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Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Westport and Buller County. Visited on 9th and 10th March. There were only 19 patients in; of these, 5 were women and 3 children. For the last fewmonths the Hospital has not been very full, but before that there had been as many as 39 patients in. The room used for the women patients is very unsuitable, and not capable of sufficient ventilation. It is proposed to give up the ward originally intended for two victims of the late coach accident to the women patients, and to have a new ward for male patients. The stock of linen and bedding has been allowed to get very low, and there will be some expense in bringing it up again to a proper amount. A workroom and linen-room is needed. The plaster is very badly cracked in the wards, especially on the ceilings, and the paint is peeling off the walls. Miss MacMillan, the Matron, recently resigned, and Miss Dnnsford was appointed in her place. There is an increase of £2 in cost per occupied bed, due to increased expenditure on " Provisions " and " Salaries and wages." Denniston Hospital. Stipendiary medical staff: W. J. Cran, M.8., Ch.B. Matron : L. E. Smith. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Denniston, Burnett's Face. This cottage Hospital, intended for accidents in the mines, was opened last year. It is managed by a local committee, to a certain extent under the Buller Board. The Hospital is used for more regular hospital work than was intended, and consequently the accommodation for the necessary staff is inadequate. The Matron should have assistance from the base Hospital when sei imis cases are admitted. The Hospital was visited on 9th March. 1911. There were ."> patients in—one a little girl who should have gone to the base hospital. Old People's Home, II est port. Stipendiary medical staff: G. Hallwright, M.R.C.S. Master: A. Kearns. Matron : E. V. Kearns. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Westport, 15; Buller County, 29. There were 22 patients in—only one woman. The Matron, Mrs. Kearns, keeps the place as well as can be expected. The old buildings are still standing, and cause a lot of unnecessary work. These tumble-down buildings should be removed at once. Governing Body : Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Third Tuesday in each month. Secretary : N. D. Bunting. Master lon Hospital. Honorary medical stall: P. R. Cook. M.8.. Ch.B.: J. A. Cowie, M.B. and CM., B.Sc; N. H. Prior, .M.8.. Ch.B. Stipendiary medical stall: Archer Hosking, M.8., Ch.M. Edin. Matron : Maude G. Hayward. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Masterton Borough. 1 2-'l; Masterton County, 65- Carterton Borough, II ; Wairarapa South County. 1:'; Blenheim, (i ; Castlepoint County, 29; Mauriceville County. 29; Featherston, 17; Martinborough, 4; Greytown, •'!; Wellington, 3; Cross Creek, 2; Eketahuna. 5; Sunday Island. 1; Gisborne, 1: Auckland. 1; Westport, 1; Napier, 1 ; Palmerston North, 2. Visited 3rd April, 1911. There were 25 patients in, 17 being male patients. The wards were in excellent order, and a better discipline appears to reign. Miss Hayward, late Matron of the Westport Hospital, was appointed in June last. Now that the Board, owing to Mr. Buchanan's generosity, is enabled to erect a chronic and incurable ward at Greytown, where the chronics now in the Hospital could be sent, there will be no need to erect new wards at the Hospital for acute cases, as would otherwise have been the case. ... There is a reduction in cost of not less than £34 per bed, the reduction being noticeable in everv department. . South II avrarapa Hospital Honorary medical staff: D. G. Johnston. M.8., CM.; W. Hosking. M.R.C.S.; H. E. Webb, M B , CM.; A. E. A. Palmer, M.8., CM.; R. M. Gunn, M.D. Stipendiary medical staff: William Bey. M.8., CM. Matron : Florence Jean Deny. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Martinborough, 18; Featherston County, 17: Carterton, 14; Featherston, 12; Greytown. 12; Wairarapa County. .°> ; Masterton, 2. Visited 15th December, 1910. There were 5 patients in hospital, all males. As the new ward for male patients was in course of erection, the Hospital was naturally in a state of confusion.