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Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance from last year ... 427 4 1 Rations ... "... ... 629 1 1 From Government ... ... 1,754 13 2 Wines, spirits, ale, and Dorter ... 9 4 6 Local bodies ... ... ... 1,428 15 0 Surgery and dispensary ' ... 446 19 6 Subscriptions and donations ... 298 16 0 Fuel and light ... ... 219 19 0 Rents ... ... ... 25 14 0 \ Bedding and clothing ... ... 13111 5 Patients'payments ... ... 565 410 j Furniture and earthenware ... 266 12 3 Interest on mortgage ... ... 24 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,361 9 3 Bank overdraft ... ... 272 710 j Repairs and improvements ... 236 11 4 Additions to buildings, and new buildings ... ... ... 279 15 6 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... 79 7 2 Interest ..." ... ... 8.90 Insurance ... ... ... 43 17 5 Commission ... ... ... 2 19 0 Sanitation ... ... ... 30 911 Land-purchase ... 607 10 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 29 10 7 Rent ... ... ... 13 8 0 Total .. ... £4,796 14 111 Total ... ... £4,396 14 11 Visited 24th to 28th February, 1908. —There were forty-one cases in hospital—twenty-nine men and twelve women. Six patients were in various stages of enteric fever, one being a registered nurse. There were two chronic cases—a mental case and one of tabes dorsalis. The former had been in the institution two }-ears, the latter six months. I represented to the Trustees the desirability of discharging such patients, as the demand for the accommodation of acute cases is steadily increasing. In fact, under Dr. Wilson, the recently appointed Medical Superintendent, the Hospital is working so smoothly and is so well managed that it has already regained the confidence of the public, which it had lost in some measure under the old regime. I was occupied for some days in an inquiry into a case of alleged neglect of a patient under the old management, but the charge could not be sustained. The Hospital wards were in extremely good order, but the grounds were not well kept. I interviewed the Trustees regarding certain necessary improvements, which will doubtless be carried out.

12. TIMARU HOSPITAL. Governing body : South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Honorary medical staff : Drs. Drew, Dryden, Talbot, and Gibson. Stipendiary medical staff : Dr. Bett. Nursing staff: Matron, Miss Todd; 5 registered nurses and 11 probationers. Domestic staff : 1 cook, 1 kitchenmaid, 3 wardsmaids, 3 housemaids, 1 laundress, 1 porter, 1 gardener, 1 laundry engineer, 1 carpenter. Number of beds available for males, 42; for females, 32 : total, 74. Number of patients under treatment during year: In-patients —male 309, female 155—total 464; out-patients, 282 (number of attendances, 615). In-patients: Average days' stay, 31*6; average daily cost per head, 7s. 3d. (cost after deducting patients' payments, 6s. 5d.). Percentage of cost of administration on maintenance expenditure, 36'7. Localities from which patients came: Counties of Levels, Geraldine, Waimate, and McKenzie, and Boroughs of Timaru, Temuka, Waimate, and Geraldine; shipping, 3; and casuals, 29. Nationality of patients : Australian, 16; Irish, 65; Scotch, 28: Tasmanian, 2; German, 5; Swiss, 2; English and New-Zealanders, 289 ; various, 6. Religion : Church of England, 151 ; Presbyterian, 98; Roman Catholic, 95: Salvation Army. 7; Methodist, 45; Brethren, 8; Church-of Christ, 4; various, 4. Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. From Government ... ... 3,343 18 1 Rations ... ... ... 1,798 10 5 Local bodies ... ... ... 2,661 4 4 Wines, spirits, ale, and porter ... 16 13 0 Subscriptions and donations ... 360 11 6 Surgerv and dispensarv ... 346 4 4 Bequest .. ... ... 500 0 0 Fuel and light ' ... ..-. 466 18 9 Patients'payments ... ... 553 1 6 Bedding and clothing ... ... 42 5 4 Rent of morgue ... ... 3 0 0 Furniture and earthenware ... 88 17 11 Salaries and wages ... ... 1,695 5 8 Water-supply... ... ... 36 17 9 Funerals ... ... ... 1200 Repairs ... ... ... 178 15 8 New buildings... ... ... 2,662 7 0 Printing, advertising, postage, and stationery ... ... ... 53 6 0 Insurance ... ... ... 23 13 7 Total ... ...£7,421 15 5 Total ... ...£7,421 15 5