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Dunstan Hospital. Medical staff, honorary : G. A. Morris, M.B, CM. ; Hugh Barr, M.B, Bach. Surg, D.P.H. ; J. Cowie Dick, M.B, Bach. Surg. Medical staff, stipendiary : John Galbraith Hyde, M.B, L.R.C.S. Matron : 0. Herdman, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Alexandra, 10 ; Dunedin, 8 ; Clyde, 7 ; Ophir, 2 ; Earnscleugh, 2 ; Ida Valley, 2 ; Lauder, 2 ; Roxburgh, 2 ; Watakanui, 1 ; Bald Hill Flat, 1 ; Mount Pisa, 1. Visited on 30th January, 1914. There were 6 patients in the institution—3 females and 3 males. The whole place was in excellent order, and very different from what it was on the occasion of my last visit. Maniototo Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : First Wednesday in each month. Chairman : Charles J. Inder. Secretary : H. Wilson. Public Health Inspector : K. Cameron, Dunedin. Institutions under Board's control : Naseby Hospital, and St. Bathans Cottage Hospital. Maniototo District Hospital Medical staff, stipendiary : C. 0. Lillie, M.B, M.R.C.S. Matron : A. M. Brawn, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Maniototo County, 123 ; Palmerston South, 1 ; Wilton, 1. Not visited. The number of acute medical and surgical cases now received at this Hospital is so small that it is principally used as a maternity hospital, and the Board has decided to use it as a training-school for midwifery nurses. Miss Brawn resigned the position of Matron, and Miss Annie Maclean was appointed. Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Thursday before second Friday in each month. Chairman : A. F. Hawke. Secretary : Thomas Pryde. Public Health Inspector : Ralph Bleakley, Invercargill. District Nurses : Alice Searell, R.N, Invercargill; Sarah Sommerville, R.N, R.M, Stewart Island. Institutions under Board's control : Southland Hospital, General, Gore Hospital, Wakatipu Hospital, Arrow Hospital, Kew Infectious-diseases Hospital, Lome Farm Home. Southland Hospital. Medical staff, honorary : A. F. Ritchie Crawford, M.B, Ch.B. ;W. Ewart, M.B, F.R.C.S.; R. H. Hogg, M.B, Ch.B, M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P. ;J. G. Mac Donald, M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P.; J. Hunter, M.D, CM. ; J. B. Sale, M.8.. Ch.B.; C. B. Snow, M.B, Ch.B. ;J. Young, M.D, CM. ; W. Stewart, M.B, Ch.B. ; J. Collins, M.B, Ch.B.; J. G. Crawford, M.B, Ch.B, F.R.C.S. ; J. A. Pottinger, M.B, F.R.C.S.; A. F. McCaw, M.B, Ch.B. ; Agnes A. Baird, M.B, Ch.B. Medical staff, stipendiary : W. J. Barclay, M.D, F.R.C.S, D.P.H. Matron : Jessie Ewart, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Invercargill, 328 ; Southland County, 362 ; Bluff, Stewart Island, and shipping, 57 ; Winton, 16 ; Wallace County, 16 ; Lake County, 16 ; Wyndham, 3 ; Otautau, 1 ; Gore, 2. The above was visited on 31st March. There were 57 patients in Hospital, a large portion being chronic cases. Since my last visit here considerable improvements have been effected, notably the provision of modern sanitary arrangements in place of the old earth-closets ; the drainage system has been thoroughly renovated. The floors of the new sanitary arrangements are of Farma, which shows no signs of cracking at. present, although the floors have been down eight months. A new X-ray plant has just been provided. The whole institution was in excellent order. Although the Nurses' Home was only erected some four years ago, there is not sufficient accommwdation for the staff. Four are sleeping in one room at the Nurses' Home, and two in the main block. Arrow Hospital. Medical staff, honorary : J. Bell Thomson, M.B, CM. Matron : Ellen Spring. Localities from whence patients came : Arrowtown, 31 ; Lake County, 30; Queenstown, 3. Visited on 30th January, 1914. There were 4 patients in the Hospital. The institution was in excellent order, the wards being very clean. Gore Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary : Joseph E. Rogers, M.D, CM. Matron : Madeline M. Smaill, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Southland County, 86 ; Gore, 54 ; Mataura, 34 ; Wyndham, 9 ; Roxburgh, 2 ; Invercargill, 2 ; Dunedin, 1 ; no address, 1 ; Mosgiel, 1.