BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2342, 19 January 1899, Page 10

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

Tho thirty-sixth annual report of 6na frus* tees of the Benevolent Institution, presented at the annual meeting of subscribers, is in th* following terms: — The total number of persons relieved durfngf tho year was 2289, a decrease of 523 ori tho previous year. Men. Women. Child'a, Old a-nd past york . . 189 90' — * Incapacitated through sickness «. 49 66 148 Want of work ..26 46 153 Unable to support family «.. ;. 26 23 149 Widows .. .. — 174 260 Deserted wives ... — 6Q 100 Illegitimate .. . . -«■ 8 3& Husbands in gaol ..■<*•• 6 23 Husbands in lunatic asylum .. „ ~k- S * Children boarded out —^ — 6 Orphans .. .. — — 23 Casually relieved ..69 98 B{2S Totals .. ..840 667 1873 Tho number of inmates on Ist January, 189flJ| was 231 men, 53 women, and 1 child;— -totsJj 285. Received into the institution during the year:! 156 men, 61 women, and 9 children ; — tottt!^ 226, including 23 women admitted into the lying-in ward. Discharged : 168 men, 58 womenj and 9 children; — total, 233, leaving on 31st Do* cember, 1898, 221 men, 66 women, and 1 child; total, 278. Fifty-seven deaths occurred during the year. The expenses of the institution amounted t<% £4171 6s 2d. The expenses for maintenance amounted to £4012 6s — an increase on the prsw vious year of £593 13s. The charges are fo* .cost of food, clothing, fuel, house furnishing?, salaries of master, matron, servants, and doc? tor, medicine, funerals, municipal rates, half office expenses, and all working expenses in connection with the institution. The weekljp average was 287, as against 278 last year, wjiicfi gives a charge of 5s 4Jd per head per week. The amount disbursed on outdoor relief was £6369 17s 9d — an increase of £8 13b 7d on pra» vious year. This includes tho payment pf £110 6s 6d on account ot children hoarded out. The total amount expended was £10,960 5s lld»