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ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, WELLINGTON. Governing body : Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department. Stipendiary medical staff : Agnes E. L. Bennett, M.8., M.S. Edin. Nursing staff : Matron, Miss E. B. Brown, and 1 registered nrdwife and 8 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 2 housemaids, 1 laundress, 1 gardener (part time). Number of beds (available for females only), 16. Average number of patients per diem, I\. Average number of patients to each of nursing staff, 0-7. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, 8 ; admitted during year, 163 ; discharged during year, 157 ; died during year, 2 ; in hospital on 31st March, 1909, 12 ; collective days' stay, 2,768 ; individual average days' stay, 16 ; average daily cost per head, 9s. 6d. ; average daily payment per head, 3s. Bd.; average daily cost per head after deducting in-patients' payments, ss. lOd. ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £1 10s. Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance-expenditure, 6. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Wellington, Hutt, Paraparaumu, Pahautanui, Pahiatua, Te Horo, Khandallah, Portland Island, Picton. Nationalities of patients : British, Australian, New-Zealanders, German, and South-African. Number of out-patients treated during year, 69 ; number of attendances of such out-patients, 703. Result of confinements :—lndoor cases —male infants, 77 ; female infants,sB9 ; stillbirths, 2': total, 168 : infants' deaths, nil. Outdoor cases —male infants, 38 ; female infants, 30 ; stillbirths, 4 : total, 72 : infants' deaths, nil. For notes on this Hospital, which is administered by the Department, see the Assistant Inspector's report, p. 11, and the Inspector-General's remarks, p. 7. ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, CHRISTCHURCH. Governing body : Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department. Stipendiary medical staff : William Irving, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.B. Cantab. ; Eleanor S. Baker, M.8., B.S. N.Z. Nursing staff : Matron, Miss Helen C. Inglis, and 1 registered nurses and 9 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 1 housemaid, 1 laundress, 1 gardener (part time). Number of beds (available for females only), 18. Average number of patients per diem, 10. Average number of patients to each of nursing staff, o'9. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, 11 ; admitted during year, 222; discharged during year, 226 ; died during year, 1; in hospital on 31st March, 1909, 6 ; collective days' stay, 3,843 ; individual average days' stay, 16 ; average daily cost per head, 6s. 6d. ; average daily payment per head, 3s. Bd. ; average daily cost per head after deducting in-patients' payments, 2s. lOd. ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £1 10s. Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance-expenditure, 6-6. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Christchurch, 151 ; Selwyn County, 51 ; Ashley County, 12 ; Ashburton County, 6 ; Amuri County, 7 ; Banks Peninsula, 6. Nationalities of patients : A large number were recent immigrants from North of England and South of Scotland. Number of out-patients treated during year, 92 ; number of attendances of such out-patients, 1,035. Result of confinements : —lndoor cases —male infants, 104 ; female infants, 114 ; stillbirths, 5 : total, 223 : infants' deaths, 4. Outdoor cases —male infants, 51 ; female infants, 42 ; stillbirths, 3 : total, 96 : infants' deaths, 3. For notes in this Hospital, which is administered by the Department, see the Assistant Inspector's report, p. 12, and the Inspector-General's remarks, p. 7. ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, DUNEDIN. Governing body : Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department. Stipendiary medical staff : Miss Emily H. Seideberg, M.8., Ch.B. N.Z., L.R.C.P. Ireland. Nursing staff : Matron, Alice H. Holford and 1 registered midwife and 8 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 1 housemaid, 1 laundress, 1 gardener (part time). Number of beds (available for females only), 16. Average number of patients per diem, BJ. Average number of patients to each of nursing staff, 0-8. In-patients : Number of patients on 31st March, 1908, 7 ; admitted during year, 204 ; discharged during year, 202 ; in hospital on 31st March, 1909, 9 ; collective days' stay, 3,108 ; individual average days' stay, 15 ; average daily cost per head, 7s. IOJd. ; average daily payment per head, 4s. 3d. ; average daily cost per head after deducting in-patients' payments, 3s. 7£d. ; weekly fee charged for maintenance, £1 10s. Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance-expenditure, 6-9.