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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION (REPORT ON) FOR 1912.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS.

PAOE PAOE Introduction.. .. .. .. .. 2 Farming Operations —contirawetl Number of Patients on Register .. 2 Value of Produce sold for Cash, and Value of Produce oonsumed .. .. .. 9 Their Distribution .. .. .. .. 2 . Financial Results .. .. .. 10 Their Ratio to Population .. .. .. 2 Admissions .. .. .. .. .. 3 The Staff— Their Ratio to Population .. .. .. 3 Discipline and Control .. .. 11 Discharges and Deaths .. .. .. 3 Superannuation .. .. .. .. 12 Causes of Insanity .. 5 Names added to Register of Mental Nurses .. 12 Weekly Reports 7 Visits of Inspection to Mental Hospitals .. 13 Accommodation .. .. .. .. 7 Voluntary Boarders, &c. .. .. 13 Farming Operations- Medical Superintendents' Reports .. ..14 Expenditure and Receipts .. .. 9 Appendix— Expenditure on Individual Farms .. 9 Statistical Tables .. .. 17

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