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NEW PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 16 Admitted during the year ;.. ... ... ... 227 Total under treatment ... ... ... 243 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 211 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Remaining on 31st March, 1900 ... ... 18 Sex. —l6s males, 78 females. Localities from xvhich Patients came. —Taranaki County, 79 ; Hawera County, 27 ; Stratford County, 49 ; New Plymouth, 47 ; Clifton County, 29 ; other districts, 12. Nationality, —English, 62; Scotch, 12; Irish, 27; Colonial, 134; German, 3; Swedish, 3; Danish, 1; American, 1. Religion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 6,672 ; individual average days' stay, 2745. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 8-fd.; less patients' payments, ss. 9d. Outdoor Patients. —No record kept. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 962 18 5 Rations ... ... ... 305 16 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 629 12 3 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 18 5 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 385 15 4 Surgery and dispensary ... 199 18 6 Rents ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 139 18 3 Patients'payments ... ... 665 13 9 Bedding and clothing ... ... 53 19 2 Furniture and earthenware ... 155 18 3 Washing and laundry ... ... 133 510 Salaries and wages ... ... 887 3 5 Water-supply... ... ... 10 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 514 510 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 78 4 6 Interest ... ... ... 2 6 6 Insurance ... ... ... 20 7 6 Other expenses ... ... 134 10 2 Total ... ...£2,653 19 9j Total ... ...£2,653 19 9 Visited sth February.—Fourteen men and six women. The general conditions of this Hospital are fairly satisfactory, but reform of building and management of the Old-men's Home within the Hospital grounds is urgently required. A site ought to be chosen with 50 acres in the country.

OAMARU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1899 . . ... ... 17 Admitted during the year ... .. 0 ... ... 153 Total under treatment ... ... ... 170 Discharged ... ... ... . . ... ... 146 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Remaining on 31st March, 1900 .. ... 13 Sea;. —131 males, 39 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Oamaru town and district, Dunedin, and other places. Country. —England, 40; Scotland, 33; Ireland, 38; New Zealand, 46; Australia, 4; America and Continent of Europe, 9. Religion. —Church of England, 60; Roman Catholic, 40; Presbyterian, 58 ; Wesleyan and others, 12. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 4,257; individual average days' stay, 25-04. Daily average cost per head, ss. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 4Jd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 97 ; attendances, 685,

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