3

H.—22

Table I. —Causes of Poverty (chief causes, not contributory causes).

Table II.—Decisions in Cases of Applicants for Relief.

Table III.

ARROWTOWN HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1895 ... ... ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 69 Total under treatment ... ... ... 75 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Remaining on 31st March, 1896 .. • • • ... ... 7 Sex. —59 males, 16 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Arrow, Gibbston, Macetown, Cardrona, Skipper's, Wanaka, Queenstown, Hawea. Country. —England and Wales, 14 ; Ireland, 12 ; Scotland, 8 ; New Zealand, 33; Victoria, 3; China, 4; Sweden, 1. Religion. — Church of England, 31; Presbyterian, 17; Wesleyan, 4; Roman Catholic, 18; Confucian, 4 ; Freethinker, 1. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,523; individual average days' stay, 20-31. Daily average cost per head, 9s. 10d.; less patients' payments, 7s. lljd. Outdoor Patients.— lndividual cases, 40; attendances, 129.

ear ending 31s March, 1895. ear ending 31s1 March, 1896. Lack of employment Sickness Accident Insanity of bread-winner Imprisonment of bread-winner ... Desertion of bread-winner No male support Intemperence... Shiftlessness ... Physical defects Old age Causes undetermined ... Total number of cases ...

Year ending 31st March, 1895. Year ending 31st March, ,1896. Continuous relief (i.e. relief for more than two years Intermittent relief Temporary relief Work rather than relief ... In-door relief ... Out-door relief ... Transportation ... No relief Total ...

Year ending 31st March, 1895. Year ending 31st March, 1896. Description of .Ration. Number of rations issued Amount given in cash Value of single ration Number of recipients of ration relief Number of recipients of cash relief Total number relieved