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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.