H.—22.

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HOSPITALS.

INDEX. For purposes of comparison the hospitals in the following reports have been placed in order of size (i.e., number of in-patients under treatment during year) instead of alphabetically. The following is the order in which they are placed:— Akaroa .. ' .. .. 46 i Lawrence .. .. 38 Southland .. .. 8 Arrowtown .. .. 40 Masterton .. .. 21 South Wairarapa .. .. 39 Ashburton .. .. 23 Mangonui .. .. 48 Stratford .. .. 36 Auckland .. .. .. 2 Mercury Bay .. .. 41 Te Puia (see Waiapu). Blenheim (see Wairau). Napier .. .. .. 6 Thames .. .. .. 10 Charleston .. .. 53 Naseby .. .. .. 28 Timaru .. .. .. 12 Ohristchurch .. .. 3 Nelson .. .. .. 15 Waiapu .. .. .. 51 Coromandel .. .. 42 New Plymouth .. .. 13 Waihi .. .. ; 16 Cromwell .. .. .. 44 Northern Wairoa.. .. 34 Waikato .. .. .. • 7 Dannevirke .. 27 Oamaru .. .. .. 19 Waimate .. .. .. 24 Dunedin .. .. .. 4 Otaki .. .. .. 30 Waipawa . .. .. 14 Dunstan .. .;.-... .. 45 Pahiatua .. .. 29 Wairau .. .. .. 18 Gisborne .. .. .. 11 Palmerscon North .. 9 Wairoa .. .. .. 47 Greymouth ... .. 17 Patea .. .. .. 32 Wakatipu .. .. 43 Hamilton (see Waikato). Pioton .. .. .. 31 Wallace and Fiord .. 22 Havelock .. .. .. 50 Queenstown (see Wakatipu). Wanganui ~ .. 5 Hawera .. .. .. 20 Rawene .. .. .. 49 Wellington .. .. 1 Hokitika (see Westland). Reefton .. .. 35 Westland .. .. 26 Invercargill (see Southland). Riverton (see Wallace and Fio'rd). Weßtport .. .. .. 25 Kumara .. .. .. 37 Ross .. .. .. 52 Whangarei .. .. 33

1. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. Governing body: The Wellington Hospital Trustees. Honorary medical staff: Hon. consulting surgeon, Dr. Anson; hon. consulting physician, Dr. Adams; hon. surgeons, Drs. Collins, Faulke, James, and McLean; hon. physicians, Drs. Begg, Gibbs, Henry, and Herbert; hon. ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Harty; hon. dental surgeon, Mr. Didsbury. Stipendiary medical staff: Dr. Ewart, MedicalSuperintendent; Dr. Gilray, Assistant Medical Superintendent; Dr. Patrick. Nursing staff: Matron, Miss Payne; 17 registered nurses and 68 probationers. Domestic staff : 4 cooks, 10 wardsmaids, 10 housemaids, 12 laundresses, 8 porters, 2 gardeners, 2 engineers and stokers, 1 carpenter, and 1 plumber. Number of beds available for males, 143; for females, 129: total, 272. Number of patients under treatment during year : In-patients—male 1,827, female 1,028 — total 2,855; out-patients, 2,017 (number of attendances, 8,807). In-patients: Average days' stay, 22'47; average daily cost per head, 3s. lid. (cost after deducting patients' payments, 35.). Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance expenditure, 39'9. Localities from which patients came: Wellington (City), 1,758; Wellington (Suburbs), 327; Petone, 118; Lower Hutt, 55; Uppef Hutt, 19; Levin, 1; Porirua, 2; sundry small places in district, 84: Wairarapa Hospital District, 26; Palmerston North, 55; Auckland, 9; Wanganui, 4; Taranakij 10; Hawke's Bay, 12 ; Marlborough, 4; North Canterbury, 6; South Canterbury, 3; Nelson, 4; Sydney, 1; ships in port, 63; Buller, 15; Westland, 3; Timaru, 1; locality not stated, 37. Nationalities of patients : New Zealand, 1,519; English, 480; Irish, 210; Australian, 155; Scotch, 143; Swedish, 20; German, 12; Danish, 12; Norwegian, 10; Italian, 7; Assyrian, 6; Austrian, 5; American, 5; Chinese, 5; Welsh, 4; Jewish, 3; Canadian, 3; Manxman, 3; Belgian, 2; Swiss, 2; Spanish, 2; Egyptian, 1; French, 1; Roumanian, 1; Russian, 1; Jamaican, 1; Scandinavian, 1; Dutch, 1; not stated, 2. Religion of patients: Church of England, 1,148; Roman Catholic, 62"8; Presbyterian, 416; Methodist and Wesleyan, 151; Baptist, 47; Salvation Army, 35; Church of Christ, 20; Primitive Methodist, 19; Congregationalist, 19; Hebrew, 12; Plymouth Brethren, 12; Lutheran, 11; Spiritualist, 6; Unitarian, 5; Brethren, 5; Catholic Apostolic, 4; Confucian, 3; Theosophist, 3; Christadelphian, 3; Quaker, 1; Confucian, 1; Mission, 1; not stated, 62.