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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1945-46

MENTAL HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT

(а) To provide for additional staff and return to duty of men released from military service. £532,780 provided on main estimates. (б) Visit of Director-General to secure medical staff from overseas. (c) To enable group herd-testing to be carried out at all institutions. £20,500 provided on main estimates. (d) Transfer of patients to Kingseat to relieve overcrowding necessitates extra expenditure. £4,000 provided on main estimates. (e) Half salary of Neuro-Pathologist and Technician at new department of neuro-pathology. (/(Since the main estimates wore prepared, additional vehicles have broken down and require replacement. £3,000 provided on main estimates. (g) Increase in price of nursing staff uniforms and change in method of payment for nurses' footwear necessitates an increase. £3,100 provided on main estimates. (,h) Increased detail work in our main offices makes the provision of adding-machines essential. (i) As tho staffing position improves it is hoped to make increased provision for patients' recreation. £7,200 provided on main estimates. (.j) Telephones are to be installed in nurses' homes at several institutions. £2,700 provided on main estimates. (k) To provide extra equipment for training of nursing staffs. £4,000 provided on main estimates. (I) Expenses connected with the appointment of a new Medical Officer and two trained Occupational Therapists,

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Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE—MENTAL HOSPITALS— £ £ £ GROSS Total 13,075 4,673 17,748 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 2,525 600 3,125 NET TOTAL 10,550 4,073 14,623 Number p or S erv j ces chargeable on the Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ oi Persons. , • » continued 104f)_4f{ 1 Q44_4K ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—continued VOTE—MENTAL HOSPITALS Salaries — Professional Division 1 1 (£1,050), (Medical Officer), (6 months) .. .. 525 3 .. 3 (£850), (Medical Officers), (6 months) .. ... .. 1,275 1 1 (£900), (Assistant Medical Officer) .. .. .. 900 1 .. 1 (£850), (Assistant Medical Officer) .. .. .. 850 Other Salaries 3,550 75 .. 75 (£95 to £840), (part year) .. .. .. .. 9,525 81 Estimated credits-ill-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Board of attendants and nurses (additional) .. 1,925 House, fuel, and light for Medical Officers .. 600 (additional) 2,525 (a) 13,075 Other Charges for and incidental to — Expenses of Director-General visiting United Kingdom .. (b) 400 Farms, maintenance of (part recoverable), (additional) . . («) 150 I Furniture and furnishings (additional) .. . . . . d) 300 Grants to University of Otago (6 months) . . . . (e) 325 Motor-vehicles, purchase of (additional) .. .. (f) 1,000 Nursing staff : Uniforms (additional), (part recoverable) . . (g) 800 Office expenses (additional) .. .. .. • • (h) 200 Patients, expenses connected with : Recreation (additional) (i) 100 Payments to the Post and Telegraph Department (additional) .. .. .. .. ■ ■ • • (j) 50 Surgery and dispensary: Drugs and instruments (additional) (k) 800 Travelling-expenses from England to New Zealand of Medical Officers and Occupational Therapists .. . . (I) 548 4,673 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Miscellaneous (additional) . . . . 600 GROSS Total .. .. .. .. •• •• 17,748 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. • • .. 3,125 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. •. *— 14,623