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The practice of Hospitals has been followed out, but every attention has been paid to the sanitary condition of the institution—the cleanliness of everything in the Wards and the daily inspection of all articles of diet. It is the neglect of these minute and apparently trivial matters of detail that swells up the list of fatal cases in most public hospitals. During the last six months, though I have had as many as eight and nine open wounds in the large male ward at one time, yet I have never had a single case of erysipelas or pyemia or any of those diseases which result from overcrowding and neglect of proper hygienic measures.
It remains with me now to acknowledge the unvarying kindness and support received from the Committee of Management of the Hospital and to express my warm personal thanks to Dr. Garland for the prompt and willing manner in which he has come forward on all occasions to assist me in consultations or operations.
H. Widenham Maunsell,
Surgeon-Superintendent.
Report of the Honorary Medical Officers
of the Hokitika Hospital for the half-year ending June 30th, 1870.
GENTLEMEN—We feel it unnecessary for us to enter into any detailed report of the working of the Hokitika Hospital during the past half-year, as we are satisfied that the arrangements and general routine of the institution so admirably commenced by Dr. Maunsell previous to our last report continue to be carried out by him.
At our last visit to the Hospital we were much pleased to find the sanitary arrangements so complete. The construction of the new bath-room and water-closet met with our entire approval.
At the close of the Committee’s first year of management we would beg to offer our congratulations on the success which has attended their efforts to maintain perfect efficiency with strict economy in the working of the institution. But before we close this report we would enter our protest against the present system of out-patient administration. Indiscriminate out-door relief, so long the bane of the profession and the public generally in the old country, has been introduced amongst us during the last few months, and its evil effects are already being felt. We cannot for a moment suppose that so useful a body of men as the Hokitika Hospital Committee have shown themselves to be, would intentionally commit the error of misdirecting public charity. We therefore confidently leave the matter in their hands, trusting their sense of justice will not permit the present state of matters to continue.
Francisco Rosetti, M.D.
T. H. Garland,
L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., and L.M., Edin.
Hokitika,
July 25th, 1870.
TREASURER’S STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1870.
RECEIPTS
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Government of Westland | 3368 | 8 | 4 |
| Subscriptions, viz:— | |||
| Hokitika District | 563 | 19 | 1 |
| Arahura | 405 | 1 | 10 |
| Kanieri | 333 | 4 | 9 |
| Paroa | 91 | 6 | 0 |
| Okarito | 53 | 18 | 6 |
| ----- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1447 | 10 | 2 | |
| Paying Patients, viz:— | |||
| Hokitika District | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| Arahura | 21 | 14 | 6 |
| Kanieri | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| Paroa | 26 | 14 | 0 |
| Okarito | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Totara | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| County (females) | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| ----- | ---- | ---- | |
| 140 | 12 | 6 | |
| Total Receipts | 4956 | 11 | 0 |
EXPENDITURE
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies paid | 3022 | 15 | 7 |
| Salaries | 1932 | 7 | 2 |
| Balance in Bank of New Zealand | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Total Expenditure | 4956 | 11 | 0 |
E. & O.E.—Hokitika, 21st July, 1870.
M. Cassius, Treasurer.
I have carefully examined the books and vouchers for the above period, and find this abstract to be correct.
W. D. Banks, Auditor.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 26
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🏥 Surgeon-Superintendent's Report on Hospital Practices
🏥 Health & Social WelfareHospital Practices, Sanitation, Surgical Procedures, Hygiene, Patient Care
- Dr. Garland, Assisted in consultations or operations
- H. Widenham Maunsell, Surgeon-Superintendent
🏥 Honorary Medical Officers' Report on Hokitika Hospital
🏥 Health & Social Welfare25 July 1870
Hospital Management, Sanitary Arrangements, Out-Patient Administration, Public Charity
- Francisco Rosetti, M.D.
- T. H. Garland, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., and L.M., Edin.
🏥 Treasurer’s Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Hokitika Hospital
🏥 Health & Social Welfare21 July 1870
Financial Statement, Receipts, Expenditure, Hospital Funding, Audit
- M. Cassius, Treasurer
- W. D. Banks, Auditor