HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE COLONY (REPORT ON), BY THE INSPECTOR OF HOSPITALS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891 Session II, H-07

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SESS. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE COLONY (REPORT ON), BY THE INSPECTOR OF HOSPITALS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

HOSPITALS. AKAEOA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 16 Total under treatment ... ... ... 17 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Died ... ... ... ... ... Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 4 Sea;. —13 males, 4 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Akaroa. Country. —New Zealand, 5 ; England, 3 ; Ireland, 3 ; France, 3 ; India, 3. Religion. —Eoman Catholic, 9; Church of England, 8. The total collective number of hospital-days was 938 ; individual average days' stay, 55-18. Daily average cost per head, 7s. OJd. Outdoor Patients, 9; attendances, 27. Ebvence and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 165 2 0 Eations ... ... ... 89 10 7 Derived from North Canterbury Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 1 15 0 Hospital Board, of which it is a Surgery and dispensary ... ... 2190 branch hospital ... ... 165 111 Fuel and light ... ... ... 27 10 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 150 0 0 Other expenses... ... ... 39 18 10 Total ... ... £330 3 11 Total ... ... £330 3 11 I inspected this Hospital on the sth January, 1891. It is conducted as a branch of the Christchurch Hospital, with a local medical man, who receives £50 salary, and a married warder—Mr. Penrose —who receives a salary of £100. The building is well designed for a small cottage hospital of eight beds, is well furnished, and very neatly kept, both outside and in. The total number treated during the year was seventeen. There was only one patient, a chronic case of many years' standing, on the day of my visit.

AEEOWTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 58 Total under treatment ... ... ... 59 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Died ... ... .... ... ... ... 4 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 1 Sex. —49 males, 10 females. I—H. 7.

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Localities from which Patients came. —Arrowtown, 16; Oardrona, 10; Macetown, 7; Arrow Eiver, 7; Pembroke, 5; Kawarau, 4; Lake Hayes, 3; Victoria Bridge, 2; Miller's Flat, 2; Arthur's Point, 1; Shotover, 2. Country. —England, 11; Scotland, 13 : Ireland, 10 ; Wales, 3 : New Zealand, 11; Victoria, 5 ; Denmark, 4; China, 2. Religion. —Church of England, 17; Eoman Catholic, 15; Presbyterian, 23; Freethinkers, 2; Confucian, 2. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,548; individual average clays' stay, 26-24. Dailyaverage cost per head, Bs. &Jd; less patients' payments, 7s. 3d. Outdoor Patients, 4 ; attendances, 4. Eevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 238 1 10 Eations, and fuel and light ... 170 17 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 157 11 11 ! Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 5 6 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 103 14 10 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 27 18 11 Patients'payments ... ... 112 13 6 Salaries and wages ... ... '382 9 10 \ Funerals ... ... ... 9 0 0 Repairs and additions to 38 1 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 376 Interest ... ... ... 2 4 0 Insurance ... ... ... 3 15 0 Other expenses... ... ... 31 9 4 Total ... ... £612 2 1 j Total ... ...£674 10 3 Inspected the 11th January, 1891. Found everything in first-rate order. There were only three patients on the date of my visit. All spoke well of the treatment and attention they received. Here, as in most of the smaller hospitals, I found two or three chronics, who are admitted and discharged more than once during the year, probably with an eye to the annual statistics. This iustitution, like so many in New Zealand, owed its origin to a fluctuating population, and might quite well have been done without. It is but right, however, to say its management is admirable. An abundant supply of spring water has been brought in from the gully behind by means of a ram, to work which a new concrete reservoir has been built. The total number of cases treated during the year was fifty-nine.

ASHBUETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 4 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 142 Total under treatment ... ... ... 146 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 125 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Bemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 15 Sex. —ll3 males, 33 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Ashburton County. Nationality. —English, 53; Irish, 34; New Zealand, 25; Scotch, 18; Australians, 7; Americans, 4; Bast Indians, 2; Tasmanian, 1; Dane, 1; Swede, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 74; Eoman Catholic, 30; Presbyterian, 21; Wesleyan, 7; Baptist, 6; Primitive Methodist, 2; Salvation Army, 1; Evangelist, 1 ; Plymouth Brethren, 1 ; Lutheran, 1; Unitarian, 1; New Connection, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,701; individual average days' stay, 25-35. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 4fd.; less patients' payments, 6s. 7-Jd. Bevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 455 0 9 Eations and light ... ... 376 16 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 510 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, etc. ... ... 28 9 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 2 2 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 80 12 9 Patients'payments ... ... 145 1 2 Fuel '... ... ... ... 63 18 0 Balance from last year ... ... 710 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 149 8 8 Furniture, earthenware, ironmongery 64 7 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 3550 Salaries and wages ... ... 386 13 10 Funerals ... ... ... 7 10 0 Repairs ... ... ... 88 0 1 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 419 0 Interest ... ... ... 930 Insurance ... ... ... 10 10 0 Other expenses... ... ... 04 14 8 Total ... £1,119 13 11 Total ... £1,370 7 6

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Notwithstanding its structural defects, this continues to be a well-managed and comfortable not to say luxurious institution. The number of patients treated was 146. All spoke in the highest terms of the treatment they received. There is a good supply of instruments, which are very well kept.

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL.' Number of patients on Slst March, 1890 ... ... ... 112 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 856 Total under treatment ... ... ... 968 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 773 Died ... ... ... ... ... 101 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... .... 94 Sex. —Males, 694 ; females, 274. Localities from which Patients came. —Auckland City and Suburbs, 596; Auckland Hospital District, 227 ; northern districts, 66 : southern districts. 38 ; shipping, 41. Country. —New Zealand, 329; England and Wales, 272; Ireland, 191; Scotland, 66; Australia, 22; Germany, 17; America, 14; India, 9; Holland, 8; Sweden, 6; France, 4; Fiji, 4; Norway, 3 ; Africa, 2 ; Samoa, 2 ; Denmark, 2 ; Austria, 2 ; Mauritius, 2 ; Azores, 1; Canada, 1; Belgium, 1; Portugal, 1; China, 1; Nova Scotia, 1 ; unknown, 7. Religion. —Church of England, 487 ; Eoman Catholic, 250 ; Presbyterian, 128 ; Wesleyan, 51; Baptist, 16 ; Salvationists, 10; Church of Christ, 4 ; Lutheran, 2 ; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; Jewish, 2; Mormon, 1; Confucian, 1 ; no religion, 14. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 36,796; individual average days' stay, 38-0. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 9|-d. ; less patients' payments, 2s. Bfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 413 ; attendances, 3,285. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,012 11 8 | Eations ... ... ... 1,780 15 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 2,012 11 8 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 124 0 4 Subscriptions and donations ... 62 12 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 623 17 5 Bequests ... ... ... 1,229 0 0 Fuel and light "... ... 569 14 3 Eents ... ... ... 394 13 3 | Bedding and clothing ... ... 193 15 4 Patients'payments ... ... 1,880 11 1 j Furniture and earthenware ... 292 7 10 Other sources... ... ... 41 6 5 Washing and laundry ... ... 184 18 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,880 5 1 Fees to consulting staff . ... 63 0 0 Water-supply ... ... 125 6 5 I Funerals ... ... ... 47- 19 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 116 12 2 ; Additions to buildings and drainage 702 12 0 } Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 39 19 8 Maintenance of nurses' home ... 609 19 9 Insurance ... ... ... 850 Arnaboldi inquiry ... ... 4506 j Proportion of oflice expenses ... 166 10 0 Other expenses ... ... 58 6 2 Total ... ... £7,633 6 X Total ... ...£7,633 6 1 The affairs of this institution have been before the public so much lately that it is not necessary for me to say more here than that the Board have found by experience that it is not prudent to refuse to be guided by the example of similar institutions elsewhere, and have agreed to return to the old system of having an honorary medical and surgical staff. It is to be hoped that the medical profession will admit that they too had been unreasonable in their action, and that henceforth we may see no further difficulties in the working of this Hospital. The evidence given before the Commissioners clearly shows that some change is required in the provisions of the law in the direction of admitting some representatives of the medical staff to the governing bodies, at any rate of our largest hospitals. lam glad to see that an increase of salary has been given to Mr. Schofield, whose general administration of this Hospital has been most careful and economical.

BLENHEIM HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 20 Admitted during the year... ... ... ... ... 92 Total under treatment ... ... ... 112 Discharged ... ... ..." ... ... ... 83 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 81st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 21

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Sex. —97 males, 15 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Wairau, Awatere, Waimea, Picton. Nationality. —English, 41; Irish, 31; New Zealand, 29 ; Scotch, 5; German, 3; Eussian, 2 ; Scandinavian, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 56; Eoman Catholic, 33; Presbyterian, 11; Wesleyan, 3; Salvationist, 4; Lutheran, 2 ; other religions, 3. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 7,758; individual average days' stay, 69'27. Daily average cost per head, 3s. sfd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 2fd. Eevenue and Expenditube. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 513 1 0 Eations ... ... ... 499 17 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 730 13 4 j Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 21 0 0 Patients'payments ... ... 93 17 0 J Surgery and dispensary ... 133 6 5 Other sources ... ... 25 12 0 ! Fuel and light ... ... 61 15 3 Balance from last year... ... 228 10 10 I Bedding and clothing ... ... 81136 Furniture and earthenware ... 97154 Salaries and wages ... ... 343 3 4 Funerals ... ... ... 32 2 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 26 8 3 I Additions to buildings ... ... 240 5 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 19 6 5 Interest ... ... ... 4 12 6 Insurance ... ... ... 13 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 1780 Total ... ... £1,591 14 2 Total ... ... £1,591 14 2 The surgical practice at this Hospital is marked by great ability, and a most thoroughgoing appreciation of the most modern methods. The nursing is most efficient and careful. The Hospital itself is badly planned, and placed at an inconvenient distance from the town. The large male ward is divided into two by a partition, one end being occupied by the hospital patients proper, while the other is set apart for refuge cases. This has the effect of apparently reducing the daily cost per head, owing to the increased number of inmates and the increased length of average stay.

CHAELESTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 5 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... ... 29 Total under treatment ... ... ... 34 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 5 Sex. —Male. Localities from which Patients came. —Brighton to Westport, Nationality. —lrish, 11; English, 9; New Zealand, 4 ; French, 3 ; Scotch, 2; Welsh, 2; British-American, 1; Norwegian, 1 ; West Indian, 1. Beligion. — Eoman Catholic, 16; Church of England, 12; Presbyterian, 2; Freethinkers, 2; Wesleyan, 1; Lutheran, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,388; individual average days' stay, 7024. Daily average cost per head, 4s. IOJd. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 2-Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 21; attendances, 201. Eevenue and Expenditube. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 235 0 0 Eations ... ... ... 194 7 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 115 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 18 6 6 Bequest ... ... ... 223 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 58 8 8 Patients'payments ... ... 81 15 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 19 2 6 Other sources ... ... ... 3151 Bedding and clothing ... ... 20 0 8 Balance from last year ... ... 90 8 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 718 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 214 5 0 Funerals ... ... ... 500 Eepairs ... ... ... 15 711 Additions to buildings ... ... 314 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 951 Insurance ... ... ... 400 expenses... ... ... 8 11 0 Total ... ... £528 1 9 Total ... ... £608 7 4

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Charleston Hospital is another of those institutions that are left high and dry by the receding tide of a goldfield's population. The main object of the Hospital has come to be that it is a means of enabling the people to induce a doctor to remain in the place, and it is apparent that having got a man who is professionally capable, they ars content to wink at his conduct in certain respects. The Hospital, with the exception indicated, is well managed, and the patients are made very comfortable.

CHBISTCHUBCH HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 91 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 1,058 Total under treatment ... ... ... 1,149 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 979 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 96 Sex. —764 males, 385 females. Localities from which Patients came. — Christchurch and suburbs, 835; Lyttelton, 66; Amuri, 10; Kaikoura, 12 ; Akaroa, 22; Ashburton, 12 ; Greymouth, 2 ; Wellington, '2; Auckland, 2 ; Waimate, 1; Ashley County, 71; North Canterbury District and no home, 108 ; Hokitika, 1; Westport, 2 ; Napier, 1; unknown, 2. Country. —England, 401; New Zealand, 373 ; Ireland, 206; Scotland, 78; Germany, 21; Australia, 12 ; Wales, 12; Sweden, 8; Tasmania, 7 ; India, 7 ; America, 6; Norway, 4 ; Italy, 3 ; Denmark, 3; Holland, 2; Switzerland, 2; Austria, 2; Eussia, 1; unknown, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 560; Eoman Catholic, 223 ; non-episcopal, 366. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 39,657; individual average days' stay, 34-51. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 5-J-d.; less patients' payments, 3s. Of-d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 922; attendances, 2,840. Bevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 3,050 7 2 Eations ... ... ... 1,622 2 6 Local bodies and Hospital Board 2,318 1 3 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 280 0 2 Subscriptions and donations ... 71 7 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 674 18 8 Patients'payments ... ... 796 1 3 Fuel and light "... ... 688 16 0 Other sources ... ... 24 1 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 151 4 4 Balance from last year ... 1,367 9 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 150 13 5 Salaries and wages (including washing and laundry) ... 2,673 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 17 17 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 251 10 10 Additions to buildings ... ... 18818 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 64 12 7 Interest ... ... ... 10 18 10 Insurance ... ... ... 54 7 6 Casual ward, Lyttelton ... 35 13 7 Other expenses ■ ... ... 216 19 10 Total ... ... £7,627 7 8 Total ... ... £7,081 14 1 I have inspected this Hospital several times in the course of the year, and have always found it in good order. The large wards are patterns of comfort and freshness. At every visit, however, I am more and more impressed with the fact that, while the matron and most of the nurses are efficient, the nursing-staff is inferior as a whole to that of Auckland, and especially of Wellington. The House Surgeon ought to insist on all vacancies being filled with well-educated young women, capable of profiting by such special training as every modern hospital of this size ought to impart to its nurses. A nurses' home is very much required, and a separate sitting-room is a matter of great urgency. By this year's returns an increase of 215 is shown in the total number of patients under treatment, giving an increase of 6,228 in the total collective days' stay in the Hospital, and yet the total expenditure was £125 less than last year. This gives a decided reduction in the average daily cost per patient. It will be observed that the percentage of cost of administration on the total expenditure is comparatively high, being 38-66, while in Dunedin, where like Christchurch all the washing is done in their own laundry, it is only 34-50.

COEOMANDEL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 11 Total under treatment ... ... ... 11 Discharged ... ... ... „ ... ... ... 9 Died ... ... ... ... ... .... ... 1 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ■ 1 Sex. —11 males.

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Localities from ivhich Patients came. —Coromandel, 5 ; Whangapoua, 5 ; Kuaotunu, 1. Country. —England, 2; Wales, 1; Ireland, 3; New Zealand, 4; United States of America, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 2 ; Eoman Catholic, 3 ; Presbyterian, 3 ; Wesleyan, 3. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 297; individual average days' stay, 27'0. Daily average cost per head, £1 14s. 6d. ; less patients' payments, £1 12s. sd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 39; attendances, 44. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 461 0 7 Rations ... ... ... 77 18 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 200 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 2 2 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 221 0 6 Fuel and light ... ... 1508 Patients'payments ... ... 31 8 0 Furniture and repairs ... ... 2 7 6 Balance from last year... ... 31 18 4 j Salaries and wages ... ... 412 5 0 \ Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 2 19 10 Other expenses ... ... 43 1 0 ' Paid to Mercury Bay Hospital ! Committee... ... ... 330 0 0 Total ... ... £945 7 5 Total ... ... £885 14 9 This Hospital is one of the smallest of our cottage hospitals. It is managed almost entirely by the secretary to the county, the members appearing to leave it to him and the warder, Mr. Parkes. As on most of the goldfields, the subscriptions and donations amount to the creditable sum of £221, but of this most comes from Mercury Bay, where a medical man is subsidised. Last year £330 was paid over to this district, leaving the amount actually expended on the Coromandel Hospital proper as £555 14s. 9d. I hope that with the advent of Dr. Daldy fresh energy will be infused into this institution, and that strenuous efforts will be made to interest the general public, and not leave it so much to one man, who has the entire weight on his shoulders.

CEOMWELL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... Admitted during the year ... ~. ... ... 82 Total under treatment ... ... ... 82 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 Died 5 Bemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 2 Sex. —6o males, 22 females. Localities from which Patients came,. —Cromwell, 16; Bannockburn, 23; Tarras, 5 ; Pembroke, 5; Hawera, 5; Nevis, 6; Cardrona, 2; Luggate, 1; Bendigo, 3; Wanaka Road, 3; Lowburn and Gorge, 6; Pisa Station, 3; Gentle Annie, 1 ; Kawarau Station, 1; Oainaru, 1; Sandy Point, 1. Country. —England, 27; New Zealand, 21; Scotland,-16; Ireland, 8; Australia, 4; Greece, 2; Prussia, 1; Sweden, 1; America, 1; China, 1. Religion. —Protestant, 72; Eoman Catholic, 7 ; Greek Church, 2 ; Confucian, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,268; individual average days' stay, 15-46. Daily average cost per head, 135.; less patients' payments, 11s. llfd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 27. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 395 (5 11 Rations ... ... ... 138 14 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 185 11 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 15 5 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 166 11 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 49 1 4 Bequests ... ... ... 43 16 5 Fuel and light ... ... ... 34 17 11 Patients' payments ... ... 65 12 3 Bedding, clothing, furniture, and earthenware ... ... ... 25 15 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 383 1 1 Water-supply ... ... ... 52 5 6 Funerals ... ... ... 7 15 0 Fencing and grounds ... ... 25 9 6 Repairs ... ... ... 10 16 0 Additions to buildings ... ... 712 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 25 12 9 Interest ... ... ... 4 11 10 Insurance ... ... ... 550 „ Commission ... ... ... 25 13 6 Other expenses ... ... ... 20 6 8 Total ;,, ■ ... £856 18 3 Total ... ... £832 3 10

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This Hospital was built when the population was larger, and the district more prosperous. I observe that the number of patients admitted this year was eighty-two, as against fifty-four last year. This is a well-designed, substantial stone building. The doctor is capable and attentive, and the nursing is good. The cost per head has been reduced considerably this year in consequence of the larger number of patieTits. lam further bound to admit that the average stay of individuals in this Hospital is the lowest but one in the colony, which shows that no slackness has been allowed in that direction.

DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 101 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 834 Total under treatment ... ... ... 935 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 753 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 98 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 84 Sex. —s66 males, 369 females. Localities from which Patients came. — Dunedin and suburbs, 455; South Dunedin, 59; North-east Valley, 28; St. Clair and Caversham, 51: Mosgiel and Taieri, 23 ; Milton, 18; Port Chalmers, 21 ; shipping, 24 ; Palmerston, 16 ; Merton and Blueskin, 14 ; Peninsula and Anderson's Bay, 15; Lawrence, 11; St. Kilda, 6; Green Island, 4; Balclutha, 4; Catlin's, 5; Clinton, 3; Outram, 6 ; Oamaru, 6 ; Christchurch, 3 ; Kaitangata, 3 ; Nenthorn, 2 ; Waipori, 4 ; Eoslyn, 7 ; Mornington, 10; Purakanui, 4; Shotover, 3; other districts, 130. Country. —England and Wales, 266; New Zealand, 225 ; Scotland, 193; Ireland, 139; New Hebrides, 3; Victoria, 11; South Africa, 3; United States, 6; Norway, 3; Sweden, 9; Denmark, 3; China, 19; Holland, 2 ; France, 5; Germany, 7; Tasmania, 13 ; New South Wales, 2 ; Switzerland, 1 ; New Brunswick, 1 ; Poland, 2 ; Turkey, 2 ; Jersey, 5 ; India, 1; South Australia, 2 ; St. Helena, 1 ; Cape St. Vincent, 1; Guernsey, 1; Hanover, 1; other countries, 8. Religion. —Church, of England, 316 ; Presbyterian, 285 ; Roman Catholic, 177 ; Wesleyan, 49 ; Baptist, 37 ; Congregational, 12 ; Salvationist, 11 ; Christian Brethren, 5 ; Lutheran, 5 ; Church of Christ, 3 ; Freethinkers, 3 ; Independent, 3 ; Jewish, 2 ; Buddhist, 1; Tabernacle; 1 ; Free Church, 1; Confucian, 19; other religions, 5. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 33,765 ; individual average days' stay, 36'10. Daily average cost per head, 3s. lOd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 4^d. Outdoor Patients, 1,569 ; attendances, 5,999. Revenue and Expendituke. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,855 18 8 Rations ... ... ... 1,626 U 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 2,470 211 Wines, spirits, &c. ... ... 220 9 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 217 13 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 908 10 0 Students'fees . ... ... 110 5 0 Fuel and light ... ... 474 13 10 Sale of medicine. Dunedin Ga01... 23 17 6 j Bedding and clothing ... ... 86 8 5 Sales ... ... ... 63 13 1 i Furniture and earthenware ... 235 10 8 Patients' payments ... ... 763 9 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,101 9 7 Other sources ... ... 28 0 0 j Water-supply ... ... 52 0 0 Balance from last year ... 13 1 I Funerals ... ... ... 24 7 6 Repairs ... ... ... 353 19 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 132 6 8 j Interest ... ... ... 260 I Insurance ... ... ... 28 1 0 Other expenses ... .:. 2261711 Total ... ...£6,537 3 8 Total ... ...£6,473 14 11 This Hospital has gone recently through such an ordeal as must have effectually brought to light any weak spots in its organization, with the result that by universal consent the administration has been excellent. The points singled out for adverse criticism were the want of accommodation for a staff of trained nurses, the structural defects of the building and its insanitary condition, the low and swampy character of the site, the necessity for new wards, and especially of wards for special cases, and of isolating wards. The report of the Commissioners, with the printed evidence, has been laid already on the table of the House, so that I may confine myself to a statement of my opinion regarding the suitability of the plans which have been proposed for what is practically a new hospital, and towards the erection of which a request has been made by the trustees for a Government grant. My objections were laid before the trustees in the following letter, to which I have nothing to add, except that the nurses' home is placed in such a position that it cuts off the sunshine from some of the back wards of the proposed extension, which, as I have said in my letter, ought in any case to be condemned for containing so many enclosed and sunless spaces, where the air must be cold and stagnant, and that it seems superfluous to build a nurses' home at all when it is proposed to retain for administrative purposes a building so immensely larger than is required for that end.

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" Sik,' — " Inspector-General's Office, Wellington, New Zealand, Bth May, 1891. " Having carefully considered the plans for extending the Dunedin Hospital, forwarded by you to this office, I have the honour to lay before you formally what I have already done my utmost to impress on members of your Board—namely, that there are very grave reasons why the present opportunity should be seized for getting a new hospital for Dunedin, on a better site than the present one. " 1. That for an indefinite period —that is, until the whole of the Dunedin flats are no longer drained into the harbour—it is not prudent to spend any large sum of money on the present Hospital site. " 2. That if not actually built over an old flax-swamp, some of the buildings are, at any rate, close up to the edge of it, so that the cost of subsoil drainage, and the arches on which all the blocks must be raised, will be very great, and no expense can make them satisfactory. "3. That the area included within the semicircular corridor is so large that the cost of administration of the more distant blocks will more than counterbalance any fancied saving secured by retaining the central block for administrative purposes. It would be cheaper in the long run to pull down the whole existing building than spoil, for so long a time, such an important hospital merely for the sake of an old building, three-fourths of which would be useless, besides being a cause of permanent expense. " 4. The proposed extension involves so many enclosed and sunless spaces, in which the air must be cold and stagnant, that on this ground alone the design ought to be condemned. Except for its convenient and central position, both for patients, students, and doctors, I do not believe that a less healthy and suitable site could be found in the whole of Dunedin, and I am persuaded that at no distant date the public will have just cause to blame all those who either actively or passively let slip such an opportunity as cannot occur again in our time of securing a suitable hospital on a healthy site for the city and Medical School of Dunedin. " I have, &c, "The Chairman, Dunedin Hospital Trustees." "D. Maogbegob. Subsequent consultations between the trustees and the Government have resulted in an agreement to modify the plans prepared by Mr. Wales so far as to make the existing building no longer a permansnt part of the proposed hospital. I regret very much that the Dunedin people have not seen fit to insist on a new hospital on a new site, for I am firmly of opinion that by unanimous pertinacity they would succeed. I have done all I could to secure for this important question full time for its consideration by the responsible authorities. There only remains for me now the duty of doing the best I can to make the best of a bad job.

DUNSTAN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 2 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 42 Total under treatment ... ... ... 44 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 Died 7 Bemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ••• ••• 4 Sex.— 39 males, 5 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Alexandra and neighbourhood, 9; Earnscleugh and Baldhill Flat, 9; Clyde and neighbourhood, 8; Ida Valley, 5; Matakanui, Tinker's, and Drybread, 5; Galloway Station, 3; Ophir, 2; Morven Hills, 2 ; Roxburgh, 1. Country. —England, 8 ; Scotland, 9 ; Ireland, 9; Wales, 1; New Zealand, 7 ; Victoria, 2 ; United States of America, 1; China, 7. Religion. —Church of England, 13; Presbyterian, 13; Boman Catholic, 8; Confucian, 7 ; Baptist, 2 ; Independent, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,451; individual average days' stay, 33. Daily average cost per head, lls. Bd.; less patients' payments, 10s. lOd. BE VENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Bevenuc. £ s. d. Expenditure-. £ s. d. Prom Government ... ... 371 5 11 Bations ... ... ... 155 7 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 171 711 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 9 8 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 122 6 2 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 34 15 9 Patients'payments ... ... 59 11 11 Fuel and light ... ... ... 34 19 8 Balance from last year ... ... 162 17 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 15 16 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 67 18 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 406 15 0 Water-supply ... ... ... 23 4 2 Funerals ... ... ... 12 0 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 43 12 5 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 20 5 3 Interest and exchange ... ... 0 4 6 , Insurance ... ... ... 12 19 6 Fencing and grounds ... ... 410 8 Other expenses... ... ... 500 Total £887 9 2 Total £846 17 8

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This Hospital continues to be managed with vigour. Owing to a falling-off in the number of patients treated luring the year the daily cost psr hsad has risen from 6s. B|d. in 1889 to 10s. lOd. in 1890. Notwithstanding the reduced number of patients, causing a diminution of 554 in the total collective hospital days' stay, I find there is an increase of £75 in the total cost for the year.

GISBOENE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 108 Total under treatment ... ... ... 114 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 97 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Eemaining on 31st March,|lB9l ... ... ... ... 7 Sex. —Bs males, 29 females. Localities from which Patients came. —County of Cook and Borough of Gisborne. Natiofiality . —British, 98 ; foreign, 16. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,022; individual average days' stay, 26'51. Daily average cost per head, 7s. Ofd.; less patients' payments, ss. lOfd. Outdoor Patients. —Nil. Eevbnue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d, Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 424 0 7 Eations ... ... ... 168 9 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 170 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c ... 21 16 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 128 19 11 Surgery and dispensary ... 55 17 8 Bents and interest ... ... 49 4 0 Fuel and light ... ... 35 17 6 Patients'payments ... ... 178 0 0 j Bedding and clothing ... ... 42 6. 4 Other sources ... ... 871 Furniture and earthenware ... 3908 Balance from last year ... 215 3 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 438 5 9 Eepairs ... ... ... 121 4 11 Additions to buildings ... ... 40 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 31 0 5 Insurance ... ... ... 15 5 0 Telephone account ... ... 81 18 3 Other expenses ... ... 17 14 3 Total ... ...£1,173 14 8 Total ... ... £1,108 16 8 At the date of my last visit there was a medical interregnum in this Hospital. I found Dr. Johnston in charge for Dr. Pollen, who had removed to Wellington. There were in air eight patients, six males and two females. All spoke highly of their treatment by the doctor. I formed the opinion that Miss Stewart was an attentive and capable matron. The institution as a whole was in a satisfactory condition. The total cost has increased by £273 ; but £121 has been spent on repairs, as against £44 in the previous year; and the number of patients has increased by thirty-two.

GBEY EIVEE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 40 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 125 Total under treatment ... ... ... 165 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 102 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 44 Sex.— l4l males, 24 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Grey Valley, 55 ; Arnold, 34; Maori Creek and Marsden, '-•4 ; Brunner, 15 ; Greymouth, 12 ; North Beach, 10; Blackball, 7 ; South Beach, 4 ; Eeefton, 3; Hokitika, 1. Country. —England, 54; Ireland, 42 ; Scotland, 18 ; New Zealand, 14; China, 10 ; Victoria, 6; Sweden, 3 ; America, 2 ; Austria, 2 ; Azores, 2; Germany, 2; Holland, 2 ; Tasmania, 2 ; Belgium, 1; Canada, 1; Denmark, 1; Italy, 1; New South Wales, 1; Eussia, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 61; Eoman Catholic, 55; Presbyterian, 23; Confucian, 10; Wesleyan, 6; Lutheran, 4; Church of Christ, 2; Freethinkers, 2; Salvation Army, 1; unsectarian, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 16,335; individual average days' stay, 99-0. Daily average cost per head, 3s. l|-d.; less patients' payments, 3s. Id. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 152 ; attendances, 482. 2—H. 7.

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Revenue and Expenditube. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ..„ 1,113 0 10 Rations ... ... ... 735 10 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 350 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... 100 8 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 620 11 8 Surgery and dispensary 57 16 3 Patients'payments ... ... 42 17 11 Fuel and light "... IP>3 6 9 Sale of produce ... ... 4 10 0 Bedding and clothing ... 127 12 11 Balance from last year ... 101 10 3 Furniture and earthenware 21 19 5 ! Salaries and wages ... ... 1,216 11 0 Funerals ... ... ... 9 8 6 Repairs ... ... 26 17 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 51 15 6 Interest ... ... 8 8 10 Insurance ... ... ... 30 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 45 5 0 Total ... ... £2,232 10 8 Total ... ... £2,565 0 5 Like most of the West Coast hospitals this one is largely occupied by cases which ought to be in a refuge. Of the forty-six inmates on the date of my vist, I found in one of the wards six patients, all chronics except one. Next ward contained nine beds, all occupied by chronic cases The large male ward (the surgical ward) contained thirteen beds, all occupied. One man was twice admitted this year, remaining thirteen weeks on former occasion, and this time had been admitted four weeks. Next case was two years and three months in the hospital; the next, seven years ; next man, twelve months; next, one year and nine months ; next, sixteen months; next, three months this year and eight months last year; the remainder may be taken as suitable hospital cases. Of the nine beds in the female ward, five were occupied—one patient thirteen years, one sixteen months, and one four months in Hospital. This mixed hospital and poorhouse is a very well-managed institution. The skill and attention of Dr. Morice are beyond question, and Mr. Willliams's management is quite satisfactory. A splendid Christmas dinner, provided by gifts from benevolent townspeople, was in preparation at the time of my visit, forming another of many proofs of the great interest that is taken in the Hospital. The small daily cost per patient—namely, 3s. IJd. —is, of course, explained by the high individual average stay of 99, which is by far the largest in the colony. With an average stay of thirty days, as it ought to have, a hospital of this size— i.e., with a total under treatment of 165, with an average stay of thirty days, would cost 10s. 4Jd. per day. A peculiarity of this Hospital deserves to be mentioned : Though the salaries here, as all over the Coast, are high, yet the Secretary and Treasurer are honorary officers, and give a great deal of attention to their duties.

GREYTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 1 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 46 Total under treatment ... ... ... 47 Discharged ... ... ... .... ... ... 42 Died ... , ... 2 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 3 Sex. —44 males, 3 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Greytown, 11; Featherston, 8; Martinborough, 11; Carterton, 5 ; Lower Valley, 4; East Coast, 3 ; Masterton, 2; Gladstone, 1; Morrison's Bush, 1; Matarawa, 1. Country. —England, 18; New Zealand, 11; Scotland, 6; Ireland, 6; Germany, 4 ; Wales, 1; Norway, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 33; Presbyterian, 9; Baptist, 1; Roman Catholic, 4. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,089; individual average days' stay, 23-17. Daily average cost per head, ss. 6f d.; less patients' payments, ss. lfd. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 148 16 1 Rations ... ... ... 63 18 8 Subscriptions and donations ... 131 6 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 015 0 Bequest ... ... ... 50 0 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 23 4 3 Patients'payments ... ... 22 10 0 Fuel and light ... ... .... 2 8 9 Other sources ... ... ... 420 Bedding and clothing ... ... 913 2 Balance from last year ... ... 88 9 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 1920 Salaries and wages ~. ... 150 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 18 18 6 ! Printing, advertising, postage, and ;^ stationery ... ... ... 215 0 i Insurance ... ... ... 4 10 0 Other expenses ... .... ' .... 7 17 1 , . i , . Total £445 3 9 Total £303 2 5

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This year the number treated in this Hospital was all but double that in the previous year, being forty-seven, as against twenty-four last year. The doctor continues very attentive to his patients. Everything is clean, and an air of homely comfort pervades the place. I think a greater sum ought to be recovered from patients for their maintenance.

HOKITIKA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 22 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 185 Total under treatment ... ... ... 207 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 160 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 29 8ex. — 177 males, 30 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Westland. Nationality.— English, 53; Scotch, 30 ; Irish, 30; Colonials, 47 ; Welsh, 5; Continental, 39 ; Chinese, 3. Beligion. —Church of England, 60; Eoman Catholic, 58; Presbyterian, 57 ; Wesleyan, 18 ; others, 14. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 11,135; individual average days' stay, 53-79. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 9Jd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 7Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 270 ; attendances, 581. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,005 16 4 j Eations ... ... ... 467 16 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 506 18 4'■ Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 53 5 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 410 8 61 Surgery and dispensary ... 181 17 9 Patients' payments ... ... 87 9 0 Fuel and light ... ... 100 5 6 Other sources ... ... 18 12 6 ] Bedding and clothing ... ... 26 9 6 Balance from last year ... 29 0 9 ; Furniture, crockery, &c. ... 10 12 0 | Washing and laundry ... ... 28 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,072 10 5 Funerals ... ... ... 20 0 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 27 16 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 27 8 0 j Interest ... ... ... 217 0 | Insurance ... ... ... 27 15 0 Commission ... ... ... 520 Other expenses ... ... 46 3 10 Total ... ... £2,058 5 5 Total ... ... £2,097 18 3 Like Greymouth Hospital, this is largely a refuge for old and infirm miners. Of the twentyseven patients in residence on the date of my visit ten were kept over a year, and seven of the ten over two years. Thirteen patients were more than six months in the Hospital; the remaining four may be taken as hospital cases proper. The staff-cost thought necessary to carry on this refuge hospital is out of all proportion to the number of patients treated, or the amount of attention they require. If we take Napier Hospital for purposes of comparison we see that the number of patients treated there was 390, as against 207 in Hokitika, while the total cost of Napier was £2,052, and of Hokitika £2,097. In Napier salaries and wages came to £773 45., while in Hokifcika they amounted to £1,072 10s. 5d., and the total work done must have been at least twice as much in the former. There is no necessity for a dispenser at Hokitika, nor for the gardener, who gets £100. The same man might perform the duties of clerk both to the Charitable Aid Board and the Hospital Trustees; or, rather, the County Clerk might do the whole, thus saving a large sum which is now wasted. There is no necessity in a hospital of this size of compelling the doctor to visit every morning and afternoon, except to see unusual cases. The sum received for patients' maintenance ought to be largely increased, and the local committees ought to be compelled to pay much more than they do now. Unless these reforms are carried out, it will be impossible to keep this Hospital going much longer. The doctor is skilful and attentive, and the institution, barring its expensiveness, is well looked after and in good order.

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INVEECAEGILL HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 24 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 189 Total under treatment ... ... ... 213 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 173 Died ... . . ... ... ... ... ... 21 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 19 Sex. —169 males, 44 females. Locality from ivhich Patients came. —Southland. Country.— England, 49; Scotland, 48; Ireland, 26; New Zealand, 75; Isle of Man, 1; Jersey, 1; Canada, 1; Victoria, 2 ; Denmark, 1; Germany, 1; Austria, 1; China, 1; India, 1; Japan, 2 ; Sweden, 2 ; Finland, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 68 ; Presbyterian, 81; Eornan Catholic, 31; Wesleyan, 9 ; Primitive Methodist, 4; Lutheran, 2 ; Congregational, 1; Baptist, 2 ; Confucian, 2 ; Unitarian, 1; not defined, 12. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 5,633; individual average days' stay, 26-45. Daily average cost per head, 75.; less patients' payments, 6s. sd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 791; attendances, 1,702. Eevenub and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d From Government ... ... 733 16 6 Eations, wines, &c. ... ... 225 18 9 Local bodies ... ... ... 674 2 5 Surgery and dispensary ... 140 10 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 32 11 6 Fuel and light ... ... 180 3 6 Eents and endowment ... 27 15 8 Bedding and clothing ... ... 67 17 8 Patients' payments ... ... 164 11 7 Salaries and wages ... ... 879 12 5 Other sources ... ... 50 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 44 5 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 9 16 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 57 10 9 Interest ... ... ... 19 9 10 Other expenses ... ... 346 14 5 Total £1,682 17 8 Total £1,971 19 4 This Hospital is a small, badly designed, and, I am afraid, practically insanitary hospital — i.e., saturated with germs of disease. The imposing appearance it presents is due mainly to its adjuncts— a fine large doctor's residence and a central administrative block—while the hospital proper is old, badly arranged, and, though much improved of late in this respect, is still badly ventilated. It is, in short, a miserable hospital with splendid appendages. Like the trustees of the Dunedin Hospital, those of Invercargill have spent on costly accessories what would have gone some distance to provide a suitable hospital, and have done so in such a way as to make it now difficult, if not impossible, to make the best use of the site for hospital purposes proper. "With these drawbacks, the Hospital is, I believe, now well managed, though at the time of my visit I found matters very unsatisfactory in the steward's department, and of this fact I informed the Chairman. The medical care of the Hospital is quite satisfactory. Dr. McLeod is careful and energetic, and is well supported by the local members of the profession.

KUMAEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 3 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 50 Total under treatment ... ... ... 53 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 12 Sex. —so males, 3 females. Localities from which Patients come. —Kumara, 39; Grey District, 7 ; Hokitika, 4; Eeefton, 1 ; Charleston, 1; Wanganui, 1. Nationality. —English, 6; Scotch, 6; Irish, 25; Colonials, 11; American, 1; Dane, 1; Portuguese, 1; Italian, 1; Chinese, 1. Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,283 ; individual average days' stay, 61-94. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 7|-d.; less patients' payments, 4s. ojd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 37 ; attendances, 177.

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Revenue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s.J d. From Government ... ... 446 16 5 Rations ... ... ... 162 10 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 180 18 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 11 19 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 117 7 8 Surgery and dispensary ... 15 10 3 Rents ... ... ... 15 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 17 1 3 Patients'payments ... ... 27 9 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 7 3 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 6193 Salaries and wages ... ... 446 14*10 Funerals ... ... ... 10 0* 0 Repairs ... ... ... 23 1 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 27 3 0 Interest and exchange ... ... 548 Insurance ... ... ... 8 15 0 Other expenses ... ... 15 10 4 Total £787 11 5 Total £757 12 7 ■ I At the time of my visit, in the end of December, I found everything in this Hospital in a state of confusion. After careful inquiry I called together the trustees, and prevailed on the doctor to promise to hand in his resignation to the next ordinary meeting. This was done ; but, by what appears to me an unaccountable change of mind on the part of the trustees, they refused to accept the resignation when it was offered, and since then matters have drifted until the recent appointment of Dr. Miles, of Ross, whom I know to be a most suitable man. lam confident that the Hospital will rapidly, in his hands, deserve and command the confidence of the public.

LAWEBNCB HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ~, ~. 12 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 144 Total under treatment ... ... ... 156 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 9 Sex.— l2l males, 35 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Tuapeka County. Country. —England, 27 ; Scotland, 27 ; Ireland, 39 ; New Zealand, 40 ; China, 10; Tasmania, 3 ; Victoria, 3 ; Germany, 2 ; Denmark, 2 ; South Australia, 1; New South Wales, 1; Italy, 1, Religion. —No record. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 5,192; individual average days' stay, 33-28. Daily verage cost per head, 4s. sfd. ; less patients' payme nts, Bs, sfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 56. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 233 0 0 Rations ... ... ... 362 3 8 Local bodies ... ... ... 515 18 6 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 46 0 0 Patients'payments ... ... 260 5 3 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 106 11 0 Other sources ... ... ... 15 16 4 Fuel and light ... ... ... 74 4 7 Balance from last year ... ... 385 18 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 34 19 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 12 6 3 Washing and laundry ... ... 250 Salaries and wages ... ... 434 10 6 Water-supply ... ... ... 10 0 0 Funerals ... ... 2 10 6 Repairs ... ... ... 15 16 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 415 6 Interest ... ... ... 060 Insurance ... ... ... 526 Other expenses... ... ... 50 19 0 Total ... £1,410 13 1 Total ... £1,162 9 9 This Hospital continues to .maintain the high character it has always deserved in Dr. Withers's hands, and the management of the trustees is careful and efficient. My inspection was made on the 15th of January, 1891.

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MASTERTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients remaining on 31st March, 1890 ... 7 Admitted during the year ... ... ~, ... 67 Total under treatment ... ... ... • 74 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 65 Died ... ... ... ... ... \\\ \\\ 5 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 4 Sex. —69 males, 5 female. Localities from which Patients came.— Pahiatua, 16; Masterton, 15; Eketahuna, 11; Whareama, 12 ; Mauriceville, 3; Taueru, 8; Wellington, 3 ; Woodville, 2 ; Alfredton, 1; Carterton, 1; not known, 2. Country.— England, 29; Ireland, 13; New Zealand, 12; Scotland, 8; Germany, 4; America, 2Denmark, 1; France, 1; Australia, 1; Eussia, 1; South Africa, 2. Beligion.— Church of England, 31; Presbyterian, 23; Eoman Catholic, 15; Lutheran, 2; Greek Church, 1; Wesleyan, 1; unsectarian, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,315; individual average days' stay, 31-28, Daily average cost per head, ss. lOd.; less patients' payments, 4s. IOJd. Outdoor Patients. —Nil. Be venue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s d From Government ... ... 313 4 2 Eations ... 153 8 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 258 15 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 617 6 Patients'payments ... ... 107 18 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 70 2 2 Fuel and light ... ... 17 12 8 Bedding and clothing ... ... 23 10 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 25 4 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 268 19 8 Funerals ... ... ... 17 18 6 Eepairs ... ... 18 17 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 9 0 Insurance ... ... ... 11 0 0 Commission ... ... ... 23 4 3 Other expenses ... ... ... 20 17 4 Total £679 17 10 Total £672 1 4 I inspected this Hospital on the 18th of February, 1891, and found everything in satisfactory order. The patients were well cared for in every respect. The one weak spot is that two married couples are employed where one couple ought to be sufficient, or, to speak more accurately, the wife of the warder, Mr. Williams, lives in the Hospital without having any definite hospital duties. It would be better to have only one couple. Dr. Hosking is a skilful surgeon and very attentive to his patients, while Mr. Williams, the warder, performs his duties most faithfully, and takes a great interest in the garden and grounds.

NAPIEE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 23 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 367 Total under treatment ... ... ... 390 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 349 Died ... .". 21 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891... ... ... ... 20 Sex. —276 males, 114 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hawke's Bay and adjoining districts. Country. —England, 113; Scotland, 58 ; Ireland, 66 ; New Zealand, 117 ; Isle of Man, 1; Australia, 7; Tasmania, 2; Jersey, 1; Prance, 3; Germany, 3: Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, 10; America,£ 3 ; India, 1; Maoris, 5. Beligion. —Church of England, 164; Eoman Catholic, 102; Presbyterian, 76; Wesleyan, 14; Baptist, 6 ; Lutheran, 5 ; Seventh-day Adventists, 4 ; undenominational, 4 ; Salvation Army, 3; Methodists, 2 ; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; no religion, 8. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 8,370; individual average days' stay, 21-46. Daily average cost per head, 4s. 8-Jd.; less patients' payments, 3s. 3d. Qutdoor Patient?, —Individual cases, 713; attendances, 954.

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Revenue and Expendituee. Bevenue. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 826 17 11 I Rations ... ... ... 401 1 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 275 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 35 0 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 438 13 9 Surgery and dispensary... ... 169 8 1 Bequests ... ... ... 399 6 7 Fuel and light... ... ... 159 911 Rents ... ... ... 90 5 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 177 13 3 Patients' payments ... ... 606 0 3 Salaries and wages ... ... 773 4 0 Balance from last year ... ... 407 18 2 j Water-supply ... ... ... 30 15 6 ! Funerals ... ... ... 576 Repairs ... ... ... 24 0 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 29 14 6 Insurance ... ... ... 35 17 3 Other expenses ... ... 210 10 2 Total ... ...£3,044 2 2 I Total ... ...£2,052 211 This Hospital, while it is no longer administered with the rigid parsimony which distinguished the rule of the late steward, is still very carefully looked after by Captain Baker. Dr. Menzies is very kind and attentive to his patients. Nurse Lees is a capital manager in the nursing department, and has inspired her staff with her own spirit. As a whole, the Hospital is in a satisfactory condition, and this is greatly due to the interest that is taken in it by the trustees and many of the people of the town. 1 have laid stress on the way their work is done by the steward and head nurse because I was much struck by the excellent condition in which I found all the departments, though it is manifest that the doctor reigns, but does not govern.

NASEBY HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 84 Total under treatment ... ... ... 90 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 3 Sea;.—66 males, 24 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Maniototo District, Black's, St. Bathan's, Strath-Taieri Dunedin, Oamaru, and Christchurch. Nationality. —Scotch, 40; Irish, 23; English, 21; Chinese, 3; Germans, 3. Religion. —Church of England, 23 ; Eoman Catholic, 23 ; Presbyterian, 41; Confucian, 3. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,620; individual average days' stay, 18'0. Daily average cost per head, 10s. 7Jd.; less patients' payments, Bs. lOfd. Outdoor Patients.— Individual cases, 6 ; attendances, 45. Revenue and Expenditube. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 335 14 9 Rations ... ... ... 155 6 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 203 12 7 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 42 6 1 Subscriptions and donations ... 103 10 8 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 63 18 9 Patients'payments ... ... 140 15 0 Fuel and light... ... ... 48 17 2 Other sources ... ... ... 10 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 45112 Balance from last year ... ... 366 5 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 2199 Washing and laundry ... ... 700 Salaries and wages ... ... 425 8 6 Water-supply ... ... ... 0 17 0 Funerals ... ... ... 12 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 22 12 11 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 12 0 5 Insurance ... ... ... 700 Other expenses ... ... 14 14 4 Total ... ...£1,159 18 0 Total ... ... £860 12 11 This Hospital at the date of my visit was in charge of Dr. Jeffery, and I found it in all respects in the efficient condition in which Dr. Whitton had kept it for so many years. The nursing was careful and intelligent, the garden and grounds well kept, and everybody contented. The people of Naseby take a great pride in their Hospital, and that is the best guarantee that nothing like neglect can take place.

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NELSON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 24 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 92 Total under treatment ... ... ... 116 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 17 Sex. —79 males, 37 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Waimea County. Country. —England, 36; Scotland, 10; Ireland, 16; New Zealand, 41; Victoria, 3; Germany, 5; India 2; United States 2; Russia, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 71; Roman Catholic, 21; Wesleyan, 9; Presbyterian, 8; Lutheran, 4 ; others, 3. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 7,389; individual average days' stay, 63-69. Daily average cost per head, ss. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 9fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividualfcases, 522 ; attendances, 2,871. Revenue and Expenditube. Bcve?iue. ,£ s. d. Expenditure £ s. d. From Government ... ... 918 5 0 Rations ... ... ... 478 9 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 656 5 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 44 16 3 Rents ... ... ... 5900 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 157 15 3 Patients' payments ... ... 166 10 9 Fuel and light ... ... ... 154 10 8 Other sources ... ... ... 25001 Bedding and clothing ... ... 28 2 4 Furniture and earthenware ... 53 5 1 j Salaries and wages ... ... 923 16 8 I Funerals ... ... ... 20 14 0 Repairs ... ... ... 31193 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 637 ! Other expenses... ... ... 52 7 4 i ..., Total ... £1,825 0 9 Total .. £1,95119 7 I visited this Hospital on the 13th February, 1891, and found everything going on in the usual peaceful style. Everything in and about the Hospital proves the great care that characterizes the management. I heard no complaints from patients, nor had I any occasion to find fault either with the doctor or the nurses. The institution deserves and possesses the confidence of all classes of the people. Six of the patients, I found, had been over six months in the Hospital. Two of these cases might be sent to] the refuge, though one of them is at times subject to attacks of cerebral excitement.

NEW PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 16 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 105 Total under treatment ... ...• ... 121 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 104 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 10 Sex. —92 males, 29 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Taranaki County, 57 ; Hawera County, 34; Clifton County, 9; New Plymouth, 13; Patea, 4; Auckland, 2; Wellington, 1; Wanganui, 1. Nationality. —English, 50; Scotch, 11; Irish, 18; New Zealand, 31; Australian, 1; Germans, 3; Danes, 4; Americans, 2; Swiss, 1. Beligion.—Eo record. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,718; individual average days' stay, 30'72. Daily average cost per head, 7s. 4d.; less patients' payments, 6s. Outdoor Patients. —No record kept.

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Be venue and Expendituee. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 646 18 8 Eations ... ... ... 240 17 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 622 14 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 23 19 9 Subscriptions and donations ... 58 710 Surgery and dispensary... ... 124 19 7 Patients'payments ... ... 249 13 1 Fuel and light.:. ... ... 109 11 4 Balance from last year ... ... 220 15 1 Bedding, clothing, furniture, and earthenware ... .. 42 15 7 Washing and laundry ... ... 3680 Salaries and wages ... ... 447 1 3 Water-supply ... ... ... 10 0 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 25 9 4 Additions to buildings . . ... 211 13 3 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 30 3 11 Interest ... ... ... 026 Insurance ... ... 21 11 3 Hawera Cottage Hospital ... 183 13 11 Other expenses ... ... 290 2 0 ■ Total ... £1,798 8 8 Total ... ...£1,798 8 8 This Hospital contained ten patients on the Bth October, 1890. All of them were quite satisfied with their treatment. The nursing is careful and efficient, while Dr. O'Carroll's attention and kindness are acknowledged all through the district. The surgery and dispensary accounts amounts to £124. An arrangement is made with a local druggist, who sends an assistant to the Hospital daily, to dispense medicines, and, when necessary, prescriptions are ordered by telephone. A small cottage at Hawera is used as a branch hospital, which last year cost £183 13s. lid.

OAMAEIJ HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 8 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 128 Total under treatment ... ... ... 136 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 118 Died ... ... ... . . ... ... ... 6 Bemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... .... 12 Sex. —115 males, 21 females. Localities from 'which Patients came. —Oamaru, 78; Waitaki District, 40; South Otago, 8; Canterbury, 4; other districts, 6. Country. —England, 30; Scotland, 36 ; Ireland, 29; Continent of Europe, 4; Australia, 6; New Zealand, 22 ; other countries, 9. Religion. —Protestant, 100; Boman Catholic, 20 ; others, 16. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,924; individual average days' stay, 28 85. Daily average cost per head, 4s. sfd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 3d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 27 ; attendances, 120. Beventje and Expenditure. Revenue. & s. d. : Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 155 9 1 Eations ... ... ... 149 11 10 Subscriptions and donations ... 158 13 1 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 9 0 0 Eents ... ... ... 689 18 4 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 58 7 7 Patients' payments ... ... 43 2 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 5500 Other sources ... ... 202 19 3 Bedding and clothing ... ... 25146 Balance from last year ... ... 210 14 10 Furniture and earthenware .. 43 7 10 Washing and laundry ... ... 5 0 0 : Salaries and wages ... ... 434 1 0 i Funerals ... ... ... 17 10 0 Eepairs ... .... ... 32 13 0 Additions to buildings ... ... 21 3 6 , Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery .. ... ... il3 7 | Insurance ... ... ... 470 ; Commission ... ... ... 13 17 a Other expenses .. ... ... 25 14 10 Total ... £1,460 17 1, Total ... ...£9OO 2 1 3—H. 7.

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This contained on the day of my visit—the 24th January, 1891—twelve patients, all of whom were being carefully treated and nursed. The Hospital is admirably clean and comfortable, except that there is too much overcrowding in the large male ward, and this is intensified by.the fact that a considerable space is cut off by an unnecessary wooden partition. The manifest object of putting so many beds as ten into this ward is to avoid the great labour that would be caused by using the two smaller wards. This cuttiug-up of the available space into small rooms is a great fault in the design of this Hospital, and the increased cost of working entailed thereby ought not to be admitted as an excuse for overcrowding. A great feature of this Hospital is the fact that the prudent management of past committees and the endowments granted by the Government have resulted in rentals amounting last year to £689 18s. 4d.

PATEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 35 Total under treatment ... ... .. 38 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 3 Sex. —23 males, 15 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waitotara to Manutahi. Nationality. —English, 15; Scotch, 3; Irish, 11; Colonial, 6 ; Swiss, 1; German, 1; West Indian, 1. Religion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 586; individual average days' stay, 15-42. Daily average cost per head, 9s. lfd.; less patients' payments, 7s. 7fd. Outdoor Patients. —Nil. Revenue and Expendituke. lievenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 125 0 0 Rations ... ... ... 58 410 Local bodies ... ... ... 125 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 018 0 Patients'payments ... ... 44 5 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 11 4 6 Balance from last year ... ... 81 4 4 Bedding and clothing ... ... 3 10 Furniture and earthenware ... 716 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 170 16 8 Funerals ... ... ... 316 Repairs ... ... ... 6 2 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 381 Insurance ... ... ... 1 10 0 Other expenses ... ... ... 1190 Total £375 9 4 Total £268 2 5 This.is a small cottage hospital, which contained three patients when I visited it on the 10th July, 1891. Dr. Perkins is very attentive, and the nursing is well done. A great deal of planting has been done on the reserve, and the trees, chiefly Pinus imujnis and Macrocarpa are growing well. Sufficient vegetables are grown in the garden, although the soil is too sandy to be very productive.

PICTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 9 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 48 Total under treatment ... ... ... 57 * Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... 7 Sex. —52 males, 5 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hospital district, 50; Blenheim, 2; Eeefton, 1; Welington, 1; shipping, 3. Country.— England, 23 ; Scotland, 5 ; Ireland, (5; New Zealand, 16; Germany, 3 ; Denmark, 2 ; Norway, 1; Portugal, 1. Beligion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,930; individual average days' stay, 51-40. Dailv average cost per head, 3s. lOfd, ; less patients' payments, 2s. lid. Outdoor Patients. — Nil.

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Revenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 290 0 0 Eations ... ... ... 127 13 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 145 0 1 Wines, spirits, ale, Ac, ... ... 14 12 0 Patients'payments ... ... 135 0 0 Surgery and dispensary... ... 34 12 3 Fuel and light... ... ... 51 17 8 Bedding and clothing ... ... 4139 Furniture and earthenware ... 4 18 11 Washing and laundry ... .. : 15 12 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 232 12 6 Funerals ... ... ... 15 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 469 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 904 Insurance ... ... ... 680 Other expenses ... ... 48 11 6 Total ... ... £570 0 1 Total ... ... £570 0 1 This Hospital continues to be characterized by a great deal of homely comfort. The patients are well attended to both as regards medical treatment and nursing, and are very contented. The total number under treatment last year was fifty-seven. This is two more than the previous year.

QUEENSTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 7 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 107 Total under treatment ... ... ... 114 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 .. ... ... ... 12 Sex. —9.1 males, 23 females. Localities from which Patients came.- —Lake County, Queenstown, Arrowtown, Vincent County, Dunedin. Country.— England, 21; Wales, 1 ; Scotland, 20; Ireland, 22 ; New Zealand, 37 ; Victoria, 6; Germany, 1; Switzerland, 1; Holland, 1; France, 1; Denmark, 1; India, 1 ; Austria, 1. Religion, —Church of England, 31; Eoman Catholic, 30 ; Presbyterian, 48 ; Baptist, 1; Wesleyan, 1; Lutheran, 1; Salvation Army, 1; Mahommedan, 1, Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,824; individual average days' stay, 24-77. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 8-Jd. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 5Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 83 ; attendances, 145. Revenue and Expendituke. Bevenue. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 520 3 6 Eations ... ... ... 228 2 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 347 10 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ...) rr ~ , Subscriptions and donations ... 125 3 5 Surgery and dispensary ... ...) Patients'payments ... ... 315 11 7 Fuel and light ... ... ... 64 12 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 421 0 0 Repairs and furniture ... ... 58 16 1 Additions to buildings ... ... 140 16 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... 2 15 0 Interest ... ... .... 16 19 6 Insurance ... ... ... 15 5 0 Commission ... ... ... 8 14 6 Other expenses... ... ... 77 6 0 Total ... ... £1,308 8 6 Total £1,090 2 1 There is nothing new to report of this institution. It has grown up around Dr. Douglas, who has been the soul of it from its beginning, in the palmy days of the goldfields. After living for many years in a small cottage, or, rather, hut, a spacious house has now been provided for him as part of a new hospital, of which only the male side has as yet been built. The Hospital is admirably conducted, and though the salary is high the doctor deserves it.

BEEFTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 17 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 119 Total under treatment ... ... ... 136 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 113 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 .., .., , . ... 10

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Sex.- — lBl males, 5 females. Locality from which Patients came. —lnangahua County. Country. -^England, 22 ; Scotland, 14; Ireland, 53; New Zealand, 28; Australia, 4 ; Tasmania, 1; 'Greece, 5; Austria, 2; Sweden, 2; Italy, 1; Switzerland, 1; Germany,!; United States of America, 1; China, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 43; Roman Catholic, 67; Presbyterian, 14; Wesleyan, 2; Bible Christian, 1; Lutheran, 1; Greek Church, 5 ; Pagan, 1; no religion, 2. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,110; individual average days' stay, 30-22. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 4d. ; less patients' payments, ss. 10-J-d. Outdoor Patients.- —Individual cases, 130; attendances, 424. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 764 9 7 Eations ... ... ... 275 14 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 110 00 | Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 44 11 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 532 18 3 j Surgery and dispensary ... 142 0 1 Patients' payments ... ... 92 5 6 Fuel and light... ... ... 60 15 7 Other sources ... ... 3 17 6 ■ Bedding and clothing ... ... 38 5 7 Balance from last year ... 10 I 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 35 11 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 5 12 6 i Salaries and wages ... ... 534 0 0 I Water-supply .... ... ... 14 17 6 Funerals ' ... ... ... 15 7 6 Eepairs ... ... ... 960 Additions to buildings ... ... 19 1 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 35 12 0 ; Interest ... ... ... 160 i Insurance ... ... ... 939 ', Commission ... ... ... 28 11 0 I Other expenses ... ... 51 11 2 Total ... £1,513 11 10! Total ... £1,321 6 8 The Eeefton Hospital continues to be as comfortable and well managed as any in the colony. He would indeed be hard to please who could find any fault with it. The large sum of £532 18s. 3d. was received last year as subscriptions and donations, than which there could be no better proof of the appreciation of the public.

EIVEETON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 12 Admitted during the year ... • ... ... ... 82 Total under treatment ... ... ... 94 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Bemaining on 31st March, .1891 ... .... ... ... 12 Sex. —69 males, 25 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Wallace County. Country. —England, 17; Scotland, 20; Ireland, 21 ; New Zealand, 22; Tasmania, 2; China, 9 ; Germany, 1; Maoris, 2. Religion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,682; individual average days' stay, 39-17. Daily average cost per head, 6s.- 9d.; less patients' payments, ss. llfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 123; attendances, 173. Eevenub and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 671 2 2 .Rations ... ... ... 265 16 10 Local bodies ... ... ... 445 00j Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 37 15 5 Subscriptions and donations ... 200 410 Surgery and dispensary ... 128 8 4 Patients' payments ... ... 152103! Fuel and light ' ... ... 63 6 9 Other sources ... ... ... 34 5 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 12 15 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 66 9 10 Salaries and wages ... ... 582 11 10 Funerals ... ... ... 3 0 0 ; Eepairs ... ... ... 47 14 0 i Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 11 14 3 i Fencing ... ... ... 54 5 1 Interest ... ... ... 12 8 4 ■^Insurance ... ... ... 7 12 6 Other expenses; ... .. 9 4 6 Total ... £1,503 2 3 Total ... £1,303 3 3

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The staff of this Hospital has been much strengthened by the accession of Miss Austin, a trained nurse from tVie Tirnaru Hospital. The management is careful, and the institution as a whole is in a sound condition. The new building is well designed, but somewhat too large for the requirements of the district. It is gratifying to find that the amount recovered from patients amounted this year to £152 10s., as against £70 9s. last year.

EOSS HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... 3 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 47 Total under treatment ... ... ... 50 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Eemaining on 31st March. 1891 ... ... ... ... G Sex. —34 males, 16 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Eoss and neighbourhood. Country. —England, 6 ; Scotland, 8 ; Ireland, 10 ; New Zealand, 9 ; United States of America, 2; Australia, 5; Germany, 3; Denmark, 2; Italy, 2; Sweden, 1 ; Switzerland, 1 ; France. 1. Religion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 2,208; individual average days' stay, 45. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 3Jd.; less patients' payments, 6s. 2fd. Outdoor Patients. —None. Eevenue and Expendituke. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 385 15 8 Eations ... ... ■■•! iqi r a Local bodies ... ... ... 229 19 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ...) Subscriptions and donations ... 70 16 6 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 48 9 1 Patients'payments ... ... 410 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 18 5 2 Other sources ... ... ... 10 0 \ Bedding and clothing ... ... 15 011 Furniture and earthenware ... 6 10 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 312 6 6 Water-supply ... ... ... 4 10 0 Funerals ... ... ... 28 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 19 18 G Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 16 8 0 Insurance ... ... ... 626 Other expenses ... ... ... 2550 Total ... ... £692 2 0 Total ... ... £692 2 0 The advent of Dr. Miles has had the effect of putting new life into this almost moribund hospital. The patients this year numbered fifty, as against twenty-nine last year, while the total expenditure was only £692, as against £667 last year. The patients spoke in the highest terms of the kindness and attention they received.

THAMES HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March. 1890 ... ... ... 18 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 171 Total under treatment ... ... ... 181 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 153 Died . . ... ...-• ... ... ... 18 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891... ... ... ... 13 Sex. —l39 males, 45 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Thames Borough and County, Ohinemuri County. Country. — England, 48; Scotland, 12; Ireland, 23; New Zealand, 67; Australia, 5; America, 4; Belgium, 3; China, 3; France, 2; Sweden, 2: Jersey, 1: Jamaica, 1; Norway, 1; Germany, 1; aboriginals, 11. Heligion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,115; individual average days' stay, 22-36. Daily average cost per head, 6s. lljd.; less patients' payments, ss. 10-J-d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 228 ; attendances, 570.

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Revenue and ExPENDrTURE. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 724 17 0 Rations ... ... ... 239 5 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 668 0o! Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 13 13 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 64 17 6 Surgery and dispensary ... 150 3 0 Rents ... ... ... 18 00j Fuel and light ... ... 119 2 0 Patients'payments ... ... 217 10 0! Bedding and clothing, furniture Balance from last year... ... 14 13 0| and earthenware ... ... 97 17 7 Washing and laundry, salaries and wages ... ... ... 675 2 0 Funerals ... ... ... 8 13 0 Repairs ... ... ... 1301 Additions to buildings ... ... 259 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 20 1 9 I Insurance ... ... ... 1093 1 Other expenses ... ... 81 19 5 Total ... ... £1,707 17 61 Total ... ... £1,688 6 7 ! __ This Hospital is in a most satisfactory condition in all its departments. The ability and care of Dr. Williams, and the enthusiasm of the nursing staff under Miss Stewart, are highly commendable. The most notable fact this year is that the out-door patients, which were at one time a serious evil, have fallen to 228 from 559 last year. At the same time, the cost of the dispensary has fallen from £278 11s. lOd. to the more reasonable sum of £150 3s. It is somewhat surprising to find that while in Reefton, a much smaller community, similarly circumstanced, a sum of £532 was received ast year as subscriptions and donations, yet at the Thames only £64 17s. 6d. was received from the same source.

TIMAEU HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 .. ... ... 26 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 272 Total under treatment ... ... ... 298 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ~. 251 Died ... ... ... 21 Remaining on 31st March, 1891... ' ... ... ... 26 Sex. —-190 males, 108 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Hospital district, 260 ; other districts, 38. Nationality.—"English, 113; Scotch, 75; Irish, 93; Welsh, 2; German, 8; Swedes, 3; Russian, 1; Finn, 1; French, 1; American, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 107 ; Roman Catholic, 80; Presbyterian, 60; Wesleyan, 23 ; Methodist, 15 ; Salvation Army, 5 ; Plymouth Brethren, 2 ; Baptist, 2 ; Hebrew, 1; Pagan, 1 ; Freethinkers, 2. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 8,194; individual average days' stav, 27'50. Daily average cost per head, ss. l-|d.; less patients' payments, 4s. Bfd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 407 ; attendances, 1,100. Revenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. • Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,040 15 8 Rations ... ... ... 492 14 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,040 15 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 29 16 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 5 9 6 Surgery and dispensary... ... 234 9 7 Bequest ... ... ... 27 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... ... 167 1 6 Rents ... ... ... 13 10 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 30 4 6 Patients'payments ... ... 175 16 7 , Furniture and earthenware ... 28 4 8 i Washing and laundry ... ... 27 18 11 i Salaries and wages ... ... 788 15 0 ! Water-supply ... ... ... 22 11 11 Funerals ... ... ... 610 i Repairs ... ... ... 47 19 1 ' Additions to buildings ... ... 202 7 6 ; Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 37 6 7 Insurance ... ... ... 16 13 5 : Law-expenses ... ... ... 118 15 10 , Other expenses ... ... 52 7 10 Total ... ...£2,303 7 5:~ Total ... ...£2,303 7 5

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This Hospital continues to deserve its high reputation. The vigorous grasp of the steward is felt everywhere. At the date of my visit, the 25th January, 1891, there was an interregnum in the medical department. The success of Dr. Lawson's thoroughgoing zeal was still apparent, and I hope that his successor will succeed in maintaining the same high standard. A beautiful new mortuary, admirable in its arrangements, has been built as well, and a very successful drying-closet added to the laundry. It is a pity to see so large a sum as £118 put down for law-expenses. The subscriptions and donations last year amounted to £5 9s. 6d.

WAIKATO DISTEICT HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 17 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 168 Total under treatment ... ... ... 185 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 167Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 10 Sex. —145 males, 40 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waipa County, 71; Waikato County, 64 ; Piako County, 31; Raglan County, 11; King Country, 7 ; Auckland, 1. Country. —England, 39 ; Scotland, 12 ; Ireland, 29 ; Wales, 2 ; New Zealand, 87 ; Australia, 3; Tasmania, 1; Cape Colony, 3 ; Germany, 3; British America 2; United States of America, 1; Fiji, 1; Mauritius 1; India, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 66; Roman Catholic, 41; Presbyterian, 25; Wesleyan, 20; Salvation Army, 4; Primitive Methodist, 1; Christian Brethren, 1; Baptist, 1; Mormon, 1; Agnostic, 2 ; Hauhau, 23. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 4,925; individual average days' stay, 26'62. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 2d.; less patients' payments, ss. 3d. Outdoor Patients. —None. Revenue and Expenditumk. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 350 0 0 Rations ... ... ... 261 13 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 530 9 11 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 28 of6 Subscriptions and donations ... 0 5 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 163 011 Rents ... ... ... 34 17 0 Fuel and light "... ... 80 8 10 Patients'payments ... ... 240 5 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 64 14 6 Balance from last year ... 542 10 8 Furniture and earthenware ... 69 16 2 Washing and laundry ... ... 78 0 5 Salaries and wages ... ... 596 15 8 Water-supply ... ... 19 10 0 Funerals ' ... ... ... 10 7 6 Repairs ... .... ... 64 11 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 33 J 6 6 Insurance ... ... ... 11 14 0 Rent of office... ... ... 6 10 0 Travelling-expenses ... ... 21 14 6 Surgical instruments ... ... 58 15 2 Fencing ... ... ... 56 9 10 Horse-power to pump ... ... 36 19 5 Crown-grant endowments ... 15 10 1 Other expenses ... ... 2092 Total ... ... £1,698 7 8 Total ... ... £1,698 7 8 This Hospital on the date of my inspection—loth March, 1891 —contained ten patients, all males. I found everything in first-rate order. The building is well designed, and furnished with all the requisites of a well-equipped hospital. Dr. Kenny is a painstaking and skilful surgeon. The nursing arrangements are very good. I carefully examined all the patients without any one being present, and heard no complaints. The stock of instruments is very complete, and they are very carefully kept.

WAIMATE HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 11 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 97 -Total under treatment ... ... ... 108 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 Died ... ... ... ..„, ... ... ... 12 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 6

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Sex. —74 males, 34 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Waimate County. Nationality. —English, 24; Scotch, 10; Irish, 26; New Zealand, 35; American, 1; Norwegian, 1. (Total of admissions during the year only.) Beligion. —No record kept. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,672 ; individual average days' stay, 34. Daily average cost per head, 6s. of-d.; less patients' payments, ss. B£d. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 90; attendances, 258. Revenue and Expenditure. lievenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 493 2 10 Rations ... ... ... 211 17 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 370 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 59 7 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 5614 4 Surgery and dispensary... ... 57144 Patients' payments ... ... 146 4 6 Fuel and light... ... ... 89 2 1 Furniture and earthenware ... 4 13 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 490 18 0 Funerals ... ... ... 700 Repairs and drainage ... ... 82 12 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 23 10 0 Interest ... ... ... 13 1 6 Insurance ... ... ... 11 17 0 Other expenses ... ... 138 5 0 Total ... £1,066 1 8 Total ... ...£1,189 18 4 This is a well-appointed hospital, well found in all that is required for the treatment and comfort of patients. I noticed a considerable falliug-of in the tidiness, especially of the male ward. In all other respects I was satisfied. I gave every patient an opportunity of stating grievances, but I heard of none. The matron, Mrs. Chapman, is allowed to keep her husband, who was stricken with paralysis in the service of the institution, for a payment of 7s. 6d. per week.

WAIPAWA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 18 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 215 Total under treatment ... ... ... 233 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Died ..." ... 11 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 8 Sea;. —2ol males, 32 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Bush, 106; Makaretu, 18; Porangahau, 22; Kaikoura and coast, 17; Waipawa, 30; Waipukurau, 12; Napier, 8; To Auto, 7; Hastings, 1; Foxton, 2; Wanganui, 1; Palmerston, 1; Wairarapa, 1 ; Wellington, 1; Auckland, 1; Canterbury, 1; Otago, 1. Nationality. —English, 78; Scotch, 17; Irish, 44; Colonials, 58; Scandinavian, 23; German, 8; American, 5. Beligion, —Church of England, 100; Roman Catholic, 50: Presbyterian, 32; Lutheran, 32; Wesleyau, 18; no religion, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 5,965; individual average days' stay, 25'60. Daily average cost per head, 4s. lOfd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 7^-d. Outdoor Patients. —None. Revenue and Expendituee. lievenue. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. d From Government ... ... 774 16 5 j Rations ... ... ... 460 11 9 Local authorities ... ... 500 0 0 "Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 716 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 166 17 2 Surgery and dispensary... ... 252 17 0 Patients'payments ... ... 81 8 91 Fuel and light.. ... ... 69 13 0 Balance from last year ... ... 4722: Bedding and clothing ... ... 413 2 ' Furniture and earthenware ... 1516 I Washing and laundry ... ... 12 15 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 556 15 6 Funerals ... ... ... 23 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 6 17 0 Interest ... ... ... 2 10 11 Insurance ... ... ... 21 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 24 4 7 Total ... ...£1,569 19 6: Total ... ...£l/157 15 10

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My visits to this Hospital are always a source of great pleasure to me. Everything about it is satisfactory. Its management is liberal, without being extravagant. The doctor is skilful and most attentive to his work ; and the steward and his wife are most satisfactory. There is a good stock of instruments and antiseptic appliances of all kinds. The public, and especially the member for the district, take a very great interest in the Hospital.

WANGANUI HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 23 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 172 Total under treatment ... ... ... 195 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Eernaining on 31st March, 1891... ... ... ... 22 Sex. —lsB males, 37 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Wanganui, 62; district north of Wanganui, 20; district south of Wanganui, 113. Nationality. —English, 67 ; Scotch, 21 ; Irish, 47 ; Colonial, 53; German, 2 ; Danish, 2 ; Swedish, 2 ; American, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 77 ; Roman Catholic, 48; Presbyterian, 38 ; Wesleyan, 9 ; others, 23. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 7,685; individual average days' stay, 39-41. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 9£d.; less patients' payments, 3s. 4Jd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 52 ; attendances, 283. Revenue and Expendituke. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 466 13 8 Rations ... ... ... 279 6 11 Local bodies ... ... ... 418 13 8 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 210 7 Subscriptions and donations ... 618 3 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 149 0 2 Rents ... ... ... 406 17 10 Fuel and light ... ... ... 97 2 1 Patients'payments ... ... 165 210 Bedding and clothing ... ... 32 8 0 Other sources ... ... ... 20 4 3 Furniture and earthenware ... 86 5 7 Balance from last year ... ... 228 13 4 Washing and laundry ... ... 3917 Salaries and wages ... ... 580 10 8 Water-supply and rates... ... 27 6 3 Funerals ... ... ... 11 7 0 Repairs ... ... ... 35 7 4 Additions to buildings ... ... 171 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 23 9 2 Other expenses ... ... 88 5 2 Total ... ...£1,713 310 Total ... ...£1,623 0 6 I have inspected this Hospital twice during the year, and on each occasion found everything working well. Miss Hope, whom I knew well in the Wellington Hospital as a capable nurse, had her department in thorough order. Her two assistants also I knew a3 good nurses. I was very disappointed to find the trustees had actually built a new fever-ward at a considerable cost, as a part of the old hospital. This ought to be pulled down as unfitted from its construction for its purposes. It was all very well to put off the building of a new hospital till better times; but to sink more money in a new building, which must either soon be removed or greatly embarrass the planning of a new hospital, or if a new site is chosen must be useless, was to my mind a very great mistake. The labour and trouble caused to doctors, nurses, and patients by the existing building, with its manifold disadvantages, I had hoped would be soon removed, but now I am afraid this new expenditure will perpetuate the evil. I found all the patients were being carefully treated by Drs. Connolly and lanes, and I heard no complaints.

WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 136 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 881 Total under treatment ... ... ... 1,017 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 812 Died , H 83 Remaining on 31st March, 1891 .... ... ... ... 122 Sex. —640 males, 377 females. 4—H. 7.

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Localities from which Patients came. —Wellington, 655; Hutt, 20; Karori, 4; Johnsonville, 7 ; Porirua, 3 ; Petone, 14; shipping, 31; Napier, 1; Martinborough, 2; Kaiwara, 2; Auckland, 1; Paikakariki, 3; Martou, 3 ; Plimmerton, 1; Feilding, 2; Kilbirnie, 1; Otaki, 14 ; Foxton, 6 ; Ashurst, 2; Rimutaka, 1; Wairarapa, 4; Wainuiomata, 2; Island Bay, 4; Longburn, 1; Lyttelton, 3; Motutu, 1; Paremata, 5; Greytown, 2; Hawke's Bay, 1; Nelson, 3; Tawa Flat, 2; Halcombe, 2 ; Bull's, 1; Dunedin, 3 ; Saudon 2 ; Onehunga, 1 ; Manukau, 7 ; Woodville, 1 ; Taranaki, 3 ; Tenui, 1; Shannon, 6; Masterton, 5; Campbelltown, 4 ; Mauriceville, 1; Greymouth, 1 ; Mungaroa, 2; Eketahuna, 1 ; Otago, 1; Carterton, 5; Te Horo, 1; Levin, 1; Christchurch, 1; Westport, 1; Wanganui, 5 ; Horokiwi, 1; Crofton, 1; Featherston, 7 ; other districts, 14. (Total of those admitted during the year.) Nationality.— English, 381; Welsh, 2; Scotch, 90; Irish, 111; Colonials, 372; Danes, 10; Swedes, 8; Germans, 7 ; Norwegians, 5 ; Americans, 5 ; French, 3 ; Prussians, 3 ; Chinese, 3 ; Greeks, 2; Eussians, 2; Austrians, 2; Scandinavian, 1; Nova Scotian, 1 ; East Indian, 1; not known, 8. Beligion. —Church of England, 516 ; Eoman Catholic, 223 ; Presbyterian, 137 ; Wesleyan, 73 ; Methodist, 13 ; Baptist, 12 ; Salvation Army, 18 ; Plymouth Brethren, 5 ; Lutheran, 4 ; Freethinkers, 4 ; Congregational, 3 ; Hebrew, 2 ; Unitarian, 2 ; Confucian, 1; no religion, 4. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 41,029; individual average days' stay, 40'34. Daily average cost per head, 3s. 6f-d.; less patients' payments, 3s. OJd. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 1,985 ; attendances, 5,732. Eevenue and Expenditure. Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 2,719 12 9 Eations ... 2,218 3 5 Local bodies ... ... 2,500 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 159 18 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 11l 1 1 Surgery and dispensary ... 782 5 5 Eents ... ... ... 1,548 7 0 Fuel and light ... ... 590 1 3 Patients'payments ... ... 1,063 9 2 Bedding and clothing ... ... 375 11 7 Other sources ... .. 16 10 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 22 10 0 Balance from last year ... 497 12 8 Ironmongery ... ... 77 7 1 Ice ... ... ... ... 43 13 4 | Washing and laundry ... ... 391 16 11 Salaries and wages ... ... 2,188 6 1 Water-supply ... ... 86 8 0 Funerals ... ... ... 53 14 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 142 0 11 Additions to buildings ... ... 151 8 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 72 10 4 Insurance ... ... ... 1650 I Commission ... ... ... 13 10 6 Law and survey ... ... 21 10 6 Other expenses ... ... 66210 Total ... £8,456 13 2 Total ... £7,473 3 10 I have frequently visited this Hospital early in the morning, and at various times during the day, and I am satisfied that it is well and economically administered. The nursing department is well organized and admirably managed by Miss Godfrey, whoso energy and devotion are beyond all praise. The medical staff possess and deserve the confidence of the patients and the public. If I were asked which, considering it all round, is the best hospital in New Zealand I should say Wellington.

WESTPOET HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... 13 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 71 Total under treatment ... ... ... 84 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Died ... ... ... ... ... . . ... 7 Eemaining on 31st March, 1891 ... ... ... ... 14 Sex. —79 males, 5 females. Localities from, which Patients came. —Borough of Westport and Buller District. Nationality. —English, 19; Welsh, 3; Scotch, 13; Irish, 15; New Zealand, 16; Australian, 6; Canadian, 1; Italian, 4; German, 2; West Indian, 1; East Indian, 1; Greek, 1; Swede, 1; Eussian, 1. Religion. —Church of England, 41; Eoman Catholic, 23 ; Presbyterian, 13 ; Methodist, 3 ; Wesleyau, 2 ; Church of Christ,-1; Greek Church, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 3,538; individual average days' stay, 42-12. Daily average cost per head, 6s. 3fd.; less patients' payments, ss. 10|d. Outdoor Patients, —lndividual cases, 52.

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Revenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. j Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 514 10 3 Rations ... ... ... 279 15 1 Local bodies ... ... ... 497 6 3 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 26 10 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 13 4 0 Surgery and dispensary... ... 108 12 8 Patients'payments ... ... 81 13 3 Fuel and light... ... ... 38 4 6 Other sources ... ... 10 0 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 36 911 Wages (including washing) ... 227 2 7 Salaries ... ... ... 240 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 35 18 6 Repairs ... ... ... 9650 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 9196 Building account ... ... 7 15 6 j Insurance ... ... ... 10 0 0 Total ... ...£1,116 13 9J Total ... ...£1,116 13 9 I inspected this Hospital on the 22nd December, 1890, and found, as before, a large proportion of chronic cases. Four out of a total of twelve were over two years in the hospital, and one was over one year. The ventilation of the intermediate rooms on the male side was very bad, and immediate steps ought to be taken to remedy this. In all other respects I found the Hospital satisfactory.

CHAEITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

COSTLEY HOME FOE THE AGED AND NEEDY, AUCKLAND. This institution is situated in a paddock of about 7 acres at Epsom, about three miles from Auckland. It is a handsome, well-designed brick building, giving accommodation for about 200 inmates. On the day of my visit, the 20th March last, it contained 113 men and 35 women, all of them suitable cases for such an institution. The management is intrusted to Mr. and Mrs. Moss, who, so far as I have been able to judge, are well fitted for their work, and perform their duties conscientiously. The rest of the staff consists of a male-ward assistant, a cook, laundress, and gardener. I found everything in good order. The beds were clean and comfortable, and the food sufficient both in quantity and quality. The whole of the ground, except what is required for the buildings and outhouses, is carefully cultivated, and gives abundant crops. There is no water-, supply available except the rainfall, which is stored in large concrete tanks, which, so far, have given an abundant supply. There is no provision for drainage except that everything is collected in a large tank, from which the sewage is pumped and distributed at irregular intervals over the garden. It is evident that in a very short time such a system as this must become unwholesome, but how to remedy it, except at a great expense, Ido not see. A great mistake was made in building in such a position, and on a piece of land only 7 acres in extent. The total cost per head per week is ss. sd. THAMES OLD MAN'S HOME. This consists of a fairly suitable wooden building close to the Hospital. On the date of my inspection —15th March, 1891 —it contained 19 inmates, who were all comfortably housed and well treated in other respects. The average cost per week was ss. 3d. HAMILTON OLD MAN'S HOME. This is a well-designed new wooden building situated in the Hospital grounds, about a mile from the township. The whole is suitably furnished, and has a good garden. It contained 11 old men, who did all their own work—cooking, cleaning, gardening, and so on. They were all very contented, and seemed to be exceptionally comfortable. THE NAPIEK REFUGE. This is a very old and comfortless building, entirely unsuited to modern requirements. It gives shelter, and that is all. The patients are well treated, however, in all other respects. The contrast between the Refuge and the splendidly-appointed Hospital over the way has always struck me as being a very glaring one in Such a rich country as Napier, and I have no doubt the Board is only waiting for the new Bill, which has now become inevitable, and which, I hope, will make provision for a comprehensive system of provincial homes with farms attached. The cost per head per week is 6s. 7f d.

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WELLINGTON HOME FOE THE AGED AND NEEDY. This is not, steictly speaking, a public institution in the sense that the others are. It was built out of moneys subscribed by benevolent citizens of Wellington, and which were subsidised by the State. The management is in the hands of trustees. All members who contribute £1 are entitled to elect the inmates of the Home. The total cost of the building and furniture was £4,937. It is well designed, and contains comfortable accommodation for thirty persons. At present the inmates number 26. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon act as master and matron, and are assisted by a servant. The weekly cost per head is Bs. lfd. THE OLD MAN'S HOME, NEW PLYMOUTH. This is a commodious, old, but very substantial building, standing on a piece of good land, about 4 acres in extent, on the outskirts of the town. This contains five or six old men, who get rations and tobacco, and do their own cooking, &c. The weekly cost is ss. 4id. WANGANUI. The Wanganui Board pays 9s. per week for the maintenance of eight old men in a boardinghouse. NELSON EEFUGE. This is a large and commodious building, originally used as an immigration barracks. Besides this there is a row of neat cottages, erected by the Eenwick Trust, where old persons are lodged free. The number of inmates on the date of my inspection—l3th February, 1891—was 22 men and 8 women. The Home is admirably managed by the matron, who is assisted by one servant and washerwoman one day in the week. Dr. Boor looks after the health of the inmates. MAELBOEOUGH AND WEST COAST. As I have already explained, the Hospitals of Blenheim, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika partake largely of the nature of old men's refuges, owing to the fact that no provision has yet been made in these districts for the aged poor. A piece of land ought to be set apart somewhere in the neighbourhood of Greymouth for a home sufficient to lodge and employ usefully all the aged and needy miners of the West Coast who are now crowding the hospitals. THE WOOLSTON JUBILEE HOME, CHEISTCHUECH. This consists of the centre block and one wing of a most elaborate and costly structure, designed to give comfortable single rooms to a large number of inmates. On the date of my last visit it contained 9 men and 22 women, who were all comfortably lodged and cared for at a cost of Bs. 0-Jd. per head per week. Like the Costley Home, in Auckland, this is built on a small piece of land 6 acres in extent, whereas it ought to have been surrounded with a farm. ASHBUETON HOME. This is an old worn-out building, standing on a small triangular section of land on the outskirts of the township. On the day of my inspection—26th January, 1891 —it contained 56 old persons, who had good beds, were well fed, and professed themselves comfortable. The institution is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, assisted by a daughter. One of the old men acts as cook, and another as nurse, each getting a small salary. The weekly cost is 7s. 1-J-d. per head. DUNEDIN BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. This institution is situated about two miles from Dunedin, on a section of land about 10 acres in extent, part of which is carefully cultivated as a garden. The original building was very badly planned; but the additional buildings put up of late years are admirably fitted for their purpose. On the Ist day of January last the institution contained 167 adult inmates—l3l males and 36 females. The management of this whole institution is very good. Mr. Solomon, the Chairman of the Board, has always taken a lively interest in all its affairs, and the result is a combination of comfort and economy that deserves very high commendation. lam obliged, however, to condemn absolutely the system of keeping 76 destitute and neglected children in such an institution. They ought not to be brought up, however carefully they may be looked after, in the atmosphere of such a place. The experience of the whole English world condemns the system. They ought to be boarded out under the supervision of the Education Department. THE INVEECAEGILL HOME. This is a handsome, well-designed brick building, which cost about £3,000. It is admirably managed and very comfortable. The weekly cost is 10s. per head, or, excluding the cost of management, 7s. The inmates were 25 in number. Like all the rest of our benevolent homes, this is built so close to town that a siifricient area of good land could not be got. DESTITUTE CHILDEEN. I find that this problem of how to deal with our destitute and neglected children has reached a very acute stage. In consequence of the great movement towards economy which of late years has arisen all over the colony, Charitable Aid Boards have begun to look very sharply after their expenditure. Owing to their having no control over the Industrial Schools, while they are obliged

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to pay for all the children sent there who are not criminal, a great outcry is made about taxation without representation. They want to keep the children ill their own hands, so as to control the expenditure directly. The police and the Magistrates have been instructed not to commit children to the industrial schools without consulting the Charitable Aid Boards. There has thus grown up in an irregular, unsystematic way— i.e., so far as one general plan is concerned—a boarding-out system, managed by each Board for itself. After having visited in their homes all the children boarded out in the chief centres, except Auckland, I have come to the conclusion that, while there is no doubt that the boarding-out system is the best, yet it ought not to be left to the local Boards to manage. It is absolutely necessary that a comprehensive system of supervision should be established, and in our present circumstances I believe this can be done effectually only by the Education Department, whose existing machinery ought to be developed and strengthened to deal with this work. As things are at present, I fear that the parsimony of the Boards is being allowed to affect disastrously the children. For fear of the outcry made by the Boards, the police and Magistrates hesitate to commit, and the consequence is that there is a considerable increase of children, who are left without any proper care for either body or mind; and those who are taken charge of are boarded out very often with persons who are in receipt of charitable aid themselves, and in squalid and miserable homes in the poorest and most crowded parts of our cities, whereas they ought, whenever possible, be sent to the country. lam convinced that it is mistaken economy to deal in this way with the young. Be as hard as you like with the adult sturdy beggar; but it will save a great deal of future expense in our gaols, hospitals, and asylums if we deal generously with the children. I have, &c, D. Macgbegob, M.A., M.8., The Hon. the Native Minister. Inspector of Asylums and Hospitals.

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Table showing Admissions, Discharges, &c., of Patients at Hospitals, for Year ended 31st March, 1891.

Hospitals. No. ot Patients on March 31,1800. No. oi Patients admitted during Year. Total under No. Treatment. discharged. Deaths. No. remaining on March 31,1891. S« !X. Total Collective Days' Stay F. in Hospital. no ,i,- Percentage of I Individual . m "5 . Cost of Average Average Cost Administra . _ Days' Stay. „ ( , t tion on Total 1 atient. Bxpon aiture.* No. of Outdi Individual Cases. ■or Patients. M. Individual Cases. Attendanci Akaroa Arrow-town Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Charleston Christchurch Coromandel Cromwell Dunediu Dunstan Gisborne Greymouth Greytown Hokitika Invercargill Kumar,a Lawrence Masterton Napier Naseby Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Patea Picton Queenstown Reefton Eiverton Ross Thames Timaru Waikato Waimate Waipawa Wanganui Wellington Westport 1 1 4 112 20 5 91 161 2 6 40 1 22 24 3 12 7 23 6 24 16 8 3 9 7 17 12 3 13 26 17 11 18 23 136 13 36 58 142 856 92 29 1,058 11 82 834 42 108 125 46 185 189 50 144 67 367 84 92 105 128 35 48 107 119 82 47 171 272 168 97 215 172 881 71 17 59 146 968 112 34 1,149 11 82 935 44 114 165 47 207 213 53 156 74 390 90 116 121 136 38 57 114 136 94 50 184 298 185 108 233 195 1,017 84 13 54 125 773 83 27 979 9 75 753 33 97 102 42 160 173 33 136 65 349 76 90 104 118 34 44 96 113 77 37 153 251 167 90 214 159 812 63 4 6 101 8 2 74 1 5 98 7 10 19 2 18 21 8 11 5 21 11 9 7 6 1 6 6 13 5 7 18 21 8 12 11 14 83 7 4 1 15 94 21 5 96 1 2 84 4 7 44 3 29 19 12 9 4 20 3 17 10 12 3 7 12 10 12 6 13 26 10 6 8 22 122 14 13 49 113 694 97 34 764 11 60 566 39 85 141 44 177 169 50 121 69 276 66 79 92 115 23 52 91 131 69 34 139 190 145 74 201 158 640 79 4 10 33 274 15 385 22 369 5 29 24 3 30 44 3 35 5 114 24 37 29 21 15 5 23 5 25 16 45 108 40 34 32 37 377 5 938 1,548 3,701 36,796 7,758 2,388 39,657 297 1,268 33,765 1,451 3,022 16,335 1,089 11,135 5,633 3,283 5,192 2,315 8,370 1,620 7,389 3,718 3,924 586 2,930 2,824 4,110 3,682 2,208 4,115 8,194 4,925 3,672 5,965 7,685 41,029 3,538 55-18 26-24 25-35 38-00 69-27 70-24 34-51 27-00 15-46 36-10 33-00 26-51 99-00 23-17 53-79 26-45 61-94 33-28 31-28 21-46 18-00 63-69 30-72 28-85 15-42 51-40 24-77 30-22 39-17 45-00 22-30 27-50 26-62 34-00 2560 39-41 40-34 42-12 s. a. 7 OJ 8 8J 7 4} 3 9J 3 5| 4 104 3 5| 34 6" 13 0 3 10 11 8 7 0J 3 1J 5 6J 3 9J 7 0 4 71 4 5| 5 10 4 8J 10 74 5 3J 7 4 4 5| 9 1$ 3 10J 6 8| 6 4 6 9 6 8J 6 llj 5 14 6 2 6 5f 4 104 3 9| 3 6} 6 3| 45-45 57-19 28-61 28-11 22-77 41-01 38-66 74'64 49-16 34-50 50-41 42-33 49-43 50-49 52-43 47-51 62-61 37-78 42-11 40-72 50-75 47-64 30-23 48-78 64-93 44-21 38-89 43-15 45-59 47-54 41-17 35-87 3710 43-19 38-68 37-21 30-26 42-74 9 4 413 21 922 39 27 1,569 •• 152 270 791 37 56 713 6 522 27 4 3,285 201 2,840 44 5,999 •• 482 581 1,702 177 954 45 2,871 27 120 83 130 125 145 424 173 228 407 570 1,100 90 258 52 1,985 52 283 5,732 Totals 837 7,395 8,232 6,779 666 298,055 36-20 8.73U I ! 28,017 787 5,950 2,282 •• * Cost of administration includes salaries, wages, and office expenses.

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Hospitals. From Government. From Hospital Boards and Local Authorities. Voluntary Contributions. Bequests. Rents. Payments by Patients. Other Sources. Balances from Last Year. Total Receipts. Akaroa Arrowtowii Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Charleston Christchurch*.. Coromandel .. Cromwell Dvmedin Dunstan Gisborne Greymouth Greytown Hokitika Invercargill .. Lawrence Masterton Kapier Naseby Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Patea Picton Queensfcown .. Reef ton Riverton floss Thames Timaru Waikato Waimate Waipawa Wanganui Wellington Westporfc £ s. a. 165 2 0 238 1 10 455 0 9 2,012 11 8 513 1 0 235 0 0 3,050 7 2 461 0 7 395 6 11 2,855 18 8 371 5 11 424 0 7 1,113 0 10 148 16 1 1,005 16 4 733 16 6 446 16 5 233 0 0 313 4 2 826 17 11 335 14 9 918 5 0 646 18 8 155 9 1 125 0 0 290 0 0 520 3 6 764 9 7 671 2 2 385 15 8 724 17 0 1,040 15 8 350 0 0 493 2 10 774 16 5 466 13 8 2,719 12 9 514 10 3 £ s. d. 165 1 11 157 11 11 510 0 0 2,012 11 8 730 13 4 115 0 0 2,318 1 3 200 0 0 185 11 8 2,470 2 11 171 7 11 170 0 0 350 0 0 506 18 4 674 2 5 180 18 4 515 13 6 275 0 0 203 12 7 656 5 0 622 14 0 £ a. d. 103 14 10 2 2 0 62 12 0 ] •■ I 71 7 6 I 221 0 6 166 11 0 i 217 13 9 I 122 6 2 128 19 11 620 11 8 131 6 4 410 8 6 32 11 6 117 7 8 258 15 8 j 438 13 9 | 103 10 8 I £ s. d. 1,229 0 0 2 2 3 43 16 5 .. 50 0 0 I "' •• 399 6 7 £ s. a. 394 IS 3 49"4 0 27 15 8 15 0 0 90 5 6 £ s. d. 112 13 6 145 1 2 1,880 11 1 93 17 0 81 15 8 796 1 3 31 8 0 65 12 3 763 9 8 59 11 11 178 0 0 42 17 11 22 10 0 87 9 0 164 11 7 27 9 0 260 5 3 107 18 0 606 0 3 140 15 0 166 10 9 249 13 1 43 2 6 44 5 0 135 0 0 315 11 7 92 5 6 152 10 3 4 10 6 217 10 0 175 16 7 240 5 1 146 4 6 81 3 9 165 2 10 1,063 9 2 81 13 3 £ s. d. 41 6 5 25 12 0 3 15 1 24 1 0 225 15 7 8 7 1 4 10 0 4 2 0 18 12 6 50 0 0 15 16 4 £ s. d. 7 10 0 228 10 10 90 8 9 1,367 9 6 31 18 4 4 3 1 162 17 3 215 3 1 101 10 3 88 9 4 29 0 9 385 18 0 407 18 2 366 5 0 £ s. d. 330 3 11 612 2 1 1,119 13 11 7,633 6 1 1,591 14 2 528 1 9 7,627 7 8 945 7 5 856 IS 3 6,537 3 8 887 9 2 1,173 14 8 2,232 10 8 445 3 9 2,058 5 5 1,682 17 8 787 11 5 1,410 13 1 679 17 10 3,044 2 2 1,159 18 0 1,825 0 9 1,798 8 8 1,460 17 1 375 9 4 570 0 1 1,308 8 6 1,513 11 10 1,503 2 3 692 2 0 1,707 17 6 2,303 7 5 1,698 7 8 1,066 1 8 1,569 19 6 1,713 3 10 8,456 13 2 1,116 13 9 i 59 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 58 7 10 158 13 1 j .. 220 15 1 210 14 10 81 4 4 689 18 4 202 19 3 125 0 0 145 0 1 347 10 0 110 0 0 445 0 0 229 19 4 668 0 0 1,040 15 8 530 9 11 370 0 0 500 0 0 418 13 8 2,500 0 0 497 6 3 ■• .. •• 125 3 5 532 18 3 200 4 10 70 16 6 64 17 6 1 5 9 6 j 0 5 0 56 14 4 166 17 2 j 6 18 3 111 1 1 13 4 0 j •• ■• 3 17 6 34 5 0 10 0 10 1 0 •' 27~0 0 18 0 0 13 10 0 34 17 0 14 13 0 542 10 8 •■ ' 47 2 2 228 13 4 497 12 8 .. 406 17 10 1,548 7 0 20 4 3 16 10 6 10 0 0 "" • • Totals 4,781 4 2 1,761 5 3 745 14 6 5,340 9 5 74,023 7 9 27,895 12 4 21,119 1 8 3,347 8 7 9,042 11 10

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Table showing the Expenditure on account of Hospitals during the Year ended 31st March, 1891.

Hospitals. Rations or Provisions. Wine. Ale. Sec. Surgery and Dispensary. Fuel and Bedding and Furniture. Washing Salaries Water- _ . Light. Clothing. Crockery, &c. T j and Wages. supply. funerals. Repairs. Printing, j Additions to Advertising, I Buildings. Postage, and Stationery, For For ,. For. Other Interest. Insurance. JjJ,™ Expenses. To! a:. Akaroa Arrowtown .. Ashburton .. Auckland Blenheim Charleston .. Christchurch Coromandcl .. Cromwell Dunedin Dunstan Gisborne Greymouth .. Greytown Hokitika Invercargill .. Kumara Lawrence Masterton Napier Naseby Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Patea Picton Queenstown .. Keefton Riverton Ross Thames Timaru Waikato Waimate Waipawa Wanganui Wellington .. Westport 89 10 71 17° 17 5 376 16 o 1,780 15 10 499 17 8 194 7 2| 1,622 2 6 77 18 9 | 138 *4 ni 1,626 14 2' 155 7 I0 | 168 9 11 735 IO 8 63 18 8 467 16 o 225 18 9 162 10 6 362 3 8; ,153 8 7 401 1 10 155 6 10 478 9 2 240 17 o 149 11 10 58 4 10 127 13 11 228 2 11 275 H 6 265 16 10 191 6 4 239 5 °! 492 14 1 261 13 2 211 17 7 460 II 9 279 6 11 2,218 3 5 279 15 1 IIS ° 567 28 9 o 124 o 4 21 o o iS 6 6! 280 o 2 2 2 oj 15 5 °| 220 9 8; 9 8 ol 21 16 o 100 8 oj o 15 o] 53 5 o 11 19 o! 46 o o| 6 17 6 35 ° 3 42 6 i| 44 16 3i 23 19 9 900; o iS oi 14 12 o 44 11 oj 37 15 5 13 13 6| 29 16 o 25 o 6 59 7 °I 7 16 o' 2 10 7 159 18 o 26 10 61 £ s. d. £ s. d.j 21 9 OJ 27 IO 6' 27 18 II 80 12 d 63 iS Oj 623 17 5 569 14 3 133 6 5! 61 15 3 58 8 8 19 2 6 674 iS 8 688 16 o 15 o 8 49 1 4 34 17 11 908 IO Oj 474 13 IO; 34 15 9 34 19 8! 55 17 8 35 17 6 57 16 3 133 6 9 23 4 3, 2 S 9, 181 17 9 100 5 6 140 10 3! 180 3 6 15 10 3 J7 i 3 106 11 o| 74 4 7 70 2 2 17 12 8 169 8 ii 159 9 11 63 18 9: 48 17 2 157 J5 3 *54 J° 8 124 19 7 109 11 4 58 77: 55 o oi 11 4 6; 34 12 3 51 17 8 55 14 I 64 12 6 142 o 1 60 15 7 128 8 4 63 6 9 48 9 ij 18 5 2 150 3 0 119 2 o 234 9 7 167 1 6 163 on So 8 10 57 H 4 89 2 1 252 17 o; 69 13 5 149 02 97 2 1 782 5 s[ 59° 1 3 108 12 8: 3S 4 6 £ b. 4. £ s. d. 149 8 8 64 7 6 193 15 4 292 7 10 81 13 6 97 15 4! 20 o 8 7 18 6 151 4 4 150 13 5 -- j- 2 7 6 25 15 10 86 8 5! 235 10 8 15 16 3; 67 18 8j 42 6 4! 39 o 8 127 12 11 21 19 5 9 13 2| 19 2 o 26 9 8 10 12 o 67 17 8 730: 6 19 3 34 19 I 12 6 3 23 no 0 25 4 6 ! i77 13 3; 45 II 2! 2 19 9 28 2 4i 53 5 1 42 15 7 25 14 6 43 7 ioj 310; 7 16 6j 4 13 9J 4 I8 "j £ s. d 35 5 °; 184 18 ioj I •• ! I 28 o o •• ! 2 5 °j £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. d. 150 o 01 382 9 10 .. 900 386 13 ioj .. 7 10 o 1.943 5 1 125 6 5 47 19 6 343 3 4| ■• 32 2 6 244 5 o; .. 5°o 2,673 o oj .. 17 17 6 412 5 o 38 3 * 1 52 5 6| 7 15 o 2,101 g 7 52 o o 24 7 6 406 15 oj 23 4 2 12 o o 438 5 gi I,2l6 II O; . . 986 150 o o 1,072 IO 5 .. 20 O O 879 12 5 .. I 44 5 6 446 14 10 .. 10 o o 434 10 6 10 o o 2 10 6 268 19 8 .. 17 18 6 773 4 o; 30 15 6: 5 7 6 425 8 6 o 17 o ; 12 o o 923 iG 8 .. I 20 14 o 447 1 3! 10 o o: 434 ! o| ■- ! 17 10 o 170 16 8 .. : 3 1 6 232 12 6i .. I 15 o o 421 O Oi 534 o o 14 17 6: 15 7 6 582 11 ioi .. 300 312 6 6! 4 10 o 28 o o 675 2 o! .. i 8 13 o 788 15 O 22 II III 6 I O 396 15 8 19 10 o j 10 7 6 490 180! .. ; 7 o o 556 156] .. I 23 o o 580 10 8 27 6 3J 11 7 o 2,188 6 1 86 8 O; 53 14 o 467 27; .. I 35 18 6 £ s. d.j 38" 1 8J 88 o 1 116 12 2! 26 8 3 15 7 " 251 IO IOj 10 16 o 353 19 6| 43 12 5; 121 4 11! 26 17 7 18 18 6 27 16 3 | 9 16 3! 23 1 6! 15 l6 2j 18 17 2! 24 o 8 22 12 11] 31 19 3 25 9 4l 32 13 o 624 4 6 g 58 16 1 960; 47 14 ° 19 18 6 13 o I 47 19 1 64 11 4; 82 12 2| .£ s. d. .. 702 12 o 1 240 5 o 3 14 4 188 18 4 7 12 6 40 o o •• 1 £ b. d. •■ 3 7 6| 4 19 ° 39 19 8 19 C 5 9 5 ii 64 12 7 2 19 IO 25 12 9 132 6 8 20 5 3 31 o 5 51 15 6: 2 15 o 27 8 o 57 10 9 27 3 d 4 15 6j 14 9 01 29 14 6 12 o 5. 6 3 7; 3° 3 « 4 13 l'\ 3 8 1 9 o 4 j 2 15 o 35 12 o 11 14 3! 16 8 o 20 1 9 37 6 7 33 6 6 23 10 o 1 6 17 o 23 9 2J 72 10 4! 9 19 6; £ ' d. 9 3° 4 12 6 10 18 10 4 11 10 260 8 8 10 2 17 o 19 9 10 5 4 8! o 6 o! £ s. d. 3 15 o 10 10 ol S 5 o! 13 o o 4 o o| 54 7 6 5 5°; 28 1 o 12 19 6 15 5 o 30 o o 4 10 o 27 15 o 8 15 o 5 2 6i II O O' 35 17 3j 700 £ s. d.j 25 13 6; 5 2 o| 23 4 3 13 I? 5 8 14 6 28 11 o 13 10 6 I s. d. £ s. d. 39 18 10 330 3 11 31 9 4 674 10 3 64 14 8 1,370 7 6 "879 16 5 7,633 6 1 17 8 o 1,591 14 2 8 11 o 608 7 4 ''252 13 5 7,081 14 1 °373 -<- ° 88 5 14 9 45 16 2 S32 3 10 226 17 11 6,473 X4 Ir g 10 8 846 17 8 99 12 6 1,108 16 8 45 5 o 2.565 o 5 7 J7 1 3°3 2 5 46 3 io 2,097 l8 3 346 14 5 1,971 19 4 15 10 4 757 " 7 50 19 0 1,162 9 9 20 17 4 672 1 4 e2IO IO 2 2,052 2 II 14 14 4; 860 12 II 52 7 4 1.95i 19 7 f473 15 "| I.79S 8 .8 25 14 10 900 2 1 1 19 o! 268 2 5 48 11 6 570 o 1 77 6 O; 1,090 2 1 51 11 2 1,321 6 8 63 9 7 I>3°3 3 3 25 5 o 692 2 o 81 19 5 1,688 6 7 171 3 8 2,303 7 5 216 8 2 1,698 7 8 138 5 o! 1,189 18 4 24 4 71 1.457 15 10 88 5 2 1,623 ° 6 131 6 8 7,473 3 10 j 1,116 13 9 1 •• i I I 1 ■ 7 o o| 36 8 o 1 5 o o 211 13 3 2136 ■• 026 •• 21 11 3 470 1 10 o 680 15 5 ° 9 3 9 7 12 6 626 10 9 3 16 13 5 11 14 o] 11 17 o\ 21 o o; 15 12 6 1 140 16 6 19 1 o: 16 19 6 160 12 8 4 38 5 7 35 11 6 12 15 7 66 9 ioi 15 o 11 6 10 o' 97 17 7! 30 4 6! 28 4 8 64 14 61 69 iS 2 4 13 8 4 13 2 15 I 6; 32 S o 86 5 7 375 11 7 99 I? 1 36 9 ii| 5" 6 i ■■ I i 259 o o 202 7 6 27 18 II 78 o 5! •• ! •• ; 12 15 oi 39 1 7 391 16 11 • • 13 1 6 2 10 11 35 7 4 142 o 11 96 5 o 1 171 o oi 151 8 8 7 15 6 16 5 o 1000 •• .. _J i I 1 Totals .. 16,088 12 7I 16,146 4 814,599 16 o 1,878 18 9j 878 18 g!i,799 10 5 J86g 14 8\ 25,934 16 g| 1543 16 6 12,367 7 1,547 I37l 1479 12 3! 1,971 11 11 928 6 5! 116 15 g\ 1455 6 5I 118 13 2! 14,479 14 51 '70,326 11 10 a Including /609 19s. gd., maintenance of nurses home. * Including £35 13s. 7d., casual ward, Lyttelton. c Including £330 paid to Mercury Bay Hospital Committee. d Included in rations. c Including /120, three years' house-rent for doctor. ! Including 13s. nd., maintenance of Hawera Cottage Hospital. ft Included in surgery and dispensary. N.B. — In those hospitals where nothing is set down under the heading of " Washing and Laundry," the expenditure on these items is included in salaries and wages, thus adding to the percentage of cost of administration on total expenditure.

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Return showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the under-mentioned Charitable Institutions during the Year ended 31st March, 1891.

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District. Balance from Last Year. Receipts. Indoor Relief. Outdoor Belief. Expenditure. From Government. From Kates. Repayments by Persons relieved. Voluntary Contributions. Bequests. Rents. Other Sources. Total. Total. Children's Portion of Exxienses. £ s. a. 16 4 5 £ s. d. 707 19 1 4,461 11 5 875 0 7 280 18 9 181 8 2 292 8 8 1,270 16 3 599 3 3 846 4 7 4,467 11 11 144 5 5 103 16 8 918 5 0 319 15 11 450 0 0 1,119 5 4 708 5 11 5,963 0 2 1,354 16 4 358 17 6 6,047 15 8 1,829 14 10 £ s. a. 599 10 6 2,288 14 2 830 8 7 419 0 11 160 14 6 120 0 0 1,094 11 4 574 18 6 777 18 0 3,707 10 3 159 13 2 155 18 0 656 5 0 385 15 10 350 0 0 882 2 7 473 17 4 5,808 7 0 1,327 14 11 327 0 11 5,778 3 3 1,758 4 6 £ s. a. 12 0 0 619 0 3 96 13 0 £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a.! £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,335 14 0 11,111 14 10 1,885 2 5 731 13 6 442 8 2 505 14 5 2,775 18 9 1,316 5 1 1,676 4 6 11,122 3 2 557 10 6 567 8 1 2,873 3 8 743 18 7 853 9 10 2,130 18 11 ! 1,429 18 6 13,809 6 1 2,926 11 10 950 8 3 14,550 3 10 3,666 9 0 £ s. a. 170 16 11 6,375 12 11 815 9 4 385 7 5 £ s. d. 311 1 10 7,771 13 5 906 0 3 261 16 2 230 13 6 233 11 5 1,229 7 0 1,130 13 9 848 15 7 6,642 9 0 400 4 10 125 13 3 1,102 3 8 585 10 0 561 8 0 718 18 11 1,243 9 1 7,4C8 1 2 1,035 1G 1 565 19 3 7,195 3 9 1,328 9 6 £ s. a. 481 18 9 14,147 6 4 1,721 9 7 647 3 7 230 13 6 427 9 0 2,201 4 6 1,304 17 7 1,477 19 4 10,501 11 9 518 7 10 125 13 3 2,229 11 7 739 19 6 772 18 0 1,619 16 5 1,688 12 10 14,140 8 6 2,249 15 7 848 4 7 13,773 15 7 2,696 3 11 £ s. a. 125 4 7 951 16 9 388 0 6 129 1 C North of Auckland* Auckland Coromandel and Thames Waikato Bay of Plenty* Cook Hawke's Bay Taranaki Patea and Wanganui Wellington.. Wairau Picton Nelson Buller Inangahua Grey Westland .. Ashbnrton and N. Canterbury South Canterbury North Otago Otago United Southland 21 15 10 84 13 10 33 10 3 156 7 11 142 3 4 32 8 2 1,263 18 3 228 10 11 265 8 5 1,062 11 8 13 7 0 2 10 0 74 8 7 3 4 9 219 12 10 2,209 12 7 47 12 3 2 4 8 57 5 6 55 1 0 16 9 0 540 17 7 25 1 0 32 5 0 85 10 0 990 'lO 0 75' 17 0 110" 0 0 35 10 0 7 10 0 46G 9 5 13 12 2 31 13 10 14 13 8 S87 2 4 2 10 0 44 0 0 38 6 10 193 17 7 971 17 6 174 3 10 C29 3 9 3,859 2 9 118 3 0 1,127 7 11 154 9 6 211 10 0 900 17 6 445 3 9 6,672 7 4 1,213 19 6 282 5 4 6,578 11 10 1,367 14 5 7 3 0 289 11 0 154 3 10 357 9 9 2,412 4 4 118 3 0 53 9 10 82 19 0 12 18 9 1,298 17 2 164 19 11 207 16 10 1,424 3 9 100 12 0 402 11 5 46 12 0 219 18 0 20 18 5 •■ •■ 131 4 3 11 14 0 14 18 6 172 13 8 79 0 8! 45 0 Oj 12 0 01 643 2 7 142 9 6 160 14 0 884 17 G 345 :-', 9 3,542 a 3 865 12 5 276 15 0 3,243 3 4 465 4 11 227 2 9 64 7 2 10 17 0 243 4 10 0 16 0 817 13 7 14 2 6 ■• Totals 6,552 18 3 . 3,613 8 10 1,121 14 3 1,073 3 1 1,822 1 1 I | 77,962 5 11 j 32,648 2 1 41,890 19 5 74,545 1 6 15,502 4 0 133,301 1 5 |28,G36 9 3 1,841 9 9 * The North of Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board paid £695 8s. 4d., and the Bay ot Plci ;heir districts in the Auckland Hospital. ity Hospital ai id Charitable .id Board paid £213 15s. 3d., to the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for maintenance patients froi

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DISEASES AND DEATHS IN HOSPITALS. Table showing the Number of Cases of Disease and of Deaths from each Cause in the various Hospitals in the Colony during the Year 1890.

< i! g *rt a o '5 2 g CL| "rt 3 to -j 5 Q 1 u Q o E a V m d o 6 Q a o I 1 1 5 a J~ I u & si Orders, Diseases, &c. 6 a U Q i I i c3 c Hi 6 \& c3 in I (fl -C U Q a rt a 1 6 \a 8 I % U (3 o Q rt a hi Order i. — -Miasmatic W S 1. Small-pox 2. Chicken-pox 3. Measles 4. Epidemic Rose-rash 5. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) 6. Typhus Fever 7. Relapsing Fever 8. Influenza, g. Whooping-cough 10. Mumps 11. Diphtheria 12. Cerebro-spinal Fever 13. Simple and Ill-defined Fever 14. Enteric Fever (Typhoid) 15. Other Miasmatic Diseases I 2 • • • • • ■ • •• I ' ' ] i ■■ - ■ - - •• •• 3 ■ • • •• i ■ • • •• 5 ■1 • "I ■■) •■s - 1 " " I '' "I • ■ ■ i i 21 • ..1 1 .. .. • 4! 'I 'I •i i ••! • •• •• •■ 5 • • 1 "I - I •1 - ■ • • .. •• • • •• 2 * * 1 •■I •• 6 ■ ■ •• •■ ■ •• • •• " c • ■■ 2 • - J •• •• 12 •■ •• • .. - •• • - - .- - • I •• •• • 1 - •■ - • • I ■ • : a ■ •• •• '; •! • •• ■• ■•! " • ■• - - • ■■ ■ - •■i "I • I- ■ ..! 12 "l2 3 •■ ■• ■ • - "i • • ■I 1 ■ 2 •• hJ •■ - I - iS ■ •I • "9 " ■4 3 - - - '; | - •• ! i| 1 - no I 1 • 20 i i •• 3| 4 1 .. 5 15 12 - ■ ■■ 4 4 •■ O N Total Order 1 .. I jd •• i ••! ! I i i 25 .. 3 i ■•■ — ■ 23 " H A 32 __ 20 1 _L_ Il84 .. U! • M ! .. - 1 i •■ H .- ! 3 — H 1 j I "'I 12 ■ 1 !•• M i I I , •• I7 •■ H • 1 1 2 I ! • • • • •■ Order 2.— Diarrhcsal. 1. Simple Cholera 2. Diarrhoea 3. Dysentery i i - i — 1 1 — 1 •• O i! •• •• - •• - •■ i • •• 3 ij " 2 1 6 8 "I I ■ - ■1 • ■■ 1 •1 •• ■ •■ - ■• •• •• • 'I •■ • •• 3 •■ 1 •■ • ■ • 'I •I • ■ i .j • •• I • - •■ • • ■ •• 1 • 1-1 W Total Order 2 .. — J i t -H •■ — ■■ I ! I ! 1 ! "I — i ■ H •• H i.. • ■ h~ 6| — 2 I I 2 I Z4 •• ( 1 \ 1 1 ! s S 1 H .. H ■ — H - 1 1 - • ! ■ — ! 1 -I •• - Order 3.— Malarial. 1. Remittent Fever 2. Ague 1 4 •• •• •• •• I •• 'I i ■■ •■ •• 'I •• o ft •■ - ■• ■ • •■ ■• •• • •'• •■ - •• m m ■• Total Order 3 .. i I ! I M H - H H H H H - • .. •• - ■ ' ■ - • •• ■• - •• •• ■• •• "I •• •■ •• I I — — — — — 1 \ i ! — — — — i i ! Order 4.— Zoogenous. 1. Hydrophobia .. 2. Glanders .. .. .. 3. Splenic Fever 4. Cow-pox and other Effects of Vaccination •■ • • • •i •• • •• - •• P •• ■ ■- - i I I I •• ■• •• ••! •■ •• ..1 •• ■• • ■ - ■ • - - • - 1 -! ■•! •• •■ ■•■ • •■ • ■ ■■ • •• - •• • •• I •• ■• !•• !•• - •• ■ • Total Order 4 .. 1 -H i H i H H H H i 1 1 1 I H H •• ■» • ■■ I - •■ - 1 •■ •■1 •• • - - ..] ■• •■ •• •• - Order 5.— -Venereal. I M — — — — — — — 1 ! 1 __: — ! S 1. Syphilis 2. Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra, Ulcer of Groin 12 J •• .. 19 2! 6 27 1 • i ■ ■ •• •• ■• •• " • • ■■ •• •• •• ■1 •• 'I .. Total Order 5 .. I i i 6 - h H H ~ 46 — j I H H H I I - 1 25 i ■■ .. ■• .. .. .. ... xo 6 1 2 .. •■ .. .. .. -. 2 .. • ■ ••

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DISEASES AND DEATHS IN HOSPITALS. Table showing the Number of Cases of Disease and of Deaths from each Cause in the various Hospitals in the Colony during the Year 1890— continued.

o 5-g o < o 5 Q C 5 1 1 c o I i o 0 Orders, Diseases, &c. C Q Q Q a (A Q U Q CJ 1 O t~i a I I \—~\ 8 c a U Q O H -3 10 1 en U v 1 Order i.— Miasmatic 1. Small-pox 2. Chicken-pox 3. Measles 4. Epidemic Rose-rash 5. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) 6. Typhus Fever 7. "Relapsing Fever 8. Influenza 9. Whooping-cough 10. Mumps 11. Diphtheria 12. Cerebro-spinal Fever .. .. 13. Simple and Ill-defined Fever 14. Enteric Fever, Typhoid 15. Other Miasmatic Diseases .. .. .. I " ' 14 • •■ - •■ A . . •• i .. •■ ■ • ■I ■ • •• "I 3 •• ■■! ■ •• •■I 5 - - 4 ■1 • ■ • - ' ■ 'I •• 12 • .. ■ • • ■ ■ • •• ■ ■• ■• • • ■ •I 1 ■ ■ i •■ 8 •■ •• 2 ■I • •• 2 • • - •• 3 ■• ■ ■ ! ■ ■• I I I 47 2 122 r 2 " I .. I •• • •• • •• • ■ i •• • i •• •• ■• •• : • •■ • ■• •• - 44 3 •• ! •• 4 1 1 2 1 if 13 .. •■ - •• 1 • •■ 2 1 •■ 75 1 i * "B ■• 12 39 1 • - .. !•• ■■ •■ •■ - - 5 1 A - - •• 1 1 I 1 1 - ! 1 6 •■ 1 xa| ! •• ■■ 7 4 - •• ij 1 • 49 402 22 1 i •• ■ I 51 j i 2 •'I A 3 ■ I - 3 • 1 ■ - 4r» I 1— t Q ••! I •• ! ••s !•• I ••I 1- ■• ■• •'I -• •• ! ■'I • .- •• • • ■ •■ ■ ■ .. ■ — i- — — ! I i I — H — H ! — H — — — Total Order 1 .. I • 1 70 IO A J5 3 1 'I •• 30 A 3 .. .. 5 13 A X, •• 48 3 A O Order 2.— Diarrhwal. 1. Simple Cholera 2. Diarrhcea 3. Dysentery .. .. i 1 1. I u 1 — — — — — "\ •• •• I - •• 2 1 1 •■ • •• ■• ■• "I •■ 1 ■■ ■ •■ •■ I - - i i! I - .. • 1 3 ■ • 1 !•• 1 ■• - - - ■ 2S ■ •• •• •■ •■! •■ - • • ■ • •• ■■ - • • •■ ■• 24 —I — 1 ! I ! — H 1 H H — 1 ! — O t— 1 m Total Order 2 .. ■ x - U i| I •• 2 3 .. 1 1 1 ■ .. • ■ ■• 1 ■ - ■ ■ .. 52 •1 ■ 1 I 1 i — 1 — — - I Order 3.— Malarial. 1. Remittent Fever 2. Ague - 1 6 ■• 1 •• i •• •- •• ■■ •■ •• •• ■■ •• ■■ •■ .... - !•• • ■ - •• •• •• • Total Order 3 .. | I j 1 I ! 1 — H ~ H H H — M H •• .. - - ■ - • • ■ - • • • •• - 6| •■ •1 •■ •• •• ■• ■■ o O I Order 4.— Zoogenous. 1. Hydrophobia .. 2. Glanders 3. Splenic Fever 4. Cow-pox and other Effects of Vaccination [ I ( I -i ~ — — — — — i — — — — — — ■■ "I •• •■ "■ ■• •• ■• •■ •• " ■■ - • ■■ __ • •• • •• - - - .. • • I I ■ ■ ■■ ., • - - - 5 a .. :•• • - ■ •■ .. •■ • •■ ■ " •• •■ - . •• ■ I I — I H . 1 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — H Total Order 4 .. .. - .. •• ■ •• •■ •■ .. .. ■1 •■ • •1 - -i ■■ ■ - •■ • I I I — 8 I — — — !— \ 1 — - — — Order 5.— Venereal. . 1. Syphilis 2. Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra, Ulcer of Groin • 10 I' 20 23 72 1 I 2 2 IO^ •■ •• •• - •I • ■■ •• •• •• •■ ■• ■• — ! — » l_ ■ I M — H - 1 I 1— i \ 1 — H I Total Order 5 .. • • ! ■• .. !O •■ ! 1 .. 43 • • • •• 2 .. .. ■ ■ . 3 .. .. 176 " • •! ■ •

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DISEASES AND DEATHS IN HOSPITALS. Table showing the Number of Cases of Disease and of Deaths from each Cause in the various Hospitals in the Colony during the Year 1890— continued.

I] 03 •£ 3 I c I 1 3 Z E 3 a v (3 Q re 2 w rt 5 c to oi -c 3 o re c o 1 1 5 c I r O rt o O o V 1 1 e4 (j Orders, Diseases, &c. I 1 1 . 1 3 Q —7 J3 rt u I Q S 1 Is 5 & u a ill « I n u a u a - I 1 u J3 1 a I I I Order 6.— Septic. 1. Phagedasna 2. Erysipelas 3. Pyaemia, Septicaemia 4. Puerperal Fever, Pyaemia, Peritonitis •■ I •• - • ■■ - •• ■■ •• 2 I •1 1 •• - • ■■ •• 4 2 5 • •■ - •• - i ■■ ■ •■ •■ " •• • ■• •1 1 •1 •• 1 •• - • 2 :. - - H - ! __ 1 ■ 2 - ■ • - - •■ 1 • ■ ■• • • • ■■ ■■ ■■ . i I H h- — h- — H - — — H H H H — 1 1 1 H H H Total Order 6 .. I •• » 2 » " .. 11 2 .. • ■ • ■ 1 .. .. 2 1 2 .. •• •• •• ••1 •• •1 •• Total Class I. .. — — S~ — t H M H — H ~ H ~ H - — 150 17 X 32 - 27 3 Uo i 32 256 19 23 * ■■■ 3 - ■• 8 - h • II 22 7 •I i 'I •• ■ M — — 4 — — — — — — — — 1 — — ft") IS +— i 1. Thrush 2. Other Diseases from Vegetable Parasites .. 3. Hydatid Disease 4. Other Diseases from Animal Parasites •• - - ■• •• •• - •1 • • •• ■ - •I - • ■• ■• ■• ■ •• •• " 3 1 •■ •• •• ■• • ■■ •• ., •• •• • 1 ' 2 1 2 - - - • ■ ■• » ■■ ■• ■ - - •• ■ A - - ■•I ■ •• 1 I ■• 2 •■ • ■• • • • •• H ■ •• • — 1 — H 1 H H H — - H H I ! -~ 1 1 1 1 — * Total Class II. .. 2 •• - * * •• •• •• ■ •■ .. 1 .. • 4 • .. - - •• • 3 1 3 •• • •■ ' —- 1 I — 1 — 1 I— — — — — — — 1 — —i I — 1 1 1 — — 1 o r Hen 1. Starvation Want of Breast-milk 2. Scurvy T , fa. Chronic Alcoholism 3 . Intemperance ] & Delirium Tremens \ 4. Other Dietetic Diseases 20 4 •■ - - " ■ •• 2 1 •• ■ •• ■■ •■ ■• - ■ •• 4 " I 8 •■ - ■• •• .. 5 • • ■■ •1 •■ ■ •• •• • • ■ - ■ ■• •• •• •• •• ■I 1 1 ••I ..I - ■ I •• • ■ - • - •■ • 1 3 1 1 ■• - 1 • - 3 ■ - • •• •• • •■ 2 A H I •■ • ■■■ •• H • • •• ■ — •• • •• .. ■• •• ■A - ! — 1 — — H - H - H H H — i 1 I M 1 Total Class III. 24 •• •• - 3 ! 1 ■ Li .. • 4 ■ 8 •■ 19 •• - •■ • 'I .. .. A » A - 2 1 ■• H — — — — — — — — — iz; o {-,00 I— i 1. Rheumatic Fever 2. Rheumatism 3. Gout .. 4. Rickets 5. Cancer C. Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Peritonitis 7. Tubercular Meningitis, Acute Hydrocephalus 8. Phthisis 9. Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula .. 10. Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis 11. Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia 12. Diabetes Mellitus 13. Other Constitutional Diseases I 35 •• 1 26 - •■ ■■ 1 • •• - - - - - " - - • - " 8 3 ■ ■ • - 3 'I 4 4 • • 3 • ■ • - - - 2 3 3 •■ •■ ■ • ■ • 1 2 •• 10 •■■ 1 ■ •■ 2 " 3 1 6 ■• • • - 2 ■■ 6 15 3 1 ■ • •• 1 • 13 40 4 32 •■ • 9 • 6 10 5 1 • - - 2 \ ■ ■ " 1 • V ■ • • - II I - I I - - • •• - •• •• •• 5 1 1 1 • •• 4 4 1 3 - 1 3 1 - 5 ■• I 1 5 2 4 1 • •• • ■ ■• • •• 1 •• 2 •1 • - •• A • • •• 4 2 1 2 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 = •• ■■ ■• • 2 6 1 4 I 68 2 23 • - I" • 3 1 ■ 3 3 ■■ A 5 • ■ 6 ■ 1 - 1 8 ■• ! 13 •■ 2 28 7 ■ 11 2 1 - - - •• 4 •■ • A 3 • - V - • - 1 ■ 1 • A 2 - •■ • • ■ "•■ •• - • A • •• ■• •• • • •'■ •• •■ 1 • 1 •■ 2 • •• ■ - " - •• • - •• • 1 • •• •• 7 • • - 3 - - • - • - 5 •• 9 ■ 2 - - - - • - - • A 3 - - • • ■•" • • • - • • ■• •• •• - - h - • 1 • • - • ■ ■ • • !•• •■ • .. • ■ - • •• 1 • - •• ■ •• •■ ■ • ■ .. •• ■ .. • • Total Class IV... I i — 18 — — h" — H 28 H H — — ~\ 1 1 1 1 — 140 34! •■ • ■ h 2 *7 2 2 3 3 • • 26 4 2 4 1341 21 4 I .. 3 .. 2 M 3 10 3 1 3 I 11 4 hi 11

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5 Orders, Diseases, &c. o as 5-g O < B J_ o ! a O c3 a C7 I 1 » t o Oh 1 . cd 5 D II C 5 6 H v o 8-1 8 O I C in J3 6 q U Q 1 Q l l 1 O a o i a 1 I O : C 5 ! a 3 |a I 1 I ~ I I ■3 S Order 6.— Septic. 1. Phagedaena 2. Erysipelas 3. Pyaemia, Septicsemia 4. Puerperal Fever, Pyaemia, Peritonitis i I ■• •• •• ■• * •• •• .. 1 1 • •■ ■•• •• 2 8 1 • 'I •• • •• - •• ■• 1 •■ •• 2 •■ • ■• 1- •• 2 • 31 5! 1 2 1 •■ - •■ - •■ • • - - ■ •• 2 - - • 1 - 2 • - • •• - - - - - •• ■■ •" • ■ ■■ - • ■ - ■ • •■ i ■■ •■ • •• ■ » — — \— — — - - — H — - - H _ 1 H I — - — - Total Order 6 .. i •• • 4 " ■ ■• 1 - 1 - 3 2 IO .. - .. - ' « .. ■ 2 • ■ 51! •• •• Total Class I. ,. — — i - — H — M - M H H H 16 \-\ 1 H 1 3 A I • 93 • • 13 1 32 3 23 2 .. 83 3 4 2 ■ • • 1 h 1 - Ui H ! J 1,011 76 1 - r 2s l' •• H 1 h- — — 1— I 1 — — — — - i 1. Thrush 2. Other Diseases from Vegetable Parasites .. 3. Hydatid Disease 4. Other Diseases from Animal Parasites •• I i - •• • •• •• •■ •• ■■! !■■ •• ..1 • ■ 1 •I • !■• - .. I •• .. •■ •• - "I - ■■ •• 1 ! 'I • •• - - • 1 •• i •• 7 ■■ • " 3 ' 1 • I " - h 1 - 1 • - I • 12 2 •• •■ • •• •■• •• - • • - •• - - Total Class II. .. — — — 1 1 H - H — H i I I H - _ H 1 H I ■• • « • ■ ■ - h 2 •• 4 ■ .. - 1 - 1 ■ I • • .. 40 2 •• i - •• — i — — — i— — — I is 1. Starvation Want of Breast-milk 2. Scurvy c Tntptnnpram-p (a. Chronic Alcoholism .. 3. intemperance (J _ De i irium Tremens .. 4. Other Dietetic Diseases ■• •• •• • •• 1 ■ •• • •• ! •• - •• 1 2 •■ • "I 2 I •■• •• •• ■1 •• •• ■ •I • • •I ■■ •I 1 3 •■ • ■• ■ - ■• 1 'I - ■■• •■ ■• 2 2 ■• I •• ■ • ■■ •• ■• ■■ - 5 86 C2 2 • i •• - • 4 5 20 h - 2 - ■ •• I 1 3 •• -i - • 1 20 • ■ - - • 1 2 • • - • ■ ■• •• • •■ •■ • • ■■ •■ •• ■ • 1 .. TotaLClass III. — — M ! H - — _ — H H 1 hH — H 156 •• i 5 - •• — 3 • 2 9 4O • 1 .. 3 — b — ■ » h- ■• •• —\ f o hoi §s > 1. Rheumatic Fever 2. Rheumatism 3. Gout .. 4. Rickets 5. Cancer 6. Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Peritonitis 7. Tubercular Meningitis, Acute Hydrocephalus 8. Phthisis 9. Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula .. 10. Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis 11. Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythsemia 12. Diabetes Mellitus .. 13. Other Constitutional Diseases 23 I 6 3 1 3: 6 •• •■ •• 2 32 5 • I3 1 1 •■ • •• i 1 - -! -I • - •• •• - 9 2 7 4 7 •• "I 2 .. •■ 3 ! 1 - - •■ 1 3 6 ■ • ■ ■ ■ 7 49 3 33 2 ■1 ■ - • •■ ■ ■ 2 7 I '■I I •• 3J •■•• 5 1 •■ 5 2 3 4 3 2 5 3 •• 1 I • - I 2 8 I ■ • 2 ■ ■• •I ••I - • ■ I Io I •• 34O 31 216 3 5 291 3° 3 78 6; •• •■ ■ - • ■■ ■• - ■'I •■ ■• "s • • 6 - •■ •• 16 8 I - •• ■ 3 38 2 A •' - ■ 2 •• 9< •• 3 •• 34 • • 4 1 ■■ i 5 A 221 1 1 1 1 3 1 I » 2 ' ■• •• • • ■ 1 13 2 " • .. ■ ■■I ■• •• - • • 6 •• A ' ■• • •• ■• - ■ • • ■■ ■• • - ■ - » • 1 •• - 2 . 3 !- 2 - 16 A 1 ■ 1 ■■ 2 ' • •• •• '16 - ■ - - ■■ ■ 1 - • 1 A 1 1 1 • • ■ • • •• 'I •• • •• • .. ■ • - • -■ • • •• .. ! ■• • 3 ■■ • • • - Total Class IV... — H — H i — — — — 60 6 ii 2 I3°\ Id ! 18 A 52 6 25] 16 154 35 6 11 5| 4 18 3 ix 2 20 3 19 2 11 1,108 i7<

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0 Orders, Diseases, &c. u I Q JL H 6 a! I i 1 'at to i c I o o O — —— c I c j a/' o I I 3 I in O ■3 rt c 5 I 5 Q <4 Q HJ U U Q I & Q 6 !o 5 a 2 I U Q (J 'ft Q ft 00 [ 1. Premature Birth 2. Atelectasis 3. Cyanosis 4. Spina Bifida 5. Imperforate Anus 6. Cleft Palate, Hare-lip .. 7. Other Congenital Defects 8. Old Age ■■ 2 _^ I •• I •• 2 I •• ■■ I •■ .. •• ■■ i.. ■ ■ I • .. • • •• ••I •• 2 ' 'I •■ • I •• •■ - •■ ■■ ■ •■ ■ H •• 4 2 4 ■ I ••! ■ - • 4 •• - - - - - - • H ■• - ■■ - - - ■1 H •■ ■■ "i •■ * ■■i ■1 - - - - ■• ■ •• • - - • • • •■ H ■■ I " •• 8 •• • ■ • • ■■ _ I •■ ■•I 2 'I • • - • !•• 2 •• ■ • h ••■ Total Class V. .. — H — H H h6 1 2 I 2 I ■ xo i - - A 2 i ■• "I ■• • •• ■I •• — — — — - — — — — — — < •5 Order i.— Diseases of Nervous System. 1. Inflammation of Brain or its Membranes.. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 2. Apoplexy 3. Softening of Brain 4. Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis 5. Paralysis 6. Paralysis Agitans 7. Insfenity, General Paralysis of Insane 8. Chorea g. Epilepsy 10. Convulsions 11. Laryngismus Stridulus .. 12. Idiopathic Tetanus 13. Paraplegia, Diseases of Spinal Cord 14. Other Diseases of Nervous System I 6 3 4 I •• • •• ■■ - 5 1 ■■ I •■ - •• • ■■ ■■ ••! .. 2 I • - • 2 - 1 - •• 2 I 'I I 3 1 2 •• • 2 •• ■■ I 4 ■■ 4 2 | xo • 1 •• i •• - •■! 1 1 2 j i 'A i ■■ •• I •• •■ 1 I ■' • ■ • ■■ - i 2 I • - i •■ ■ • - - - - " 1 • • 2 - • 'I •■! •• - - 1 2 "I I •• 2 2 "I i i i 2 'I 1 I I I I • ■ 12 • I •• •• • I .. • - ■ I 2 h I 8 I - 4 6 ■■! •• • 2 - 6 ■ 3 I " ij • ! ■• 2 I - 3 - ■• ■ - - h 3 ■• - ■• 'I 1 i " ■ - • h ■ ■ ■• ! - • ■• - • I •• • - 'I • - •■ I • ■ I 2 4 I ..I 3 22 ■• 2 ! ■• H I ■• • i •• •■ 9 21 i i! •• • * • ■•I 7 5 i 2 A ' 3 2 •■ •■ 4 2 1 1 2 •• 2 • A • • -. • ■ 1 .. 2 3 •• - Total Order 1 .. 69 — I — - — H H H — 4 H H h9 4 ■: T 14 IO 56 ■ * ■ 6 i i! 12 A 9 12 3 i 12 J o •■ .. • • — i i — - — — — — — — Order 2.— Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. 1. Otitis, Otorrhoea 2. Epistaxis and Diseases of Nose 3. Ophthalmia and Diseases of Eye 4 5 22 •• i 2 •• •• I 2 ■ •• I ■■ 1 ■• ••I • 3 22 .. i I I I .. - .. 3 •• •■ ■ 3 • •■ I • 3 I I I ■ \ Total Order 2 .. — 1 - H - — H ! - I - 31 u .. •• u 5 22 .. X ■• .. I • 1 u I - 1 3 •• ! — — — — Order 3.— Diseases of Circulatory System. 1. Endocarditis, Valvular Disease .. 2. Pericarditis 3. Hypertrophy of Heart 4. Fatty Degeneration of Heart 5. Angina Pectoris 6. Syncope 7. Aneurism 8. Senile Gangrene 9. Embolism, Thrombosis 10. Phlebitis 32 I 1 10 • •• 4 i 2 2 I I "I • 6 1 -I "I • 3 1 5 i • •• •• 2 i •• IO 2 1 ■ 'I - 3 i • i ..I •■ ■• ii i i ■• ' •• I I I I 2 "I " • 6 2 : • I • ■■! ■ •1 • ■■ I I • •• ■ I • • •■ 4 1 I I • I '■ .. 2 - • • 1 A ■ • • •• •■! ■ 2 I • ••! ■■ • ■•! ■ 4 I I - I ■ ■• ■ ■ ■ • " •• .. .. .. •• .. ■- •■ .., .. .. •■ •• ..

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o o < o 1" I ■a - 3 a a £ a Q a c Q o o > I p en 5 Orders, Diseases, &c. o Q 6 a ■u V u 1 1 re ■a rt O G ■ "1 v re CJ re Q 6 I I U Q —T~ I I Q 1. Premature Birth 2. Atelectasis 3. Cyanosis 4. Spina Bifida 5. Imperforate Anus 6. Cleft Palate, Hare-lip 7. Other Congenital Defects 8. Old Age i .. • •• •• ■■ 'I !•■ •• •• ■ - - ■■ •• •• •• ■ • ■ ■ ■1 " - - - •• " •• •■ I - -i •■ ! •■ •■ - •■ 1 - - - 8 1 2 ■ - •■! •• - 1 8 •■ i • •• •■ ■ - -I I- " 15 13 37 66 - 2 2 • 1 - - - 1 _J - I •■ 2 •■ •• 2 •• - 1 •• '"I - 1 ■ ■ 1 • - 12 1 M H H — ! I H ! 1 ! H H Total Class V. .. 4 i - 9 2 .. 2 2 » 11 .. •■ - ■ ■ .. • ■■ •• I •• 13 Order i.— Diseases of Nervous System. 1. Inflammation of Brain or its Membranes.. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 2. Apoplexy 3. Softening of Brain 4. Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis 5. Paralysis 6. Paralysis Agitans 7. Insanity, General Paralysis of Insane 8. Chorea 9. Epilepsy 10. Convulsions 11. Laryngismus Stridulus .. 12. Idiopathic Tetanus 13. Paraplegia, Diseases of Spinal Cord 14. Other Diseases of Nervous System 3 •• 4 7 •• 1 • - - - 2 •• - 2 I •• ••! •• - ••! 1 1 1 3 •■ * - - 2 6 ~i 1 •• - • r~ •• ■• •1 " I "I - - ■■ • 2 2 2 3 •■ I •• • • ■ "I ■• ■ ' • .. . - 1 1 2 2 1 9 7 " 2 1 - !•• •■ •• •• ■■ •■ 1 "I ■ ••! 1 - I - " ■■ 3 •• •1 1 — I 1 1 1 1! " ij — 1 • 'I - .. 1 •• 2 1 1 1 -• 1 — I 21 4 18 19 34 47 2 35 11 48 6 2 12 2 3 =s 1 .... 1 • - 2 ' 2 I •• - 1 ] •■ 2 •■ — ■ •■ - •• • •• ■• • • " • • - ■■ J ■ • I ' 1 ■• » •• 2 ij 2 • 2 4 •■ •• - • ■ ■ " 2 • •• •• 2 •• ■ - • ■• - • - I CO - •• • •■ " .. I I 9 1 - ■ •• - • • ■ - - •• .. .. ■• •■ 8 16 •• - I - ■ 11 18 • ■■ •• • • - 1 71 161 I 8 ■ 2 5 5 8 ■■ 11 1 •• 2 • A • • - A •• » 1 • 2 "e I !4 10 - ■• ■• 6 •• .. • •• ■ ■• .. 2 .. " 'I ■ __ 1 Total Order 1 .. — H H -\ — H — I I — I 3° 4 5 A 44 - 1*4 •• h " 4 1 4 5 6 2 « ■• 4 "I ■• 6 1 1 478 - — ■■ U I— Order 2.— Diseases of Organs of Special Sense. 1. Otitis, Otorrhoea 2. Epistaxis and Diseases of Nose .. 3. Ophthalmia and Diseases of Eye •• 1 •■ 4 2 40 1 •I — • • •■ ■1 ' 4 3 52 •• — •■ — — — — 4 18 13 182 6 ■■ ■• •• - 6 - •• I ■ I ■ - "I 1 • •• ■ • ■ * - - 2 • 1 ■■ 1 • 3 4 • 2 • 1 Total Order 2 .. 6 — - — 46 \— 1 H I H h~ H ■ - - • 59 • 3 4 ■ .. 213] •• • • •• •• ..1 ■• — - H Order 3.— Diseases of Circulatory System. 1. Endocarditis, Valvular Disease .. 2. Pericarditis 3. Hypertrophy of Heart 4. Fatty Degeneration of Heart 5. Angina Pectoris 6. Syncope 7. Aneurism 8. Senile Gangrene 9. Embolism, Thrombosis 10. Phlebitis I.I •• 1 • 1 •• '• i - ., 3 1 ■ • 2 I I I 2 • - - 2j • II "I • 23 1 ■• 2 9 ■• • — 3 - ■•! I 4 I — 2 I 3 9 I ■ H 4 2 • - ••! 183 10 7 5 3 1 28 59 1 2 2 1 1 • ■ • ■ ■ • • •• • •• I •■ 1 ' ■ 6 • ■ •• ■■I •! 5 1 • 3 1 1 • • A • 1 • • • 1 1 - II ■■! • ■ • •■ • ■• .. • • •• ■ • ■ • 7 7 3 1 •• .. ■ ■ •■ •• .. ' 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 ■• .. ..

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< I c" o ! Q 5 U G U G v 'H. I . "3 « co n 2 o u o; JZ CO w O Q c i 5 o c I c. CO i^ u I a cj "5 CO i^ c o B rt Orders, Diseases, Stc. I 1 O Q ! . 0 Q 1 u U G U G U Q _ Q O Q 01 rt _ Q _ u CO I f U Q co i jr O ! D CJ G U Q rt Q Order 3.— Diseases of Circulatory System —contd. 11. Varicose Veins, Piles .. 12. Other Diseases of Circulatory System 9 •• •• •• •• •• 3 •• 1 .. ■■ 2 I •■ 5 •• 1 1 3 2 2 .. 2 1 •• •• •• 'I •1 ■• "I ■• - • " •■• •• •• .. .. 6 2 - • - •• ■• - ■■ 1 1.. 1 ■ ■• ■■• - •• - - — — 1 1 •■ •• Total Order 3 .. M H \— , 3 1 H - H —H — L_J H H _ H H — 1 8 H 3 1 - H H H — 1 1 5° 4 - 4 A 5 I- ■■ 25 l i 5 1 21 8 6 A 3 ■■ - 2 •■ 1 2 - 4 i I 3 11 3 2 'I — — 1 — — j— 1 — —\ — — 1 1 -J — r— I — — ! - r— — — Order 4.— Diseases of Respiratory System. 1. Laryngitis 2. Croup 3. Other Diseases of Larynx and Trachea .. 4. Emphysema, Asthma .. 5. Bronchitis 6. Pneumonia 7. Pleurisy 8. Other Diseases of Respiratory System 2 1 2 9 18 9 ! •• 1 • • •• ■• - - - •• 2 •I • • • 1 •• •■ ■■ - i .... .. .. •• •• I •• - !- 'I - 1 ••: 2 J7 J9 2 2 I 1 2 2 I 3 •• 4 1 2 2 2 .. 6 .. 19 4 5 3 5 18 21 16 7 1 6 1 • •• 3 15 6 'I hi - •■ •• ■• 1 1 •• •• • - •1 - .... .... .... 9 •■ 1 .. — — •• • - — • — •• 1 1 — •■ • r— ..... 2 . . 7 •• 4 2 2 .. 1 .. iC 2 1 1 ■• •• 1 1 2 . . •• !• 6 5 • 4 1 i I - - 5 16 •• 3 1 12 7 1 ••I A 4 •• 6 .. 3 1 ■■ - - ! « A *• A 1 •• •• 2 ..1 6 : 5 3 1 1 .. 1 • i- • 1 C71 ■a! HH Total Order 4 .. - — 4 1 — 6 — 1 - - M - 4 3 3° 1 "I H 4 2 — 23 •• .. — 2 •• - 10 . ... .. .. -H ■ . •• - H 4 H - H 1 - - - H ■ A — L I •• H H 1 - 26! 1 ..1 - — ! 3 1 .. .1 - — A .. 1 1 1 2 •• - H •■ • • 1 —r4_ I I .. .. H— 10 •• H 7 2 2 H 1 - H 1 A — 3 1 ■• 43 75 2 .. ■■ 3 .. 12 2 •• — — — — r— — — U— — — — — - —\ ii .. c rH I. Order 5.— Diseases of Digestive System. 1. Stomatitis, Cancrum Oris 2. Dentition 3. Sore Throat, Quinsy 4. Dyspepsia 5. Hasmatemesis .. .. .. 6. Melaena 7. Diseases of Stomach, Gastritis 8. Enteritis 9. Ulceration, Perforation, of Intestine 10. Ileus, Obstruction of Intestine .. 11. Stricture or Strangulation of Intestine 12. Intussusception of Intestine 13. Hernia 14. Fistula 15. Peritonitis 16. Ascites .. .. - 17. Gallstones iS. Cirrhosis of Liver 19. Other Diseases of Liver, Hepatitis, Jaundice 20. Other Diseases of Digestive System •• - 2 2 •• 2 •• 3 •• •• - • - •• A •■" •• •■ .. .. - ■■• - " .. - - ■• 1 4 1 •• 3 •• I I ■• ..! .. .. 1 •• - I - 2 ■ ■ 1 3 1 •• I I ! " I ■ ■ ■ - - •• 1 .. 1 •• - •■ - •• •■ - •• 3 •■ 3 •■ ■• - •■ .. - - - - - •• •• j ■• • • ■ • • • ■ • 1 '8 28 •• 2 •■ •• •• •• A •• •• •• - 4 6 " 2 • ■• - •! • 3! •• 8 1 •• • •• 5 1 1 • •1 • • • • • • • • 1 1 3 •■ ■ • • • • • ■•! ■■! •• "" " - 4 •■ • 4 •• 1.. • • 11 •I •• A 2 1 1 •• ■■■ - 1 .. 2 .. —- 1 1 ' " '" 1 3 6 — •• •• ■ •• •• ■■ ■• 1 .. 5 • • 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. ... .. .. " •■ I hi:: • • ■ • ■ •• •• !• " - " ••! " - - • •• •• ••! .. • • • •• - •■ 1 .. 2 .. - •■ 1 - - •• 1 - ■ - • •• 1 4| 2 3 •• 2 1 'i • .. •■ - ■• - " • 2 6 - - 1 • 1 A ■■ - - • •• • 1 1 : 1 • 1 ■■ ■■ - - ■• - .. 1 - • ■■ •• • • • 1 • 1 I 1 3| 1 ■• 1 - 1 2 9' 3! - - - " 1 - 2 A - • •• • --! • ■ • •• " ■• .. .. • - ■• - " • ■■ •• ■ ■• !•■ • • ■ - • •• • •• - .. 1 1 •• - " ■■ •• 1 1 - ••! • • • '" - 3 3 i ! 1 •• • •: ■• ■ 1 1 1 • - • • •• 5 l 2 •• -! ■ •• •• • 1 "I I ••I 1 "I I2 ? •• 6 1 • ■■ - - ■• ■• 1 • 1 * 4 .. 3 i J 3 i I - 1 ■ I- ■• i "I •1 •■ 1 1 .. •• ••- • ■ " ■■I - - - ■ 1 ■ ■ ■■ .. •• ■ ■ •■ • I •• -I •• - .. .. • ■ ■■ - .. .. • I— — — — - — - H H — —H - H — 1 ! 7; 1 H M -H Total Order 5 .. 44 3 14 • 12 A 5 A 7 .. 1 46 A 16 1 UzU 5 12 - 6 7 1 12 2 u 11 •• 16 16 .. — 6 — — — — i— j •• — — r-J — — — — H 1 !— — — — Order 6.— Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands. 1. Diseases of Lymphatic System .. 2. Diseases of Spleen 3. Bronchocele 4. Addison's Disease - •• •■ •• ■■ 2 •• ■• 1 •• •■ •• •• •■ •• •• " •• ■■ - ■■ 1 1 •• •■ 1 1 • ■• ■■ - I ■■ I •'I I •• •• 1 • - •• •• •• " • .. •• .. •• •• •1 •■ " •■ • • •■ •• •• - - •• - ■• •• 'I Total Order 6 .. — H — — — - - H H H H 1 H H H 1 1 .. • • • • .. 1 .. .. • • .. .. .. • .. •• •■ • • 1 1 1 1

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IS o §1 rt s rt < O H cd 3 I O « rt 3 a Q Q w rt 6 d U t o a. •A J= u Q 2 j U I Q £-1 6 a 1 u Orders, Diseases, &c. I 1 3 5 Q a w rt 6 a 5 S tn — rt ! w I 5 & J n o rt 6 Order 3.— Diseases of Circulatory System —contd. 11. Varicose Veins, Piles 12. Other Diseases of Circulatory System 5 2 1 :M H I . . 12 I ■■ ■• 13 6 ■• •■ 2 2 ■• 23 2 • 1 • I 1 ' •• • •• 2I •• ■ 74 •• ■ A - ■ ■ •• • •• • • 2 • 4 Total Order 3 .. — I- — M 6 2 L H — — 1 — — H - 6 H - 5 1 H ' 56 4 - •■ h 4 A 59 12 b A 4 A .. 2 H 3 J ■ Mh 80 Order 4.— Diseases of Respiratory System. 1. Laryngitis 2. Croup 3. Other Diseases of Larynx and Trachea .. 4. Enrphysema, Asthma 5. Bronchitis 6. Pneumonia 7. Pleurisy 8. Other Diseases of Respiratory System H !— — — — — _.J — — 4 1 1 1 6 2 i] ■ - • 2 • • •■ ■ •• •■ = 1 .. 3 •• 10 .. 16 1 •• ■■ •■ 8 1 2 •• • ■• - • ■■ I - 3 2 2 A • • 1 ■ " 8 7 i " A • •• « 2 - i 3 i 16 12 8 10 A • * * I 3; 7 4 A A •• 4 4 1 • 1 .. 12 3 2 .. 5 55 28 4 2 - 1 1 2 2 1 • ■ ..1 9 2 • • 4 7 • • ■ 1 13 1 • T 3 i 1 •• 2 2 8 6 1 •• i 6 7 5 • • 3! 10 46 282 215 97 54 4 16 54 7 2 " • ■ 3: 1 • • ■• I 2 2 .. 15 3 -i •■ 1 .. 3 •■ 19 3 .... 2 .. 3 •■ » * I 1 - • -I 7 1 4| •■ 41 2 2 • •1 i ■• • .. ■■ - •• ■ " .. t •• ■ •• I ■• • • - .. Total Order 4 .. — — — — H M — - " H -- — H — — — 18 16 i 1 55 8 2 - 2 9 • ,„ - id 7 1 12 X5 15 13 2 3 * 730 91 •• Q — — — — 1 — . — O o Order 5.— Diseases of Digestive System. 1. Stomatitis, Cancrum Oris 2. Dentition 3. Sore Throat, Quinsy 4. Dyspepsia 5. Hasmatemesis 6. Melajna 7. Diseases of Stomach, Gastritis 8. Enteritis 9. Ulceration, Perforation, of Intestine 10. Ileus, Obstruction of Intestine 1 1. Stricture or Strangulation of Intestine 12. Intussusception of Intestine 13. Hernia 14. Fistula 15. Peritonitis 16. Ascites 17. Gallstones 18. Cirrhosis of Liver 19. Other Diseases of Liver, Hepatitis, Jaundice 20. Other Diseases of Digestive System •• 8 • " - •• 1 •• 1 ■ ■ • ■ • •• 20 2 1 •• 7 5 2 •■ • •• A •• •• 1 •• • ■■ .. .. 2 9 1 8 2i 1 ■•I • 5 2 I I ■• • ■ • • .-. • » • 15 19 •• I 115 4 " i •■ - •■ I • A ■• '' 1 1 • • • • • A • ■ •• •• 2 • • • • • • • • ■ •■ 1 2 " - "e:: •• • .. .. 1 .. •■ ■ .. i.. .. .. ... . 1 6 1 1 .. • ■ • • ■ ' ' 2 1 •• 2 75 119 7 1 84 19 7 12 1 4 4 - • 3 1 I • \ 1 ■■ ■ *' i 1 • - -!• I A 25 13 6 6 3i 74 23 :• ■■ ■• • I • • •• ••i ••I ■ 1! '; i • 1 • ••:• ■ 3 i • 15 5 1 •• •• •... 2 oi 1 1 •• • • • •• • • 3 1 ■ • 3 1 • • " • • • • •■ • 2 A ..I ■•! • ■ • " • • I - • •• • 3! 8 1 1 j • ■ • •• • ■ ■ • • !•■ • •• • • • •■ ■ •• • 1 I ■■ ■ • •• I! • '' i ! * ' I 1 • ■ 1 •• 5 •■ i •• ■ : '"I I 2 1 .].. 1 • 1 •• '2 i • .. •■ •• ■ 2 2 1 5 A 1 • I •• ■• 2 1 • ■■ • ij 3 • "I • • •• - - •• • • - • - • ■ Total Order 5 .. —\ -H — - -H H -H — H — - — H H — 20 A 5 A 82 u ' • 3 26 A 13 x H" 92 J 7 I !' 11 A 3 A 5 • 6 !.. 12 1 1 H 4 585 •• — 4— — — — — — — — — — Order 6.— Diseases of Lymphatic System and Ductless Glands. 1. Diseases of Lymphatic System 2. Diseases of Spleen .. . * 3. Bronchocele 4. Addison's Disease •• •• ! •■ 6.. ■■ •• il " 1 2 2 •• 31 •• 17 1 " !- ■ I- ■■ -I •■ 1 ■ - - • - - v- ■• - • • ■ I • •• - - • 9 2 - ■• m ■■ •■ • ■ • • •• •■ • — ■• Total Order 6 .. — i H H H H H H - - .. •• • • • • •• .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. • • •• 3 .. 3 •• .. 29 I E I

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eft 0 Orders, Diseases, 3ic. oi £1 rt u _ G o c d % a CO £ c d I ai i . z 'I CO z v. a 5 6 a 'rt ill 3 o rt d c s o 03 rG Vi rt U Q £ 3 I 1 . r* oi x: % d rt JJ u Q d o 01 rt U Q o <L>' rt 1 d a BQ rG 5 a CO _ V a 1 a CO J. d rt oi j ,d : a D 13 d d rt j 4J _ c rt a u Q oi : 03 ' rt rt I v O J G 103 re U G it d a rt rt G Order 7.— Diseases of Urinary System. 1. Acute Nephritis 2. Bright's Disease 3. Uraemia 4. Suppression of Urine 5. Calculus 6. Hasmaturia 7. Diseases of Bladder and Prostate 8. Other Diseases of Urinary System 2 2 •• 2 .. 2 .. - •:. - 1 2 - •• 1 •• .. - - I .. •• •I 1 1 •■ - - - •• ! •■ 2 1 2 •• 51 1 3 6 ■ • 2 1 I -I .. - - •• •• •• 1 •• - - " I • ■ ••I ■■ 1 •• A •• .. 2 •• 1 • • •• - •• 1 -• ! •• •• I 4 '2 - I1 •■ I- •• • 2 •■ - - ■■ •■ •• - • - 1 !•• '■ .. •• 1 • - I - •• • ' - ..I •• - 1 •■ 2 1 •• 6 ' 3 ..I I - • 3 ■ i - • - "1 •• - I" 20 - 1 ' - I .. • - •■ :•• • - • - A !- ■• * 2 - ..l 2 -. .. ••i — ••! 2 • ■ •• • • • - .. I •• •• • • • •• A - •• • •• —I ! ! — 6 — I H — H — — - - M hM 1 _ ! 8 — — Total Order 7 .. 29 4- - 2 • • •• 7 6| 1 •■ 3 21 .. 1 A 1 J A I 25 •• 4 L! i — - 1 — — — —i L— — — 01 in W 03 rH o rH J. Order 8.— Diseases of Reproductive System, (a.) Diseases of Organs of Generation, — 1. Ovarian Disease 2. Diseases of Uterus and Vagina 3. Disorders of Menstruation 4. Pelvic Abscess .. 5. Perineal Abscess 6. Diseases of Testes, Penis, Scrotum, &c. .. (b.) Diseases of Parturition, — 7. Abortion, Miscarriage 8. Puerperal Mania 9. Puerperal Convulsions 10. Placenta Praavia, Flooding 11. Phlegmasia Dolens 12. Other Accidents of Childbirth (c.) Childbirth (Lying-in Patients) 2 20 2 30 1 •' ••I • 30 2 - 2 " •• •• .. 2 •• .. 3 .. 3 1 5 ■■ 1 .. •• • • 6 3 " 3 19 4 ■• 1 9 6 •■ •• - 2 •1 ..i " 1 2 •1 ■ • 4 •1 •• 1 •• •• I •• • • 1 1 3 2 •• .. .. 2 1 1 "'! " •• •• •• • •• •• •• •• •1 "I •1 •■ 1 ■■ 1 ■• •• "I •• • •■ •■ ■• ■■ •■ •1 •1 - - - - - ■■ •■! • ■ h • - - - • ■ ; - - • H •■ #- - • - - '■ .. •• •• - - - • • H h •• - • - • - - - - .. • • • - - • a - .. - ■• 1 ■ ■■ - • " h - I ■• • " • • - - ••! - • • - • i " ■A •• •■ •■ •■■ •• ... •• ■•! !• 1 - i •■ • • • I" - - -I - • • - • • - ■ 2 !•• - ••■ - - - " - • " • • • - - - - • ■ - • - •• •• •• - - "I .. .. - • .. • - - • - " - - •■ ■ • •■• •• 36 — H — — — — H H H - — H — H - H 8 I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - H H - H Total Order 8 .. ■■ •■: I 12 •• 2; 2 • 2 4 •• 10 1 9 • • h 3 1 - 1 • I • • • •■ • 5 .. •• •■ r H h- — — — — — — —I _ 1 —t —A k- — — — — — — —! Order 9.— Diseases of Organs of Locomotion. 1. Caries, Necrosis 2. Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis 3. Other Diseases of Organs of Locomotion .. 32} 39| IO i .. ' " 6 6 6 •• j i 1 1 ■■ 4 3 3 •• •• 2 8! 4 19 28; i 6j 8 1 •• •■ 1 1 3 1 5 ■ 'I •■ •• •• 2 •• 1 » "I 1 !•• ••- !•• A - A 2 1 , J •• • ■ •• • - - - ! .. - !•• • •• ■ - - • • ■» 2 • ■ •• • ■• • - ■ - •• 3 6 2 ■• — — 18 — H H H H 1 I— H H — H H h i__ H H Total Order 9 .. 6i 1 4! ■■ 2! .. 10 .. 2 31 2 I 55' 1 9 ■■ 1 1 3 1 •• - 2 - 3 •■ •■ ■■ — I — !-- — — — — — — —! I— Order 10. — Diseases of Integumentary System. 1. Carbuncle 2. Phlegmon, Cellulitis 3. Lupus 4. Ulcer, Bed-sore .. .. .. 5. Eczema 6. Pemphigus 7. Other Diseases of Integumentary System .. 5 i 2 21 IO .. - •• - - •■ 3 1 •• 1 ■■ 6 4 1 ■■ " 1 1 ! 'I - - •• • ..1 5 ■• •■ •• ■1 ..I 1 •• - 1 4 9 3 •• 'I - 7 2 " " 6 26 1 i ] •• - I1 3 12 2 - I ■• ■ ■■ A •1 • •• •• i5 7 •■ ' ■ r - " .. 1 •• • - 8 2 2 2 3 5 ■• "1 •• • 4 2 - - ■•■ '" - - - 1 ■ • - h !•• •• !•■ "i - •• ••! 1 - "'j !•• 2 1 •• 2 ■ ■■• •■ 1 .. - " h •• iol •• - ■■ ■ ■ •• •• 2 • a - •• 4 ■■ 1 4 I- • • • ■ • •• •• 1 • •■ 1 • 1 .. 3 •1 I " •■ - •• •• •• ■■•• - - .. •• ■• •• - - - I •■ — I 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 3^ i 1 — i S H 1 1 H — i i K _ 1 H 1 - 1 ! I 1 t 1 H i I I H — I 1 1 I 3 ! Total Order 10 .. 49 - .. 4 • 10 !•■ - 121 I 12 42! ■■ 19 2 - 4 .. « ■• i 3 i i •■ 2 •• 13 " 13 •■ 6 •• ■■ • • ■1 Total Class VI... 411 38 !— I 1 5 100 i i 3 1 50 — 3 H J — 199 — 4 7S| i 1 1 43 101 H ! 2 — 3 — 23 1 t 3 I 1 63 H h5 — 49 H 5 — 91 — 27 66 J7 i372| 23 11 53 34! II

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■5 u Orders, Diseases, &c. ft -3 I o O Q < 5 a o i ■ ■O Q I U Q d a 6 & a S a. I 5 Q rt I - 2 a o o a e3 i 3 a c3 Q 5 Q 1 o Q <u u Q 1 5 a 3 rt S 5 Order 7.— Diseases of Urinary System. 1. Acute Nephritis 2. Bright's Disease 3. Uraemia 4. Suppression of Urine 5. Calculus 6. Hjematuria 7. Diseases of Bladder and Prostate 8. Other Diseases of Urinary System •• - - 9 !•• •• i • •• • • - ■ 1 2 ■■ •• ■■ •• ..1 • ' - • - • 6 1 1 A ■ * " •• •1 • • 1 •• "I • 2 i •■ 1 - 1 1 • •• - - - • J l 3 2 1 1 •• 1 ■ • 17 54 •• 8 12 84 27 5 22 - 2 • • 1 • • 2 i :. •• - • • •• - 17 6 • • ■ 2 ■ • 1 I- - - 3 5 - > • 3 1 H • II •• -i - • • .. - •• 1 •• 3 3 I •• • 1 i •• 1 - ■ u _4 •• • - I .. ■• .. — — I 6 1 — — — I H — 1 H ! Total Order 7 .. 5 34 " I • ■ 7 2 2 ! M 23 2 3 ■ 2 1 2 4 • 9 2 209 31 •• •• •• • • ! [ I I — - — — — —' I 1— T Order 8.— Diseases of Reproductive System, (a.) Diseases of Organs of Generation, — 1. Ovarian Disease 2. Diseases of Uterus and Vagina 3. Disorders of Menstruation 4. Pelvic Abscess .. t;. Perineal Abscess 6. Diseases of Testes, Penis, Scrotum, &c. .. (&.) Diseases of Parturition, — 7. Abortion, Miscarriage 8. Puerperal Mania 9. Puerperal Convulsions 10. Placenta Prasvia, Flooding 11. Phlegmasia Dolens .. .. .. 12. Other Accidents of Childbirth (c.) Childbirth (Lying-in Patients) •• 4 19 26 4 191 1 I 1 6 2 2 9 2 1 " 4 •• 1 2 ■■ * * •• •• ..! •• • • •1 7 44 •• 1 » 1 2 • • .. •• •• 2 "I " 3 2 3 "I "I 2 1 4 ■ ■ i ... 3 1 3 6 " 1 2 • • • • 40 182 21 9 2 77 1 1 I J! 1 4 9 2 1 • •■ ■ ■ ! • • •• •• • •1 •• •• •1 • •■ • •1 > • •• en I— i • ■ ■• • 1 1 •• •• •1 " • " • • - - •• - • - ■• 1 • ■■ I •• - •• - •• • 1 •• - • - • A " - • I j •■ I - 1 •• I 5 - !- •• 1 " ■■ - .. •• !- • !•• •• • ■ •• •• 2i 9 A ! •• • - •1 • ■■! •• u o > • - ... - - ■■ I .. - • 4 •• •I ••• •• I •• • !•• Total Order 8 .. I i M 1 ! i 1 I — — 1 H 1 h H I— - 6 H 1 1 4 - 70 A 9 H 1 « 6 1 7 1 1 2 3 ■■ 110 4 I •• • 3 359 •• "■ i — — I — — — I Order g.— Diseases of Organs of Locomotion. 1. Caries, Necrosis 2. Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis 3. Other Diseases of Organs of Locomotion .. 3 38 27 20 1 ■■ 1 2 •• I •• I 2! 25 20 19 1 I •■ 1 2 ! "I •• •1 1 ! • 2 I i • 4 1 11 ! "I 184 126 113 I 1 i • • 1 - ■• 1 • 1 * ■ •• •• I - !•• - * • •■: - ■ ■■ • ■■ 2! .. •• ■• • 1 •• • • ■• Total Order 9 .. M — — H hi H I — 1 1 1 1 ! I H H 1 •• • 85 2 li - 2 • ■ JM 2 I • 1 •• 2 .« 1 ■• 7 n • 423 i ••! . .! •• Order 10. — Diseases of Integumentary System. 1. Carbuncle 2. Phlegmon, Cellulitis 3. Lupus 4. Ulcer, Bed-sore 5. Eczema 6. Pemphigus 7. Other Diseases of Integumentary System .. i ! ~l i i— — — — — I — — — I 1— I - 2 ■• 1 6 1 13 40 6 182 79 3 5O •• - •' ■■ i " I •• " ■■ ■ . " ■i •• • •• J l I4 4 29 7 1 ' ' ! 2 I - ..I 1 ■• • 1 ■■ " ••! - • 6 •• " 2 \ 2 2 3 •• ■ 1 3 2 - ■• > - • 1 i 2 3 1 ■ • I •• 4 I 2 2 1 • • " ■• - !•• 10 I < - 1 - " • • - •■ - - - h • •• 6 ..! I 1 1 • ■ I - - ■ •• "• 3 1 .. 1 "1 ■ • 1 •■ _ •• •• | ! i 1 — — — — ! hi — i 1 1 — - — H 1 Total Order 10 .. 5 - 2 • 54 A 1 9 • 11 1 II 1 2! 1 •• ! 1 1 5 3 • 12 373 • ■ • Total Class VI. .. H 1 !— — 1— H i — 85 9i 5 2 4 534 39 6 .. ! 7 "9| 47 S3 547 5° I 20 46 3° 4 49 46 94 5 11 46 3 3.736 32'

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i 6 Orders, Diseases, &c. < 3 I I a| H o 6 rt Z I 1 be I" 6 10 c c 1 1 o 1 1 E 5 5 1 i o 0 U Q I i cS S I Q O Q o ■ o cd S j S 6 - o 1 tS 3 S 1 I S 5 Q die 6 \a Q 6 I Order i.— Accident or Negligence. 1. Fractures, Contusions .. .. .. 153 2. Gunshot Wounds .. .. ..1 3 3. Cut, Stab .. .. .. .. 4. Burn, Scald .. .. .. ..12 5. Sunstroke .. .. .. .... 6. Poison .. .. .. .. 2 7. Drowning .. .. .. .. 1 8. Suffocation .. .. .. .... 9. Exposure > .. .. .... 10. Otherwise .. .. .. .. 1 2Oi . . ! I I 16 .. 11 1 3 i * * I ■ 2 5 3 • •• a !. 12 6 I 1 • 21 - 7! 1 •■ •• 32 19 • !• 43 7 • 109 4 7 1 30 .. 8 .. 30 1 3 6 "I I22 ■3 2 ; 2 •• 13 10 • . .1 I .. I I 12 ■ ■ 11 1 1 i; c 19 12 25 •• 1 8 1 - • ■■ 4 2 - - ■■ - 2 - 1 •■ I- • • ■ •• :•■ 1 • • 3 - ■ •• - • ■■ - •■ ■• - • - 1 • " •• A - 1 • • 1 .. •■ • 3! ■ - ■■ • • ■■ "■ " •• - ■ • • ■• • •• • - - - .. • - " .. - - " ■ • ■ •■ - •• - • • •• .. .. •■ • - 1 •g •• • ■ •• - • ••! •• • 2 . . " 2 .. •• - 3 M •• 1 1 • 15 A 2 I- ■ 2 j 1 I •• 2 • •• •• - • 1 1 •■ — j H — H H I— I Uj —! H H 16 6l 1 o o-< > Total Order 1 .. .. .. | 172I ! 4 I 3° A P 33 2 28 I67 ; A 52 .. u - U9 3 14 13 ■• 20 Hi Ii| 31 - 30 ! 10 •• i— 1— — — — — 1 1 Order 2.— Homicide. 1. Murder, Manslaughter .. .. .... 2. Wounds in Battle .. :. .. .. • •• ■■ • ■ •■ •■ •• •I '• ■■ ■1 ■■ • •• •• • •• • ■• • • •• •• - ■ '1 ■ .. • - • • — H M H H H - ■ H - H H Total Order 2 .. .. .... • • • .. .. • •• •• - • .. •• - • *' ■ •■ •• • • •• •• ■• : - — 1 — I 1— — —i __ — — — — Order 3.— Suicide. 1. Gunshot Wounds .. .. .. 1 2. Cut, Stab .. .. .. .. 3 3. Poison .. .. .. .... 4. Drowning .. .. .. .... 5. Hanging .. .. .. .... 6. Otherwise .. .. .. .... - •• - ■• •• •■ • • •• ■■ •• - • - - • • • •• • • •j ••! • •• • • •• •' • " •■ • • •• • • ■ - •• •• - - I - 1 • - •• • • •• - - • •■ • • • • •• ■■ - - ■ i- • •• - • - ■ • • • • •■ • • - - • ■ •• • - ■ •• •• • • - .. - • ■ • • ■• .. •■ - ■ • 1 — — i H H "I H - 1 - H — - _i 1 Ph i-i H Total Order 3 .. .. .. j 4 •• •• • - • • • • •• - • ■■ •■ •■ • •• •• •■ .. .. • .. - * Order 4.— Execution. H — — — — — — Hanging .. .. .. .... - I * ■ •■ •■ •■ •• ■ • " •■ •■ •■ •• • • • ■ " •■ •• •• •• •• Total Class VII. .. .. 176 13 1 ■■ 30 H 1 30 M - — 33 — 4 28 - M U 2 h52 hs' — 40 29 A 14 P — 20 14 I6 1 0 3. • 31 10 I ■■ •• ■■ •■! I •• • • r-\ — H H - 1. Dropsy .. .. .. .... 2. Debility, Atrophy, Inanition 3. Mortification, Gangrene .. .. 1 4. Tumour .. .. .. .. 20 5. Abscess .. .. .. .. 20 6. Hemorrhage .. .. .. .. 1 7. Sudden (cause unascertained) 8. Other Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes •■ •■ A i ■■ • • •• ! • • 4 3 2 •■ • •■ - •■ 2 •• 2 •■ • I- •• •■ • • • •• 2 • • • •• 3 •• •• ■ • "I •• 6 ..! - - - s • •• A •■ - 2 5 6 ■■ • - •• 1 2 * 2 • - - !•■ 1 1 • ■■ 1 •• - 4 •• 2 - ' "" .. 6 ! • • •■ 6 1 • - - - • ■• ■■ •■ • • 2 •■ 3 3 • ■ - • 3 3 1 1 - 11 • • • 1 14 - 9 •■ 22 • 4 - 2 1 '" - 1 ■• ■■ •• 1 ■ • • • •• • • H •• - " !■• • • .. - ■•I •• 1 • - •• •• • • •■• !'« - *3 • ! •• 1 ■• •• - -i .. •• 1 " 3 IO - ■ ■ ■- - •■ •• •■ •• — — — h" H H H — h I — - 8 - Total Class VIII. .. .. 42 4 ■ .. „ A 2 i.. 3 •■ •• hi 14 ! 45 • 10 • 10 ■•' - 6 I I 7 I .. 1 3 — — I 6 h-l -\ — M 1 h- — — i — - General Totals .. .. .. i 951 107 6 162 is "3 109 7 37 x 359 21 J3 198 92 202 >3 69 36 1 56 4 ixx 10 82 11 26 Ms ie 53 121 157 .upei ■s.

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c O 5-g < 6 3 *3 o D 0 1 3 Q do J3 3 Q 6 a i = < 2 3 I i U Q 5 U Q jz Orders, Diseases, he. I At a rt u a I ! I 5 a| ~H a a 3 I G S3 i 5 \& O I I s2 -q w Order i.— Accident or Negligence. 1. Fractures Contusions 2. Gunshot Wounds 3. Cut, Stab 4. Burn, Scald 5. Sunstroke .. .. .. .. 6. Poison 7. Drowning .. .. 8. Suffocation 9. Exposure 10. Otherwise 1 i 1 98i 33 27 2 216 I 71 4 i; i7! 3 2 1 124 3! 41 5 18 26 J 67^ 9 2! .. IO: . . 8 2 10 .. ■ : --q 1 • ■ 4 1 - 1 - •• 1 8 •■ 9 I - • 13 •• » 4! 9 19 1 34 ■ • •• - 1 .. ••!•• •■ 3 • •• - 2 • 4 2 " • 7 1 • 2' . . A H- • • ■• • ■• j •• 13I 8 :>; • .. 1 .. - • 1 ■ •■ '• ■• ■ I :■•■ •• 1 . • ■ •• •■ ■ • •■ ..,.. • ■• 6 2 • I • ■ • • 4- •■ ■■ •• i • •• •• .. •• • • •• O I— I - •• - • • ■ • ! •• I 1 .. .. • •• •• • • - ■ • • ■ ! • 1 •• ■•!•• ■• !• i "6 - ■■ - • I ■■ • i •• .. .. nj IO • : ■■ 2 .. 94J 11 V . . -I- ■• i- ■' ! • • ■■•■■ " 8 7 " 5 1,402: 48 - •• " • "■ ■ 1 •• ••I •• 7 1 • .. .. •■• Total Order 1 .. I !— ! i — — - — H — H H EL — m — - - — M 34 • • 7! i 3 • • 24 A 1 I8 \~\ 13 4 H • i 56 xl ■H • •• 311 Order 2.— Homicide. 1. Murder, Manslaughter .. 2. Wounds in Battle I -i — — — — •• I ■ •• •• •• - •■ •• •• •• ■• •• •• •• ■ •• • ■ •• •• - • •■ " ■ • •• •■ •■ • ■ • ■ •• .. ! :: . •I Total_Order 2 .. ! — — H H H H - H ■ \—H m H -H — 1 H 1 ■ '" i • .. - .. ■ • .. m dd - - .. .. ■• i •■ • .. Order 3.— Suicide. 1. Gunshot Wounds 2. Cut, Stab 3. Poison 4. Drowning 5. Hanging 6. Otherwise -1 — — — — — I 1 1 1 i 1 i ! •• • • : : : : * * i !• -! - •• - I- •• •• -I- ! 'I - • •• ••! 3 ■ • • •• ••! • •• !• ■ ! •• 1 • ■ ■ •• -I • - •■ •• • • I 7 1 3 ■• I- - " - • - • • • • ■ •1 - •• I •• •• . .1 1 •• •• • " - ■ • ■ ■ •• • 11 • h .., . ■ .. •• 1 • • :•■ • • •• .. •• • •■ ■ ■ - ••H ! ■• •■ •• • .. Total Order 3 .. —M — i 1 .. 1 — 1 1 H ii - H h-H •■!•• ■ ■ • 3 •■ - • 1 • ! ! • • I • • 11 11 Order 4.— Execution. Hanging I ; — 1 — — — f — — — M I — H Mi - ! .. J - - fa Q i Total Class VII. 1. Dropsy 2. Debility, Atrophy, Inanition 3. Mortification, Gangrene 4. Tumour 5. Abscess 6. Haemorrhage 7. Sudden (cause unascertained) 8. Other Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes — \—\ 34 •• I .. .. .. .. - - ! • I • - ■■ ! 7J 2, •• ;— A __j •• - ■ m :: :: ,?i;: •• — o 1 •• 1 H "I i •I H H ! . ■• — 5° 1 •• '— i I ■■ 1 181 2 i 1 - H i i- : 15 •• H H • .. .. ffl |_95i_H V 6 '3 m 1. .1 ilL •I —! 4 4! H .. 1 18.. 1 1 H - ■ 1 1 •1 " • .. — 31 3 3 " •• H 2 56 n ') :i _!fLi 1 •• i •• •• •• .. .. 1 I.4I3 T>4i3! - 49 9 9i 5 79 3! 9 .. 91 4 5 2 79 6 8 :: - " • ■ • 1 .. - 1 - " - 3 • 4 • ■ : 4 • I" 2 5 •• 183] 4 • • - • .. ••! - • •• !•• 1 •■ 3 ■■ •• •■ - ion 60 • ■• 3? 4 966 103 " •■! • •• •• i ■■ I I •• - - • •• ? "\ .. 1 • ■ .. .. I ■• . 86| 4 M 29 I •• •• Total Class VIII. ti M : 1 ! •' I id 22 1 2S 3 ; -' 6 2 1 H I H IO: ll 1 ' General Totals i 1 —\ 4 8i :— i •• H ! I • — •• 20! —' > ri IO 5| 7 88i .. 9 ■ • 399' 399| 17 1 202I 13] 4 7 12 .. ?3 2' t s 124! H F3* xo 781 4 70; 158 2*5 18 7>929; 659 IO 7>929| I ! I I I I ! I