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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS X.—MENTAL HOSPITALS, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Number of Dfficers in each Class. Item. 1919-20. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID—continued. 1919-20. £ £ VOTE No. 26— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Grants in Aid, including— continued. Grant to Karitane Baby Hospital, Christchurch Grants towards Karitane-Harris Hospital Buildings, Dunedin Grant to Karitane-Harris Hospital, Wanganui Grant to Karitane Home, Dunedin Grant to Trustees of Knox Home for Incurables (Auckland) Grants and expenses in connection with the teaching of home nursing Grants for refuge work Grant to St. John Ambulance Association, towards expenses in connection with classes in first-aid ... Grants towards expenses of medical research work Maintenance of delirium tremens patients in general hospitals Maternity : Assistance in maternity cases Medical and nursing services in country districts Medical Associations' grants Mercury Bay Hospital Trustees (validating subsidy) New Zealand Nurses' Memorial Fund ... Otago University— Grant towards analytical laboratory ... Grant towards bacteriological laboratory for special services Grant towards pathological laboratory Medical bursaries Plunket nurses, grants for ... Promotion of the health of women and children Relief of indigent persons Salvation Army Prison Brigade work 500 1,250 350 750 500 500 2,500 150 500 150 1,000 500 600 200 200 100 1,000 100 800 4,900 300 100 900 18,852 Miscellaneous Charges, including— Allowance to Dr. R. H. Makgill for acting for six months as Chief Health Officer and InspectorGeneral of Hospitals Allowance to W. R. Blow, New Zealand Government Agent, Sydney, for special work performed Allowances to children's creches Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties ... Bacteriological laboratory ... Compassionate allowance to family of the late Dr. Pollen, Port Health Officer, who died of epidemic influenza contracted while on duty ... Compensation payable under the Public Health Act, 1908 75 50 250 100 3,500 250 Dangerous infectious diseases Expenses of Royal Commission on influenza epidemic Free treatment of Soldiers' Wives and Dependents... Grants to Hospital Boards in special districts to supplement subsidies Grant to G. P. Finlay, Mayor of Te Kuiti, to cover expenses incurred in connection with the temporary hospital at Te Kuiti during the epidemic Grant to Chief Health Officer towards expenses of obtaining a report on health matters abroad 100 1,000 1,500 1,000 5,000 20 200