BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 12

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE.

THE YEARLY REPORT. The forty-sixth annual report of the ' Otago Benevolent Institution Trustees, to be presented to the annual meeting of subscribers to be held on January 14, gives the following interesting facts and figures : — The total number of persons relieved during the year 1908 was 1772, a decrease of ■ 88 on the previous year. « i % Old and past work .. • . 105 *19 — Incapacitated through sickness 28 39 66 Want of work 14 17 55 Unable to support family 43 54 105 Widows , — 123 303 Deserted wives — 37 172 | Illegitimate — 2 6 Husbands in gaol — 9 39 Husbands in lunatic asylum — 6 25 Orphans — — 19 Casually relieved 50 114 822 Totals 240 420 1112 Grand total, 1772. (All country cases are included for th« months of January and February, consisting of 162 adults asd 273 children.) The number of inmates on Ist January. 1908, was 170 men and 60 women — total 230. ! - Received into the institution during th« year, 149 jnen and 70 women — total 21».». Discharged, 165 men and 68 women — total 233. Leaving on 31&t December, 1908, 154 men and 62 women — total 216. Fifty-nine deaths occurred during the year. The expenses of the institution amounted to £5518 17s 3d. The expenses for maintenance amounted to £4829 11s 3d, an increase of £639 9s Id on the previous year. The charges are for coat of food, clothing, fuel, house furnishings, salaries of master, matron, nurses, servants, and doctor, medicines, funerals, municipal ra-tes, half office expenses, and all working expenses in connection with the institution. The weekly average was 238, the same as previous year, which gives a oha-rge of 7s Sd per head per week. The amount disbursed on outdoor relief was £3716 17s 3d, a decrease of £1726 17s 7d on the previous year. The total amount expended was £3719 9s.