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WESTPORT HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1889 ... ... ... 8 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 54 Total under treatment ... ... ... 62 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 Died ... ... ... ... ... . . ... 6 Remaining on 31st March, 1890 ... ... ... ... 13 Sex. —s7 males, 5 females. Locality from which Patients came. —Westport District. Nationality. —English, 14; Scotch, 21; Irish, 9; Colonial, 11; Channel Islander, 1; Swede, 1 ; Spanish, 1; Italian, 1 ; American, 2; Russian, 1. Beliginn. —Church of England, 25; Roman Catholic, 15; Presbyterian, 12; Wesleyan, 2. (Total of those admitted during the year only.) Total collective days' stay in hospital, 1,951; individual average days' stay, 36. Daily average cost per head, 10s. Id.; less patients' payments, 9s. lid. Outdoor Patients. —lndividual cases, 47. Revenue and Expenditure. Eevenne. £ s. d. I Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 482 18 7 Rations ... ... ... 262 17 0 Local bodies ... ... ... 482 18 7 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 17 12 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 2 2 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 62 2 0 Patients'payments ... ... 17 1 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... 31 9 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 29 13 7 Furniture and earthenware ... 43 10 1 Salaries and wages ... ... 448 10 5 Funerals ... ... ... 50 0 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 29 12 0 Interest ... ... ... 530 Other expenses... ... ... 4 11 7 Total £985 0 8 Total £985 0 8 I have, &c, D. MacGregor, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Inspector of Asylums.