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52. RAWENE HOSPITAL. Governing body : North Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Quarterly—December, March, June, September; Executive Committee, third Friday monthly. Secretary : Charles McKinnon. Stipendiary medical staff : S. W. E. Warneford, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Nursing staff : Matron, Mrs. Lones, and 1 probationer. Domestic staff : 1 housemaid, 1 porter and gardener. Number of beds available for males, 6 ; for females, 2 : total, 8. Average number of patients per diem, 2. Average number of patients to each of nursing staff, 1. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, 1 ; admitted during year, 34 ; discharged during year, 29 ; died during year, 5; in hospital on 31st March, 1909, 1. Sex—Male, 27 ; female, 8 : total, 35. Collective days' stay, 827 ; individual average days.' stay, 24 ; average daily cost per head, lis. 3d. ; average daily payment per head, Is. lOd. ; average daily cost per head after deducting in-patients' payments, 9s. sd. ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £2 2s. Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance-expenditure, 2-3. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Not furnished. Nationalities of patients : New Zealand, 27 ; Scotland, 2 ; Australia, 2 ; England, 2 ; Norway, 1 ; France, 1. The new Hospital was opened on the 3rd June. There is accommodation for twelve patients, and this should well meet the demands of the institution for some years. Mrs. Lones, an English-trained nurse, was appointed Matron on the resignation of Miss Johnston. 53. HAVELOCK HOSPITAL. Governing body : Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : First Wednesday in the month. Secretary : J. Blizzard. Stipendiary medical staff : Dr. Richard Bridgeman Williams, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Nursing staff : Mrs. E. Price, caretaker. Domestic staff : 1 housemaid. Number of beds available for males, 3 ; for females, 3 : total, 6. Average number of patients per diem, 1. Average number of patients to each of nursing staff, 1. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, 2 ; admitted during year, 25 ; discharged during year, 24 ; died during year, 1; in hospital on 31st March, 1909, 2. Sex—Male, 23 ; female, 4 : total, 27. Collective days' stay, 502 ; individual average days' stay, 18 ; average daily cost per head, 10s. ; average daily payment per head, Is. 4|d. ; average daily cost per head after deducting in-patients' payments, Bs. 7£d. ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £1. Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance-expenditure, 9. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Havelock district and Sounds. Visited sth May. There were no patients in. There is no qualified nurse here, as the Hospital was only intended to be used for accidents or emergencies ; during the year there have been five patients. This place should be used as an Old Men's Home for the Picton-Blenheim district.

54. TAUMARUNUI HOSPITAL. Governing body : Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department. Stipendiary medical staff : Agatha H. J. Adams-Monfries, M.8., 8.5., N.Z. Nursing staff : Matron, Miss Dora Gill, and 2 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 1 porter, and 1 gardener. Number of beds available for males, 4 ; for females, 2 : total, 6. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, nil; admitted during year, 3. In hospital on 31st March, 1909, 3. Sex—Male, 3. Collective days' stay, 48 ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £1 15s. This Government Hospital was opened for patients in January, 1909, and since that date many patients have been treated here, showing the need for a hospital in this district, the Hamilton Hospital being eighty miles away. The six beds provided, which were intended only for patients who could not be taken to Hamilton, have been continually full, and stretchers used in addition. Dr. Cairns was at first in charge, but shortly afterwards left the district, and Dr. Adams-Monfries was appointed Medical Officer. Miss Gill, Acting-matron at Dannevirke Hospital, was appointed Matron.