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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. General Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. I neome. £ s. (1. £ g. d. To Bacteriological Laboratory Service .. .. .. 6,491 19 8 By Sera .. .. .. .. 525 16 8 Departmental Institutions— Contributions by local bodies towards St. Helens Maternity Hospital— E B. d. Health inspection services .. 13,929 19 9 Auckland .. .. .. 10,970 5 8 Registration and oilier Gisbome .. .. .. 2.679 12 7 fees— £ s. d. \\'anganui .. .. .. 2,516 12 1 Private-hospital license Wellington .. .. .. 7,453 8 1 fees .. .. 523 18 0 Christehurch .. .. .. 3,901 15 8 I lisirict-nursing fees .. 66 0 0 Dunedin .. .. .. 2,814 11 8 Medical - practitioners Invercargill .. .. .. 3.160 12 10 registration fees .. 275 5 0 King George V Orthopaedic and Masseurs registration General Hospital, Rotorua .. 17,413 9 8 and examination fees 45 18 6 Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer .. 16,313 411 Nurses and midwives Otaki Hospital .. .. .. 18 10 3 registration and exInfectious Diseases Hospital, Rotorua amination fee« .. 914 8 6 (closed) .. .. .. 506 18 1 Plumbers registration Pukeora Sanatorium for Consump- and examination fees 812 2 6 tives, Waipukurau .. .. 8,561 15 3 Opticians Act —RegisLeper Hospital, Quail Island (closed) 246 2 3 tration and examinaOtaki Sanatorium for Consumptives 2,720 11 7 tion fees .. .. 320 6 6 Rotorua Cottage Hospital (closed) .. 110 8 0 Cemeteries Act .. 21 0 6 Trentham Hospital (closed) .. 77 17 3 2,977 19 6 79,465 15 10 Health ActSubsidies to Hospital Boards and sepa- Bills of health fees .. .. 23 0 0 rate institutions— On levies bv local bodies for capital purposes " .. .. .. 85,874 1 7 On levies by local bodies for maintenance purposes .. .. .. 603,928 4 1 Voluntary contributions .. .. 12,911 1 2 Bequests .. .. .. 2,158 16 6 704,872 3 4 Grants in aid of medical and social relief— Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, and Women's National Reserve .. 26,456 1 11 University of Otago and medical research .. .. .. 1,252 19 2 Other grants in aid of medical and social relief .. .. .. 2,243 2 0 Relief of indigent persons .. .. 4,065 11 3 34,017 14 4 Sundry small grants .. .. .. .. 1,036 18 9 School hygiene .. .. .. .. .. 21,436 11 2 Dental hygiene .. .. .. .. .. 51,137 0 4 Maori hygiene .. .. .. .. .. 10,487 2 9 Maternal welfare : Ante-natal clinics, &c. .. .. 653 16 8 Dangerous Drugs Act .. .. .. .. 1 19 6 Health Act expenses — £ s. d. Board of Health expenses .. .. 56 16 7 Infectious diseases (expenses of preventive measures ancl in connection witli outbreaks) .. .. 734 1 2 Fees for notification of infectious disease .. .. .. 833 3 6 Inspection of vessels (including medical fees and launch-hire) .. 2,614 2 5 Quarantine expenses (maintenance of stations) .. .. .. 741 15 10 Other Health Act expenses .. 1,763 14 7 6,743 14 1 Social Hygiene Act (maintenance of V.D. clinics, including payments for treatments, &c.) .. .. 117 10 9 Sale of Food and Drugs Act .. .. .. 487 4 3 Medical Practitioners Act (expenses of Medical Board, &e.) .. .. .. .. .. 215 11 5 Masseurs Registration Act (examination expenses) .. 102 8 6 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act (examination expenses) .. .. .. .. .. 1,397 8 1 Opticians Act .. .. .. .. .. 231 13 4 Plumbers Registration Act (examination expenses. &c.) 808 17 11 Transfer and maintenance of New Zealand lepers at Makogai .. .. .. .. .. 690 13 1 General administration — £ 8. d. Salaries and temporary assistance .. 54,402 l!> :s Travelling, transfer, and removal expenses .. .. .. 7,831 9 5 Office expenses (rent, telephone, postages, telegrams, and printing and stationery, *c) . .. 7,198 7 8 Law-costs ' .. .. .. 76 6 7 Carried forward .. .. 69,599 211 920,396 39 I Carried forward .. .. 17,456 15 11

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