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WAIMATB HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 15 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 142 Total under treatment ... ... ... 157 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 .., ... 11 Sex. —lo3 males, 54 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Waimate County. Country. —England, 20 ; Scotland, 7 ; Ireland, 21; New Zealand, 98 ; Australia, 9; India, 1; Mauritius, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 3,009 ; individual average days' stay, 1916. Daily average cost per head, 7s. lOfd.; less patients' payments, 7s. 4d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 70; attendances, 206. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 609 6 9 Rations ... ... ... 184 16 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 603 5 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 14 3 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 190 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 85 0 7 Patients' payments ... ... 83 9 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 93 19 7 Other sources ... ... ... 11 7 7 Bedding and clothing ... ... 36 211 Furniture and earthenware ... 18 1 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 517 13 3 Funerals ... ... ... 2 15 0 New buildings ... ... ... 36 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 19 7 5 Interest ... ... ... 300 Insurance ... .. ... 13 9 0 Other expenses... ... ... 164 19 10 Total .. £1,308 18 4 Total ... £1,189 8 10 Visited 25th March.—Clean and cheerful.

WAIPAWA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... . . 37 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 347 Total under treatment ... ... ... 384 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 339 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 29 Sex. —274 males, 110 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Bush, 113 ; Te Aute, 18; Kaikora, 12; Coast, 15 ; Waipukurau, 38; Dannevirke, 58 ; Woodville, 10; Wellington, 2 ; Porangahau, 18 ; Hastings, 12 ; Makaretu, 26; Napier, 11; Waipawa, 33; Weber, 14; Feildmg, 1; Wairoa, 1; Palmerston, 2. Country.— England, 90 ; New Zealand, 156 ; Denmark, 14; Sweden, 13 ; Norway, 16; Scotland, 20; Ireland, 42 ; Australia, 16 ; Newfoundland, 2; Prussia, 1; Arabia, 1; Wales, 3 ; Saxony, 1; Channel Islands, 3; Tasmania, 2 ; America, 2 ; not known, 1; born at sea, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 182; Roman Catholic, 64; Lutheran, 37 ; Presbyterian, 48 ; Wesleyan, 18; not known, 1; nil, 10; Methodist, 7 ; Plymouth Brethren, 4; Salvationist, 9;' Freethinker, 1 ; Baptist, 3. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 10,804 ; individual average days' stay, 28-13. Daily average cost per head, ss. 6d. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 10d.