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Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 13,758; individual average days' stay, 29-08. Daily average cost per head, ss. Ofd.; less patients' payments, 4s. 4fd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 970 ; attendances, 2,008. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. ! Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,730 4 2 Eations ... ... .. 820 9 6 Local bodies ... ... 1,686 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 19 5 3 Subscriptions and donations ... 75 10 2 Surgery and dispensary ... 233 10 3 Bents ... ... .. 28 12 0 Fuel and light ... ... 339 0 6 Patients' payments ... ... 476 6 6 i Bedding and clothing ... ... 159 910 Other sources ... ... 128 7 6 j Furniture and earthenware ... 130 9 0 Washing and laundry ... 64 2 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,369 19 10 Water-supply ... ... 17 19 0 Funerals ... ... ... 38 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 199 10 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 36 5 11 Interest ... ... ... 6 14 6 Commission ... . . ... 010 0 Insurance ... ... ... 31 12 6 Other expenses ... ... 29 3 0 Total ... ... £4,125 0 4 Total ... ... £3,496 2 5 Visited 16th October and 18th May.—l had occasion this year to call the attention of the Chairman to serious defects in the material and workmanship of the buildings, new and old, which I trust by this time have been remedied so far as this can be done. Miss Ewart and her staff are working well.

KUMAEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 13 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 77 Total under treatment ... ... ... 90 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 65 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Eemaining on 31st March, 1903 ... ... 17 Sex. —73 males, 17 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Kumara, 54 ; Dillman's, 18 ; Westbrook, 5 ; Hokitika, 1; Greenstone, 3; Eeefton, 1 ; Waimea, 5 ; Grey, 3. Nationality. —English, 16 ; Irish, 27 ; Scotch, 7 ; New Zealand, 14 ; Danish, 5 ; Swedish, 3 ; Australian, 9; Austrian, 1; German, 2; Italian, 2; Chinese, 2; Canadian, 2. Religion. —Church of England, 26; Eoman Catholic, 40; Presbyterian, 12; Wesleyan, 3; Lutheran, 7 ; Confucian, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 7,039 ; individual average days' stay, 78-21. Daily average cost per head, 2s. lOfd.; less patients' payments, 2s. 3Jd. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 166 ; attendances, 272. Eeceipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 389 1 3 Eations ... ... ... 344 4 10 Local bodies... ... ... 210 1 4 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... 8 0 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 150 12 3 Surgery and dispensary ... 5100 Patients'payments ... ... 219 3 0 Fuel and light ... ... 83 1 0 Balance from last year ... 60 15 11 Bedding, clothing, furniture, &c. 103 0 11 Salaries and wages ... ... 385 0 6 Funerals ... ... ... 20 0 0 Eepairs ... ... ... 51 10 10 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 10 12 6 Insurance ... ... ... 690 Other expenses ... ... 100 Total ... ... £1,029 13 9 Total ... ... £1,018 9 7 Visited 16th November. —A very great improvement has been effected here since my last visit, in converting certain rooms, formerly used as bedrooms, into an operating-room. This room is well lighted from above. The glass operating-table and the glass instrument-stand are the neatest I have seen.

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