by admin | Jan 10, 2018 |
At a meeting of the Acting Committee held on the 11th day of December 1874 …….. The Dispenser reported that the police had on the 5th instant left the dead body of one Abraham Leitch in the Dead-house after violently forcing open the door thereof. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Sub Inspector requesting an explanation why the corpse was taken there and why violence was resorted to on the occasion. ………. At a meeting of the Acting Committee held on the 17th day of December 1874 …………. Read report of Senior Constable Luttrell received from Sub. Inspector Judge in reply to letter of the12th inst. Resolved that the inspector be informed that the report is not satisfactory, inasmuch as the Committee are not aware that any order to the effect stated was ever given by the Premier, and further that no explanation is offered why the police left the corpse in the dead-house without consulting the Dispenser who is in charge of the Institution. …………. At a meeting of the Acting Committee held on the 24th day of December 1874, ………… Read report in reply from Sub Inspector Judge. The Committee consider it is not satisfactory, no reason being given why the police took upon themselves to act without consulting the Dispenser; but as Mr. Judge has now left the District no further notice need to be taken of the matter; the police Magistrate having assured the Dispenser there will be no recurrence of a similar...
by admin | Mar 12, 2017 |
The Hospital Minutes, over 10 years, record various purchases and contracts, for supplies and services. Prices fluctuated with the economic situation and with seasonal variations in supply. CONVERSIONS: Length: 1 rod ? 5.02 m; 1 inch ? 2.54 cm Weight: 1Ton ? 1,016 kg. 1lb. (pound) ?454 gm; 1oz. (ounce) ?28.3 gm Volume: 1 Gallon ? 4.546 liters; 1 quart? 1.14 liters; 1 pint ? 0.57 liters Money: £1. (Pound) = $2; 1s. (Shilling) = 10c; 1d. (Penny) ? 0.83c; written £.s.d or s/d WAGES AND SALARIES: 1863 (Paid quarterly in arrears. Board & lodging worth 10s per week incl.,) All positions lived on site. Absence of more than 3 hours required permission. Resident Dispenser £100.0.0 per annum (medical supervisor) Matron. £50.0.0 per annum (housekeeper and maintenance of patients) Nurse. £26.0.0 per annum (female servant, care of patients) Gardener. £30.0.0 per annum (male servant, grounds and outdoor work) Messenger Boy. 8s per week (errands to the town, assistance as required) FOOD: Meat. (Per lb.) Prime Beef 2d; Soup and Gravy pieces 1½d; Mutton 3d; Beef legs 1d; Bread. 5½d per 2lb loaf: Arrowroot. 10d per lb.: Milk. 5d per quart: Pumpkins. £6 per ton; Red Wine 21s. per doz. Bottles CLOTHING: Blankets 10s a pair; Flannel shirts 4s/7d; Scotch twill shirts 4s; colored counterpane 4/6; Grey calico 72 in. piece (a sheet) 1s/11d; grey calico 34 in. piece (pillow slip) 11½d MISCELLANEOUS: Firewood. 5s. per 2 horse load: Funerals. Adults £2, children £1.10.0: Building Insurance 8s/£100 of cover: A small still 10s: Coal £5.4.0 per 5 ton load: Hay £1.15.0 per load: Sweep...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 |
Ipswich Hospital January 2nd 1866 The Secretary stated that the present meeting had been called in consequence of the sudden death of the Matron, on Saturday evening last. [Matron Raymond died of a fever (typhoid?) nursing patients during a fever epidemic] Resolved that the following Advertisement be inserted in “The Queensland Times” and the “Courier” for three issues each, also twice in the “Mercury” “Wanted immediately an experienced middle aged Lady, as Matron in the above Institution. The Applicant must be single or a widow without family. Application to be made by letter, enclosing Testimonials, addressed to the Committee, on or before Thursday 11th Instant.” Ipswich Hospital January 11th 1866 Minutes of the Meeting of the Acting Committee Present Col. Gray (in the chair) Messrs. Bell-Beazley-Tomkins-Taylor-Watkins-Kendall Revds. Moseley-Brun -Golding-Jenkins-Gorry-Rowlands-Gillespie The chief business of this afternoon was to select from the various applications, in answer to an Advertisement for a Matron for the Hospital, those who from their recommendations appeared suitable, in order that they might be requested to meet the Committee previous to an appointment being made. The following Applicants were selected; Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Doyle, The Sisters of Mercy, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Bainbrigge. Resolved that the above applicants be requested to meet the Committee. [The following letter appeared in the Queensland Times 2 days later, on the morning that the selection was to be made. A pseudonym is used as was common at that time, but the author must have been a Committee member or a close associate to respond so quickly] Queensland Times Saturday 13th January 1866 To the Editor of the Queensland...
by admin | Oct 16, 2016 |
BENEVOLENT ASYLUM: On the 1st January, 1864, there were thirteen inmates of the Benevolent Asylum, and between that date and the 31st December, eight were admitted – in all twenty-one. Of these, six were discharged, six died, and nine remain. The number of patients (hospital and benevolent) remaining on 1st January, 1864, 35 males and 3 females; admitted, 247 males and 46 females; discharged, 231 males and 41 females; died, 17 males and 4 females; remaining on 1st January, 1865, 34 males and 4 females. List of the diseases treated in the Ipswich Hospital during the year 1864, with the number of each: asthma, 2 encephalitis, 1 inflamoculi, 5 pericarditis, 1 ambustionies, 5 exostosis, 2 inflammatio pedis, 2 rheumatismus acutus, 6 amenorrhoea, 1 febris, 26 inflammatio auris, 1 rheumatismus diuturnys, 12 ascities, 2 fistula in ano, 1 inflammatio pulmonis, 1 scrofula, 1 bronchitis, 6 fractura radii, 2 insania, 2 syphilis, 12 bubo femoralis, 1 fractura ulnae, 1 injuria manus, 1 sarcoma, 5 caries, 2 fractura humeri, 2 injuria cruris, 1 stricture urethrae, 3 corneaitis, 4 fractura clavis, 4 injuria genu, 1 stricture intestine, 1 conjunctivitis, 1 fractura pubis, 1 injuria spinae, 1 scorbutus, 3 concussio oculi, 1 fractura scapulae, 1 injuria tarsi, 2 spermatorrhoae, 3 chancre, 1 fractura cranii, 2 morbus coxae, 1 tumor cerebelli, 1 catarrh, 3 fractura fibulae, 1 regius, 3 tumor maxillae inferioris, 1 cystis, 3 fractura tibiae, 6 morbus renalis, 1 vermes, 1 dysenteria, 9 fractura patellae, 1 morsus anguis, 2 ulcus, 16 diarrhoea, 5 fractura femoris, 1 ophthalmia, 5 vulnera varia, 5 dyspepsia, 2 granular conjuntivae, 4 paraphlegia, 1 vulnera abdominis, 1 diphtheria, 10...
