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8.—3

Admitted during 1898.

Discharges in 1898.

Numbers of 1897 and 1898 compared.

No. 3. MEDICAL OFFICERS' REPORTS. Auckland. Sib,— Auckland, 31st May, 1899. My report for the year ending the 31st March, 1899, in reference to the health of the children belonging to the Auckland Industrial School may be very brief. There has been no very serious illness, except one case in an infant who died from gastric disease, probably caused by the want of his mother's milk—the too-frequent fate of illegitimate children.

rOVi ji-mnent Bel OOli m\h. Pri ivate i iooi :s. loo; 8. Admitted Auckland. Burnham. Cavershan, l≥... I ■ St Ne¥s a o r n V ' S ' |l _li B. G. G. B. G. B. G B. G. B. j G. G. I n I 1 ,s destitute begging .. lS vagrant .. iS living in disreputable places lS uncontrollable is accused or guilty of punishable offences 5y arrangement Jnder " Infant Life Protection Act, 1896 " 8 3 6 2 1 1 6 3 3 1 29 8 1 3 1 1 16 5 1 11 12 1 5 3 2 3 '" I 9 I 8 "■ 4 9 *2 3 1 2 4 5 42 8 10 4 61 45 1 6 26 2 3 87 1 14 36 6 64 1 3 4 1 14 2 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 " # t 1 , 10 15 43 15 33 I 18 i'l 9 ' 12 ! 12 26 j I 12 18 126 21 Totals .. . I 15 a 84 10 210

Govei •nment Schoi .is. Privi ite Sol [OOlS. All School Is. Bemoved by Auckland. Burnham. Caversham. St. Mary's, Auckland. I St. Mary's, Nelson. B. G. B. G. G. B. G. ! H 3 I o H Ii. G. B, G. Warrant of discharge Death .. To Costley Institute Beached age of twenty-one years .. Marriage 4 1 5 10 66 3 14 1 8 1 1 88 23 i 2 • .. I 6 .. ! 1 7 7~ 2 43 2 2 45 a 8 2 150 3 5 4 68 2 14 3 218 5 5 18 3 Totals 10 10 68 24 39 1 ' T 29 10 162 24' 82 244

Inmates. 1897. 1898. Increase or Decrease. In the schools Boarded out With friends At service In hospital .. In lunatic asylum In gaol In Blind Asylum, Auckland At Gostley Institute In refuge or cognate institution Absent without leave a • 581 396 119 439 3 3 2 1 2 22 20 573 414 97 412 3 8 g + 18 - 22 - 27 - 2 1 3 25 23 + I . / + 3 + 3 Totals 1,588 1,554 - 34