HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 9

HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ! FIGURES. !

. :Tho annual report of tho Inspector*!... itJ General . of-.Hospitals ■: and Charitable^ :'■.:■•)■ Aid in tho Dominion- states thaiv .->'• during .the."'. . .'■ ended '~M arch';/,-." j 31 .- hospital .expenditure only": in- ■/£'s creased £837,' for \ which ;. siuh !; ,:j[''j can bo shown the upkeep of three 'new.'; I- j hospitals, and an average increase':'ia^ : ',i;;the number- of ■':;"':'.'] treatment.-, The .cost of charitable/aid';''':■ increased: by,,'only' £15. .Thonew. Act.'";. ; is'working well, and there isevery'rea-} son for believing .that'-it is ah imp'ro T <p&'~~' .;-.'• ment on. the. old liw.'; ITie.tota'l. 'ex- ; :.' : . penditure oil..general, ••hospitals""- '.wasi ' :- £237,640;:"*,s against V£236,803 .foivthej h /.! previous;year. ■;■' 'Roughly.-,.one-third :%i'.:\i ':;■ the 'hospitalreceipts were.derivedfronr >'■; the' rate's/ 'one-third ; ;from the Consoli-^:-.' : / dated Fund, and one-third fromvolun- . ~'. tary contributions,; patients' payments', ■'.;•;'-.: ■ and other sources' of. iwe'nue.;;,;;Theroi'v;-; was. an. increase during ;the' : year .-'of.i,'' '■"■:■- £6177 hi patients".;', payment?;••■' Sift-'■■'■■• •;'.': Ascriptions; and '.donations' fell,:off.':.''by. : '.v! : . '£2549,' but.;the.total'voluntary'.contri- ; ."•■■:■, .butions (£20,83.3), bequests, .'■:,■;;; show an increase of. £3723 over tho; pre-;&S .vious- year., Altogether 1455 m6re:;pa-;;^- '.] itients were,treated.-than.'iii.the previous :;-,-'."; year,, the >■ average, number ;'of■• beds r iiL.'i-i'j ;J daily occupation being-1709, as against' V- -J1 1566 for;. 1908-9: •The ; cost per : 'bed'-ini-:'-- &i 1909-10, was £100 75., as'against':£lo7;'.','3 os. Id. in:1908-9./ As 'regards vtifo'-totai!.V.: y ih expenditure,. it aino'uhted ,'tb '.£237(640} '■■'£ as:.compared, .with ;:£236,Bo3;:for;;;?tha ':.'■?_ J previous''year.,'A;.larger. expenditure was looked-'for in.the .mat^.;,;/; ter -of; provisions, surgery, and';'dispe-n--■'';■."' sary, domestic 'and;' establishnieiit,; salr;; f;, "■% aries, apd- wages, 'capital . expenditure,:'; : and mjs&Uaneous-expenditdre..:;;.';':',■' ; '--v.V- : i drug and dressing account-for ::';:<', the.'.report:.:. l.'ThoughV, hospital-;boards t : : :'-lf, havehMn.circxilarisedVas tothe'reasoh-p-:;':" able cost: of particles iii. daily ■■'use','-and f;':'.; : " .asked to submit tendeis, there'ihaSVhpt,!::-';7; been i&e response ,iha¥; was hoped] .Forifea.r : 6f : offending,the local- chemist," : ? - v-?;' : i . some authorities continue to pay high--;" r: ;-■i Ay— at .times /:;' others.-./AVe nmst A; not. ..be; .-.':'■; with: a;' small /decrease.:iir says the'. Inspector-General,:: ivho: adds:■;•■''V.*:.n .''l fear .that until- the-.Department :eaiv': ; ," : .!; initiate a- bureau : for/the purchase; and,... ;i .distribution of, .drugs'/aiid dressragsf the:'; :^< •. present.; high prices; wHlrule -'/i?'J ;/;;:,;■ '•-, -The. ;bu'charitable' * : ; ;•:. 1909-10 was : £ll2,Bp,:!is.againsU£ll2i- ; :': ,818 in.1908-9. ■■ This>sman?ihcreasejjnJJ,;.; ;■■ expenditure ;may. be *regarded;, as % satis- :;;'';%■: factory;'..as ;for the; last;, ten' yeans <* tlie.\;.•>': .charitable; aid expenditure- has -p.: ed'.'at ah average rate'of £3o23:per;ia3?;:';:;;"; ■num;:;' •;.-;:" :\y% '"-'■'.';:;.-' ■■;^.;.t-'";;.i ; : : 'A? ! ;-* i '>!': The: receipts,ramoiinted .'to;'£l42#o6,' ;st; -the .following. items, .being of ■ ih- r tercsti-rT 1 ;/;;--,: ;;;' '-:\ff : ! -^\;' T Government,-.iv..;.,51^887;;..¥■■ Receipts .from local .bodies •;,;L'\42,468;,';- j v Receipts; from 'voluntary' cohtfi- 1 : v-'v;A ;>. "' ;:-butibris: ' Receipts frompersons l reHeved;;'..>ls;G^,::'; : .;v