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Discharges in 1899.

No. 3. MEDICAL OFFICERS' REPORTS. Auckland. Sir,— Auckland, 4th May, 1900. In reporting on the health of the children belonging to the Auckland Industrial School, I am. glad to say that there has been no serious epidemic during the past year. One death occurred, that of a little girl who died in hospital from memoptysis, the result of lung-disease of long standing. Among the boarded-out children there have not been many cases requiring attention, and in the school the health of the inmates has generally been good. One girl returned for a time in consequence of the occurrence of a severe abscess near the seat of previous disease. She went back to the country, having been greatly relieved by treatment, but will require further operation at an early period. The approaching removal of the school to a new site will, I trust, prove beneficial. I am, &c, A. G. Purchas, M.E.C.S., England, The Secretary for Education, Wellington. Medical Officer.

Canterbury. Sir,— Christchurch, 10th July, 1900. I have the honour to submit the following report on the Burnham Industrial School for 1899 :— There has been no illness of any serious character during the year. The average number of boys attended to at each of my monthly visits has been eighteen, and the average number of girls attended to has been six. Five boys and two girls have been sent to hospital, the only case worth mentioning being E-— G , who had a slight attack of typhoid fever. The school dietary is excellent in both quality and quantity, but the milk-supply might be increased with advantage. The best means to do this would be to grow lucerne with the aid of irrigation, and for this a larger supply from the water-race is required. All the water for the school has to be pumped to a high reservoir by hand-labour, which is rather hard work for the boys. For this purpose, as well as heating the baths and the laundry, I think a steam-boiler is required. Steam-pumps of the pulsometer type are entirely automatic, and require no attention. I wish to testify to a marked improvement in. the general discipline of the school during the past year. I am., &c, The Secretary for Education. W. H. Symes, M.D.

rovi irnmem [S. 'rivi ioo! Is. too] Is. Removed by Auckland. Burnham, Caversham. pa t/3 B ca St. Mary's, Nelson. B. G. B. | G. B. G. B. G. B. G. o n W 3 44 O EH G. Warrant of discharge .. .. 1 3 )eath .. .. .. 'o Costley Institute .. .. 8 leached age of twenty-one years ' larriage .. .. .. j .. .. I f i 9 8~ Totals .. .. \ \- , —_- (l 12 I 15 3 *2 17 6 1 13 12 2 "i 15 16 31 3 2 2 2 2 10 3 1 "l 39 3 8 4 40 5 is l i .. ! 20~ 24 5 5 6 10 5 54 ! i i 59 li / ro 1899 Numbers IF !• !98 a: (OMPARED. Inmates. 1899. 1898. Increase or Decrease. [n the schools .. .. .. Boarded out With friends It service in hospital .. [n lunatic asylum [n gaol [n Blind Asylum, Auckland .. \t Costley Institute .. Jnder control of refuges or cognate institutions.. Orphanage Cottage-home, &c. In school for deaf-mutes Absent without leave 573 414 97 412 3 3 590 417 138 453 7 2 4 1 1 28 5 1 21 + 17 + 3 + 41 + 41 + 4 - 1 + 4 1 3 25 - 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 - 2 23 Totals 1,554 + 114 1,668