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Sleeping-accommodation in Asylums.

Single Rooms.

At Auckland there is apparently sleeping-accommodation for 459 patients, but there is only floor-space for 407. The number in the asylum is 435; there are, therefore, twenty-eight patients accommodated in excess of the statutory requirements. At Nelson the apparent accommodation in common dormitories is for one hundred patients, but there is only floor-space for ninety-three. The actual number accommodated is one hundred and three, being ten in excess of legal requirements. At Porirua there appears to be sleeping-room for 432 patients in the common dormitories, but the floor-space will only allow of 382 being accommodated. At Wellington Asylum the floor-space is sufficient for 161 patients—the number accommodated. The following table shows the actual deficiency in sleeping-accommodation:— Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 28 patients in excess. Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... 47 „ Seacliff ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 Nelson .. ... ... ... ... ... 10 „ 221 Less room for six at Hokitika, and twelve at Porirua 18 Total ... ... ... ... ... 203 patients in excess. Buildings now Authoeisbd and in Couese of Constbuction. The farm auxiliary at Seacliff provides for fifty-two patients ; single rooms at Auckland provide for twenty patients ; wing at Porirua provides for seventy-seven patients : total, 149 patients. At the end of the year, if no fresh buildings are authorised in addition to those already in hand, the condition of things will be as follows: — Number in excess at present date ... ...- ... ... 203 Accommodation being provided for ... ... ... ... 149 54 Add estimated increase of patients at 31st December, 1899 (the average yearly increase is ninety) ... ... ... ... ... 50 Estimated excess at 31st December, 1899 ... ... ... ... 104

Asylum. Number of Patients, May, 1899. Number of Patients Number of to be Single Booms, accommodated in Common Dormitories. Common Dormitory Accommodation : Cubic Feet. Statutory Accommodation in Common Dormitories : Number of Patients. Number of Patients in excess of Statutory Accommodation. Auckland Christchurch Seacliff ... Hokitika ... Nelson Porirua ... Wellington 435 507 636 130 135 377 228 94 82 139 21 32 7 67 341 425 497 109 103 370 161 219,122 227,010 216,792 69,302 60,019 259,480 100,173 365 378 361 115 100 432 167 47 136 "3 Totals 2,448 442 2,006 1,151,898 1,918

Asylum. Number of Single Rooms. Total Space: Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet for each Room. Auckland Christchurch... Seacliff Hokitika Nelson Porirua Wellington ... 94 82 139 21 32 7 67 84,508 69,651 105,886 15,055 28,342 6,168 60,663 899 850 762 716 886 880 906 Totals 442 370,273 837