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Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ...1,120 13 2 Bations ... ' ... ... 550 18 11 Local bodies ... ... ...1,120 13 1 Wines, spirits, ale, &c. ... ... 43 1 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 34 511 Surgery and dispensary... ... 258 1 2 Bents... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Fuel and light ... ... 209 9 1 Patients'payments ... ... 172 14 0 Bedding and clothing ... ... 52 5 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 106 11 0 Washing and laundry ... ... 26 14 8 Salaries and wages ... ... 764 11 3 Water-supply ... ... ... 800 Bepairs ... ... ... 68 11 4 Additions ... ... ... 248 14 7 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 46 10 0 Insurance ... ... ... 14 12 6 Members' travelling-expenses ... 12 19 1 Other expenses ... ... 47 6 7 Total ... ...£2,458 6 2 Total . . £2,458 6 2 I made a night and a morning visit to this hospital. The nurses on my night visit were carefully attending to their duties, but I found that one of the wards was dangerously overcrowded with typhoid cases, especially as the new closets are not yet available. The atmosphere was distinctly close, and greater attention ought to be paid to regulating the ventilation. The fan-lights which were fixed up some time ago ought to be opened and closed by means of a screw and lever apparatus. I regret, though lam not surprised to find, that the cordial co-operation of the medical staff, three doctors practising in the town and visiting daily, seems to have broken down. I always thought this breakdown was inevitable. What to do is a difficult problem, but it is certain that when harmony goes the present system is doomed. In all other respects the management of this hospital is all that can be desired.

WAIKATO HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1897 ... ... ... 27 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 349 Total under treatment ... ... ... 376 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 335 Died ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 Bemaining on 31st March, 1898... ... ... ... 26 Sex. —261 males, 115 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waikato, 68 ; Waipa, 79 ; Piako, 58 ; Baglan, 11; King-country, 21; Eotorua, 11; Auckland, 12; Hamilton, 65; Cambridge, 29; Ohinemuri, 15; Kawhia, 5; Dunedin, 1; Canterbury, 1. Country. —England, 76; Scotland, 20; Ireland, 51; New Zealand, 208; Australia, 11; Denmark, 3 ; Tasmania, 2 ; Prussia, 3; Holland, 1; America, 1. Beligion. —Church of England, 194; Boman Catholic, 74; Presbyterian, 62; Wesleyan, 30; Lutheran, 3 ; Baptist, 5 ; Mormon, 1; nil, 6. Total collective days' stay in hospital, 7,144; individual average days' stay, 19. Daily average cost per head, 75.; less patients' payments, ss. 3^d. Bevenue and Expenditure. Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 1,050 10 0 Bations . ... ... 523 18 2 Local bodies ... ... ... 750 0 0 Wines, spirits, ale, &c... ... 18 10 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 811 0 Surgery and dispensary ... 248 13 8 Bents ... ... ... 52 19 6 Fuel and light ... ... 134 4 9 Patients'payments ... ... 614 13 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 42 12 1 Other sources ... ... 21 16 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 1968 Washing and laundry ... ... 71 17 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 796 10 7 Water-supply ... ... 31 2 3 Funerals ... ... ... 13 5 0 Bepairs ... ... ... 148 17 10 Additions to buildings ... .... 74 7 9 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 52 15 0 Interest ... ... ... 0 4 8 Insurance ... ... ... 21 7 6 Other expenses ... ... 300 17 1 Total ... ... £2,498 10 0 Total ' '..'. ... £2,498 10 0