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

In the above the figures for the last four years include infectious-diseases 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. Hospital i and Charitable-aid Expenditure. Mean Population. Cost per Head of Population. 1905-6 .. 1906-7 .. 1907-8 .. 1908-9 !. 1909-10 .. 1910-11 .. 1911-12 .. 1912-13 .. 1913-14 .. 1914-15 .. £ 270,710 288,808 315,197 359,941 375,075 416,384 482,645 500,443 579,695 578,838 877,469 901,920 925,727 945,063 977,906 997,974 1,019,984 1,046,624 1,075,787 1,095,206 a. d. 6 2 6 4| 6 10 7 7i 7 8 8 4i 9 5J 9 6| 10 9i 10 6|

Year. Total Number of Persons under Treatment. Population. Proportion under Treatment per 1,000 of Population. Average Number ' Proportion of Ocoupied per 1,000 Beds per Diem. of Population. 1905-6 .. .. 16,216 877,469 18-5 1,354 1'54 1906-7 .. .. 17,521 901,920 19-4 1,505 1-67 1907-8 .. .. 19,160 925,727 20-7 1,511 T66 L908-9 .. .. 18,653 945,063 20-8 1,566 1-66 1909-10 .. .. 21,108 977,906 21-6 1,709 1-75 1910-11 .. .. 23,584 997,974 23-6 1,839 1-81 1911-12 .. .. 24,681 1,019,984 24-1 1,900 1'83 1912-13 .. .. 26,979 1,046,624 25'8 2,131 2'04 1913-14 .. .. 28,885 1,075,787 26-8 2,234 2-08 1914-15 .. .. 31,366 1,095,206 28.6 2,364 2-16 Year Number of Number of Beds Proportion of Beds per yea1. General Hospitals. JNumrjer oi Beds. 1,000 of Population. ~~ ' f "" " ' " 1905-6 .. .. .. 52 2,186 2-49 1906-7 .. .. .. ! 53 2,331 2-58 1907-8 .. .. .. 53 2,347 2-54 1908-9 .. .. .. 53 2,502 2-65 1909-10 .. .. .. 56 2,689 2-75 1910-11 ; 57 2,863 2-87 1911-12 .. ... ' .. 60 3,057 ,3-00 1912-13 .. .. '.. 63 3,176 303 L913-14 .. .. .. 63 3,292 3-06 1914-15 .. .. .'. 65 3,531 3-22 ' ___j ■ Capital expenditure on general hospitals is as follows :— £ 1905-6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,379 1906-7 .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,508 1907-8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39,499 1908-9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55,837 1909-10 52,341 1910-11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,237 1911-12 .. ... .. 70,331 1912-13 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 87,042 1913-14 .. 113,353 1914-15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 80,485