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Charitable-aid Expenditure. As compared with last year there is a decrease of £1,352 in charitable-aid expenditure, the figures for the last four years being as follows : —

A Comparison of Hospital and Charitable-aid Expenditure for the past Ten Years, and Reasons of Increase.

In the above the figures for the last three years include infectious disease, hospitals and consumptive sanatoria under Boards' control, also public health, subsidies to medical associations, and district nurses. In every year separate institutions have been included. The number of persons availing themselves of treatment in the general hospitals for the last ten years was as follows : —

Year. Indoor Relief. Outdoor Relief. Total. 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 £ 64.335 62,848 64,651 66.378 £ 38,988 33.051 34,171 31.092 £ 103,323 95.899 98.822 97.470

Year. Hospital and Charitable-aid Expenditure. Mean Population. Cos p t P er , of ' Population. 1903-4 .. 1904-5 1905-6 1906-7 1907-8 1908-9 .. 1909-10 1910-11 .. 1911-12 .. 1912-13 £ .. ! 243,000 259,616 270,710 .. ! 288,808 .. l 315.197 .. J 359,941 375,075 416.384 482,645 500,443 s. d. 826.902 5 10 J 851.964 6 1 877.469 6 2 901.920 6 4| 925.727 6 10 945.063 7 1\ 977.906 7 8 997.974 8 4| 1.019.984 9 5| 1,046,624 9 6f

Year. 1903-4 .. 1-904-5 ■:■:■■ 1905-6 .. 1906-7 .. 1907-8 .. 1908-9 .. 1909-10 .. 1910-11 .. 1.911-12 1912-13 .. Total Number of Persons under Treatment. ] .. j 15.033 ■■■:4 • 15,278 ■-■■ L6.216 17.521 j 19.160 .. j 18,653 .. ; 21.108 23.584 24,681 .. ! 26.979 ■I Population. 826,902 851,964 877,469 901,920 925.727 945,063 977.906 997,974 1,019,984 1,046.624 anderXltment ! Av n T« e W« j Proportion per 1.000 Be l° p C e °X m ! ««4«l»to. of Population. -Beds per Diem. __ [ J_ 18-2 1,233 1-49 17-9 1,290 1-51 18-5 1,354 1-54 19-4 1,505 1-67 20-7 1,511 1-66 20-8 1.566 1-66 21-6 1.709 1-75 23-6 1,839 1-81 24-1 1,900 1-83 25-8 2,131 2-04 18-2 17-9 . 18-5 19-4 20-7 20-8 21-6 23-6 24-1 25-8 1,233 1,290 1,354 1,505 1,511 1.566 1.709 1,839 1,900 2,131 1-49 1-51 1-54 1-67 1-66 166 1-75 1-81 1-83 2-04 I : I h i

Year. General Number of Hospitals. Number of Beds. Proportion of Beds per 1,000 of Population. 1903-4 .. 1904-5 .. 1905-6 .. 1906-7 .. 1907-8 .. 1908-9 . . 1909-10 .. 1910-11 . . 1911-12 .. 1912-13 .. 47 47 52 53 53 53 56 57 60 63 1,988 2,048 2,186 2,331 2,347 2,502 2,689 2,863 3,057 3,176 2-40 2-40 2-49 2-58 2-54 2-65 2-75 2-87 3-00 3-03