35

H.—22

Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Lyell, 1; Murchison, 2; Laudny, 2; Reefton, 73; Globe Hill, 15: Big River, 6; Blackwater, 12; Barrytown, 1; Grey Valley, 6; Cronadun and Capleston, 8. Visited on 29th January, 1910. There were only six patients in—the rest of the eighteen inmates being old people. The building of the new administrative block and nurses' quarters was being proceeded with, and in the meantime a cottage near the Hospital was rented, in which the cooking was done. The place was in very fair order, considering the difficulties of management under the circumstances. It is difficult to arrive at the relative cost of this Hospital, as it is partly an Old People's Home.

ROSS HOSPITAL. Governing body : Westland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Secretary: W. J. Caulfield. . . Stipendiary medical staff: A. C. Thomson, M.B. Matron: A. S, Phillips. Localities, broadly, from which patients came: Ross Borough, 15; Westland County, 12; Grey County, 1.

CHARLESTON HOSPITAL. Governing body : Charleston Hospital Trustees. Usual date of meeting : Last Saturday in each month. Secretary : K. P. Kittson. Stipendiary medical staff: Thomas Joseph Galligan, F.R.C.S. Ire.; L.R.C.P. Ire. Matron : K. Mills. Localities, broadly, from which patients came: Charleston, 7; Westport, 2; Addison's, 1: Brighton, 1; Invercargill, 1.