enrriodout by. an lyonofnty, Hoorctnry. Tho oommittoe thoroforo thin,b that n, salaried socrotnry should bo appointed, nnd it ; ! would bo for the now committee to nrranp;o iiwhat salary it could lafford. Tho (jovorar tnont subsidies hovo boon drawn from tho 'County Council last. yonr, it i»> not at nil iraproboblo that tho »iow, oommifctoo will bo nslcod to carry. on tho mninlooanco of tho. Hospital without, any, subsidy, or 'othorwiso to hand ovor tlio management of tho Institution to tho County Council. Tho stock of. smrgioal instrur i'montsin hand, a^ noaplyall tho roquireImentH nro suljlxjiont foir prosont purposos, '•nnd tho committeo hayo much ploasuro in I'teßtifying to tho .fjonoral oflicioncy of tho ■'institution* and- tho enroful and skilful 'itrcatraont of tho.pationts by tho medical ioflfyor, Dr Mnrlin, whoso report, as also ,;lhat of tho .troaquvorjaro; hovoto attached'!. ''Diirjnß.lho past twolto months tho oonv tmittoo hcld<n.i,netoonj mootings th<? nttonBlanco boincj ns.follon|fl :— : Wise,. 10 •; Rayfodd, 10 ; M'Lqan, 15 ; .|Oxloy, 12 j Ailton, lfy Connolly, 11 ; Til. lirolt, 10,; Williams, 8 ; lironnaiij 8.; ; Byrno, C; Bamoay, tf; Cnrrorns, 1. WiMiiAM- M'LnA^, •; ' Hon, Soci'otary. ;' Jtcofton, l«t April, 1878. r ; Mkihoal , Opfickii's ; RnponT • foe (ho ji yonr ondiiiß 31-st Mnroh, 1878. Tittients vomaining iiv Hospital on April lpt, 1878- 7 Patients admitted during yonr ending 3,istMavoh»lß7B ; ... , 55 Total troatod: ... ... G2 Patients discharged curod and ro« lieved .... .... ... ... 48 Pntionts died i ... ... .., ... 4 i.Patients remaining in ll'pspital 31st March, 1378 .... ... ... 10 Tolnb ... ... ... 02 Tho largest, number, of pntionts. under treatment at one iimp was 11 i andi th<j Nmallost number, 8.; Tlio admission^ into Uiq, Hospital eneh: month woro ns follows :— April, 2j May, B.j,Jpo, 3; July, 5, j August, 6-.:.Scptein ;

her, ;] ; pftWWr.fi; Niombor, if^ -J»<" o^lv^n",; Jaimit^T 8.; Fobrunry^l i March, 9i Tho number, oft onf. pniicnts frcatod'TOns 17; admitted during tho, following, months —April, I 1 ; Juno, 2>;..1u1y, 2-; : AitRUNt, 1,; Soptcmbor, 2; ; ()i!tobor, 1,; I>ecembor,,l ; January, 3>; March, 'k Tbo- following list shows, tbo. districta from ; whjch thq patients, wero admitted.— Roofton, 2O'jj Doatm(in's» v ls-;. Murray Creole, 7,-, Black's Point, 6;; Inmigahuo (nullor) .T; Orushington, 2;■ Ajnx, 2; Grey Road, 2,.;, Caraboo, 1 ;. No Town, 1 ; Maori Gully, !>;, Anj.onip l>f,, 1; Soldior's Gully, L. Tbo difloivnt occupations, or trades o« patients worc-i-Mincra, -M;, laborers, 3; butchers, 3;: farmer r, 2.; carpontexs, 2; under pro, 2.;. .jeweller, 1; storeman, 1; hakor,, I\\, obpmjsl;,. I{, coutMQtor, 1; wnitcr, I, Tho difForcnt nntionaHtios of pntiontH. woro— lreland* 20,; England, lft.; ; Sootlfind» 0; % Now, Zealand, 5; Victoria, 3; ; Tasmania, 1,; Sweden, 1 ; Donmarlc, 1,;, FrHiino, l<sv Aji^tria,, 1};, fy»ly,. 1 ;. nnd Hclifiioiis denominations of patients— Chufoh of En^lnnd, 22.; Uomau.Oittholio, 1!); 12; Wcsloyan, 5; Lutiieran, 2-; Independent, li». Groek Church, l\ Comparative. n«os. of, tho. pnlionts— Ifrow one to ton, 2>; olovon to twonty, 2; twenty Mono to thirty, "M,; thirty«ono to forty, 21 ; fortyfono to fifty, 15 ; fifiyono to sixty, 4 ; sixtyonn to seventy, lv Avnrapo stny in Hospital of each pntionl— 3s*B days. Two. of, tbo 'death. cases wcrp only ndmilled a. few hours beforo! dnatli, nnd do not onio.r into tbo cftlculution lor. rajoof mortality, twenly^four houro. after ad. mission loing Ibo pro-scribcit timo for. on* lorinfl.thein as ilpfpital. patients., Mkiuoat. Ovv orrs' llrp.oiit. Oentlemon,— li) placing boforo you my o^ioond annual report, I boa; to lender my warmest, thanks .for your hoatty co-opera-tion in all. mattcM connooteil with tho manaßemi'nt of. tbo above institution. Tboro is only ono tbiuK loft u\idono wJiicli ought to.havo bceudouc, wo should have had anothor ward by this timp. I> havo monli^nod it to ypa, several tinios before this, but I.would.boft n^ain.lo romind.you. of it, so that you. m:iy tulco. tho present 'favorablo opportunity— your annual meet« inpf— of bmiKintf the matter prpm.inontly, bolbrb tho public. A gonernl hospitul with only ono compartment is-, porfoelly incon^istpnt with.tho proper treat nwnt ol disenne. A lios in.lho corner jaundiced, and' hick nt ibc ni^ht of nnytlnnj; dinnnm:onblo, but especially «t 13 who lies next him tiufturipu .Jt'rom, porjyi?' 1 . ft . jtlozen pn.Uiod sores. C next uv turn, has ti fractured, tbiuh, nnd, is. fixovl wiMiont tho power of niQVoinein,, hg is free iVom pniii, and Cjin« ,fort»blo were it not for his close proumily, to .1) who is- uuf{VrinK lr,)in,dcliriitn>, tremens, and in hi? wild, delirium mistaking him for somv imaginary evjl spirit thrgatens I bim,,with immodiato ostorminr.tjon., Npx}i,ls lio,s in a hißh stale of lover, his. dying yroana.oastin^ nloom,, nnd fear nil around, Ac. I, need, not picture it furlhor, Suppoaq wo had only two pntionts I wpul.d insist on your, giving us anotliQC word, it njjght so happen, that tboso two patigutn could^nofc bo put with proprioty in ,onQ. roon^ Byt in- .tho mcanf tirao I, havo ton patiouta,hnddlott togothor in tbo o,yo rpom % 1(> so ,happo,ns t|iat no harm .is likoly to onauo from, tbo^o oases ■presently- on.,hand being put together in one room, furthor than tbo risk of ovprcrovrdi.ng, but it, is soldom .indcod wp havo ton suyh eases. Seeing thorolbro, the necessity for incroascd aocomdation I hope no time will bo lost in tlo cxciiu,tion of tuc samo. Warmly thanking ypu again foi ypuf.kjud naaistanco. I,nm, yonr'a truly,, ItoRRUT Mautin, Medical Oißjcr. ' Hecflou, Ist April, IS7S.