ST. HELENS HOSPITAL.

;;:THEOPERATIONS. OF THE YEAE. ■". Between April ■ l;' 1909, and March 31, 1910, ' 205 cases were admitted to St. Helens Hospital, Wellington. A total of 189 childrdc*. were born, and there were 13-stillbirths<" : There:':'were two maternal deaths—oas case. being admitted in a moribund condition/ and dying an hour after admission; the other, case .died - from syncope. .-. There were three ;dcaths". of, infants.- ■■• • •. •■■ '-.'■ : '- . : -Eighty-patients were attended in their homos. .There were .TO' children born, 1 stillbirth,:.and. 1 infant's death.. _ " . This ■ shows au increase of.BG patients indoors and 20 patients outside; > There has'been.;no increase of. accommodation, and. the inconveniences and difficulty of 'working in a-place ; never intended-for a. hospital, are: of ten very keenly felt. It has been necessary to refuse''-to bookcases and, send'away, cases to priyato •. hos-, pitals. on several occasions. :'/' ,'■/.-,.' : - A site has at-length been obtained'by the Gpyerament bu lease, with v a purr .chasing" clause. /It is hoped to «recton .this site an ..lip-to-date maternity ho'sr 'ijital. A house on the. grounds is to be added to, and used as''a, niirses , ,home. The property is in , Coromandel.'Street, and is, bordered by the Town Belt on one side and. ri ,gully on'.the. other, so it\cannot be built.in. It'is near 'the' Constable Street tram,: arid , is:"within- easy 'teach,of; Kilbirnie- and: Miramar,.-as • well; as-Newtpwn; i and i Island Bay.'y: . -.. ' '■'