The annual general meeting of the Hospital Aid Department of the Social Service Board of the B.W.A. took place on Tuesday afternoon at headquarters, with a good number present. Mrs. Gordon Mackie, Chairman of the Social Service Board, opened the meeting with a q few words of appreciation of the good work done by the department and then called upon Mrs, MacGillivray to take the chair, Mrs. MacGillivray spoke of the great need which existed for work of this kind, citing among other instances a district in Honan where there are but two doctors and two nurses to two million people. Miss Lambert of the C.M.S. Girls' School, Foochow, who has been attending the Chamber of Commerce Conference, said that it would have been impossible for the hospitals to have cared for the wounded soldiers in the recent fighting without the supplies received from this department. Miss Bolton of Kienningfu also voiced appreciation of this assistance. On account of illness Mrs. Gull was unable to be present.
In response to a suggestion contained in a letter read from Miss J. W. Robertson it was decided to extend the activities of this department to include visiting in hospitals in Shanghai and a committee was formed consisting of Mrs. Burton Sayer, Mrs. C. L. G. Wayne, Mrs. Teesdale and Mrs. MacGregor.
The officers who will direct the work of the department for the coming year are: Mrs. J. W. Dovey, chairman; Mrs. F. G. Hels-by, hon. secretary and treasurer, and a committee including Mrs. MacGregor, Mrs. Pratt and Mrs. Hanson. The report of the Hon. Treasurer for the past year, Mrs. R. T. Ryton showed receipts from the Social Service Board of $780, from donations $71.90 and from subscriptions $38,, a total of $889.90 from which $858.29 was expended for materials and sundries, leaving a balance in hand of $31.61. Mrs. Dovey read the report of the year's work which will be published later,
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