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Receipts and Expenditube. Receipts. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 439 11 8 Eations ... ... ... 226 18 7 Local bodies ... ... ... 264 4 6 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 815 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 137 14 9 Surgery and dispensary ... 66 7 9 Patients'payments ... ... 531 15 6 ! Fuel and light "... ... 64 011 Other sources... ... ... 6 4 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 13 17 7 Balance from last year ... ... 143 17 9 Furniture and earthenware ... 19 15 9 Washing and laundry ... ... 91810 Salaries and wages ... ... 569 7 4 Water-supply... ... ... 8 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 15 0 0 Repairs ... ... ... 36 13 8 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 14 17 7 Insurance ... ... ... 10 1 6 Other expenses ... ... 50 6 6 Total ... ...£1,523 8 8 Total ... ...£1,114 1 6 Visited 2nd December and 12th May.—-Dr. Church, who has been identified with this Hospital for many years, has settled in Dunedin, and Dr. McKnight is his successor. The patients are carefully considered, and the Hospital well managed. There is great need for a new laundry.

NELSON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1903 ... ... ... 30 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 267 Total under treatment .. ... ... 297 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Remaining on 31st March, 1904 ... ... 38 Sex. —176 males, 121 females. Localities from which Patients came. — Waimea County, 280; Wanganui, 2; Buller, 2; Wellington, 3 ; Westport, 3 ; Greymouth, 1; Hokitika, 1; Auckland, 4; Ashburton, 1. Country. —New Zealand, 187; England, 60 ; Ireland, 15 ; Scotland, 17 ; Australia, 9 ; Tasmania, 1 ; Sweden, 3; Italy, 1; Germany, 4. Religion. —Church of England, 145 ; Presbyterian, 30 ; Church of Rome, 47 ; Wesleyan, 37 ; Baptist, 12; Plymouth Brethren, 11; Lutheran, 2; Church of Christ, 11; Congregationalist, 1; Freethinker, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 13,050 ; individual average days , stay, 43-93. Daily average cost per head, ss. ; less patients' payments, 4s. 4-|d. Outdoor Patients. —Individual cases, 897 ; attendances, 3,285. Receipts and Expendituee. Receipts. £ s. d. Expendikire. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 886 1 8 Rations ... ... ... 612 14 10 Local bodies ... .. ... 850 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 26 5 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 46 14 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 446 7 7 Rents ... ... ... 178 12 6 Fuel and light ... ... 184 210 Patients' payments ... ... 411 8 1 Bedding and clothing ... ... 80 5 0 Other sources ... ... ... 15 15 6 Furniture and earthenware ... 220 4 6 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,122 6 2 Water-supply... ... ... 17 0 0 Funerals ... ... ... 10 12 0 Repairs ... ... ... 198 17 8 Additions to buildings ... ... 201 4 2 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 27 18 3 Insurance ... ... ... 28 0 0 Other expenses ... ... 97 8 10 Total ... ...£2,388 11 9 Total .. ...£3,273 6 10 Visited 7th September, 16th January, and 10th May.—This Hospital is doing good work. Dr. Mackie has been granted leave of absence on account of health, and Dr. Betts is acting in his place. Miss Kohn was appointed Matron last September, and has much improved the nursing and.discipline. The small destructor employed seems to be an inexpensive as well as an efficient method of destroying refuse of all sorts. The operating-room is.not well lighted, neither is it supplied with hot water, also the closet in the immediate neighbourhood of the operating-room should be at once removed.

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