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PATEA HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1904 ... ... ... 2 Admitted during the year ... ... ... ... 47 Total under treatment ... ... ... 49 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 Died... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Remaining on 31st March, 1905 ... ... 4 Sea;.—39 males, 10 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Waitotara to Manutahi. Nationality. —English, 17; Scotch, 3; Irish, 5; New Zealand, 16 ; Australian, 3 ; Norwegian, 1; Swedish, 2. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 1,052 ; individual average days' stay, 21-47. Daily average cost per head, 9s. 6d.; less patients' payments, 7s. lOfd. Receipts and Expenditure. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 336 0 4 Rations ... ... ... 104 12 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 287 10 0 Surgery and dispensary ... ... 3."> 18 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 2 311 Fuel and light ... ... ... 31 14 6 Bequests ... ... ... 159 211 Bedding and clothing ... ... 20 3 9 Rents... ... ... ... 11 14 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 4 10 0 Patients' payments ... ... 86 13 6 Washing and laundry ... ... 54 410 Other sources ... ... ... 0 10 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 224 13 11 Balance from last year ... ... 16 10 0 Repairs ... ... ... 101 3 4 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 615 8 Interest ... ... ... 0 2 7 Insurance ... ... ... 7 8 10 Other expenses... ... ... 9 16 3 Total ... ... £900 4 8 Total ... ... £601 4 2 Visited 19th January, 1905.—This Hospital is closed in by trees, but the wind-swept nature of its site affords excuse. There is evidence of dry-rot in the building. There is a compact little infectiousdiseases pavillion. The Hospital has a legacy of £3,000, earning about £200 a year. The necessity for a hospital at Patea is not very apparent.

PICTON HOSPITAL. Number of patients on 31st March, 1904 ... ._. ... 6 Admitted during the year ... ... ... . 90 Total under treatment ... ... 96 Discharged ... ... ... ... ... .. 79 Died... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Remaining on 31st March, 1905 ... ... 8 Sex. —80 males, 16 females. Localities from which Patients came. —Picton Hospital District, 74; Wellington, 4; Blenheim, 10 ; Christehurch, 1; Napier, 1; Otago, 2 ; West Coast, 1; Australia, 2; shipping, 1. Country. —England, 45 ; Scotland, 5 ; Ireland, 5; New Zealand, 29; Wales, 2 ; Denmark, 1; Germany, 2 ; France, 1; Austria, 1; other countries, 5. Religion. —Church of England, 54; Roman Catholic, 15 ; Presbyterian, 18 ; Wesleyan, 2 ; Lutheran, 4; Freethinker, 1; Salvation Army, 1; Free Church, 1. Total collective days' stay in Hospital, 3,490; individual average days' stay, 3655. Daily average cost per head, ss. 7-Jd.; less patients' payments, 4s. ll^d. Outdoor Patients. —Nil.