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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. General Revenue Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Bacteriological Laboratory Service: Net cost .. 4,007 5 1 Sera: Net profit on working .. .. .. 278 4 6 Hostel for dental trainees . . .. .. 136 18 4 Contributions by local bodies towards inspection Departmental Institutions: Net services .. .. .. .. .. 11,817 210 cost as per income and Registration and other fees— £ s. d. expenditure accounts — Private hospital license fees .. 601 10 0 St. Helens Maternity Hospital— £ s. d. Medical practitioners £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 8,878 7 8 registration fees .. 825 11 3 Wellington .. .. 8,857 3 7 Less fees paid in Christohurch .. .. 4,966 11 10 advance .. 453 15 11 Dunedin .. .. .. 2,406 3 3 371 15 4 Invercargill .. .. 3,320 11 2 Masseurs registration and examiQueen Mary Hospital, Hanmer 14,018 12 8 nation fees .. .. 231 1 0 42,447 10 2 Nurses and midwives registration Subsidies to Hospital Boards and separate insti- and examination fees .. 1,114 10 6 tutions .. .. .. .. .. 714,770 19 5 Plumbers registration and examiGrants in aid of Medical and Social nation fees .. .. 604 2 6 Belief — Opticians Act registration and Royal New Zealand Society for examination fees .. .. 257 5 0 the Health of Women and £ s. d. Cemeteries Act .. .. 13 12 0 Children .. .. .. 22,683 1 7 Health Act: Bills of health fees 25 5 0 Women's Division, New Zealand Poisons Act .. .. .. 150 12 0 Farmers' Union .. .. 150 0 0 3,369 13 4 University of Otago and Medical Miscellaneous income .. .. .. 83 9 10 Research .. .. 105 19 0 Interest on public moneys .. .. .. 86 4 0 Other grants in aid of medical Excess of income over expenditure, King George and social relief .. .. 3,108 6 8 V Hospital, Rotorua .. .. .. 19 11 0 Relief of indigent persons, in- Balance carried down (being excess of Expenditure eluding hospital treatment for over Income) .. .. .. .. 955,560 8 7 immigrants .. . . 129 13 9 Christmas bonus for outdoor relief recipients .. .. 3,346 15 0 29,523 16 0 Sundry grants to Hospital Boards . . .. 350 0 0 Sundry small grants .. . . .. 395 17 0 School hygiene: Net cost .. .. .. 19,198 12 7 Dental hygiene : Net cost (excluding Dental Hostel) 58,605 17 1 Maori hygiene: Net cost .. .. .. 12,880 510 Maternal welfare— £ s. d. Ante-natal clinics, &c. : Net cost 216 7 5 Committee of inquiry into maternity services .. 77 19 2 294 6 7 Cemeteries Act: Expenses .. . . .. 47 14 0 Dangerous Drugs Act: Net cost* .. .. 7 6 5 Health Act expenses : Net cost — £ s. d. Board of Health expenses .. 168 8 10 Infectious diseases (expenses of preventive measures and in connection with outbreaks) . . 1,080 0 5 Pees for notification of infectious disease .. .. .. 288 5 0 Inspection of vessels (including medical fees and launch-hire) 2,141 6 2 Quarantine expenses (maintenance of stations) .. .. 562 18 0 Other Health Act expenses .. 4,479 10 7 8,720 9 0 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act: Private hospitals, licensing expenses of .. .. 5112 0 Poisons Act expenses .. .. .. 339 1 6 Social Hygiene Act: Maintenance of V.D. clinics, including payments for treatment, &c. .. 83 5 3 Sale of Food and Drugs Act: Net cost* .. 604 19 0 Medical Practitioners Act: Expenses of Medical Board, &c. .. .. .. .. 386 8 1 Masseurs Registration Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. .. .. .. 127 18 11 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act: Examination expenses .. .. .. .. 1,806 0 2 Opticians Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. 288 10 2 Plumbers Registration Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. .. .. .. 675 19 2 Transfer and maintenance N.Z. lepers at Makogai 377 17 10 General administration — £ s. d. Salaries and temporary assistance 52,390 14 6 Travelling, transfer, and removal expenses .. .. 5,278 0 1 Office expenses (rent, telephone, postage and telegrams, printing and stationery, &c.) .. 7,909 7 8 Bad debts other than institutional 0 15 10 Law-costs .. .. .. 12 16 10 Carried forward .. .. 65,591 14 11 896,587 19 7 Carried forward .. .. .. 971,214 14 1

* Do not include any portion of fines recovered in successful prosecutions taken under these Acts by the Department.

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