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It was found that Mr. Crosswaites, who, with his wife, his
been acting as caretakers under the old scheme, and was
responsible for keeping the grounds in order, was, throng
advanced bronchitis, quite unable to carry out any duties, and
therefore arrangements had to be made for the temporary stoke
doing duty at Clipstone House, to divide his time between
Clipstone House and Dockwell Hospital.
There is a considerable amount to be done in, the grounds
together with the necessary filling of coal bunkers, emptying
and filling earth closets, and various odds and ends which
arise in such an Institution.
Mrs. Crosswaites has been retained, and is doing excellently
as cook to the Institution, attending to the gate, and relieving
the cleaner in the wards during her time off.
Readjustments of the remuneration for their service has
been made on the basis of the inability of the husband and lie
extra duties carried out by Mrs. Crosswaites.
I also wish to place on record our thanks to those was
generously contributed to provide toys and other things for the
children at Christmas.
They had quite a happy little time with a well covered
Christmas Tree on Christmas Day, and also another on Net
Year's Day.
Figures with regard to the cost of opening and equipping,
and with regard to the running expenses, will be reported to
the Committee at the meeting on Monday evening, 13th January,
1930."
In all 52 bacterial cases were dealt with, but these were not
returned to the Ministry as cases of diphtheria. With these, the
total number dealt with for the year was 422, and the following
table shows the distribution in, their various wards, and the months
in which they occurred, which are also shown on the graph.