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Owing to the generosity of Mr. Buchanan, M.P., an incurable ward is also to be erected for 20 patients—four beds to be reserved for incurable cases of consumption. The Wairarapa Board had recognized the necessity for providing suitable accommodation for the incurables of the district, and this gift is therefore a most opportune one. There is a considerable reduction in the cost per bed. Pahiatua Hospital. Honorary medical staff: P. H. Mules, M.8., F.R.C.S. Edin.; G. F. Chadwick, L.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; J. P. S. Jamieson, M.B, Ch.B. Stipendiary medical staff: H. T. Dawson, M.B. Aberd., 1892. Matron : E. M. Davis. Localities, broadly, from which patients came : Pahiatua, 79; Woodville, 14; Eketahuna, 18; Akitio, 8; Palmerston North, 1; Masterton, 1. Visited 17th July, 1911. There were 9 patients in—s male and 4 female. A portion of the hall next to the operating-theatre has been enclosed and made into an office for the doctor, in which he can see applicants for admission and transact any business. Hitherto the sitting-room for the staff was used by the doctor. Everything was in very good order. The back yard and work-sheds are especially well kept. There is an increase in the cost per bed, especially in " Provisions and salaries." Re nail Solway Home. Matron : A. Johns. Localities, broadly, from which patients came: Wairarapa district, 9; Wanganui, 1; Wellington, 1; Makuri, 2; Eketahuna, 1. There were 8 old men in, and another was expected thai night. The new part of the building was not occupied, with the exception of one room. There had been a death the previous week —a man who should have been removed to the Hospital, it being too much to expect the one woman to work both night and day. The old men all looked very comfortable, sitting round a good fire and waiting for their tea. They are very well cared for by the Matron. Governing Body : Waipawa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting: Second Thursday in month, alternating in Waipukurau and Dannevirke. Secretary : G. B. Ashley. Waipawa Hospital. Stipendiary medical staff : S. C Godfray, M.B. Edin. Matron : M. E. Carston. Localities, broadly, from which patients came: Dannevirke County, 54; Dannevirke Borough, 9; Waipawa County, 37; Waipawa Borough, 20; Waipukurau County, 15; Waipukurau Town, 33; Patangata County, 46; Hawke's Bay County, 25; no address, 24; sundry places, 15. Visited Uth July. Though there were fifty beds, only twenty-four were occupied, the influence of the Dannevirke Hospital being now more appreciable. At least three of the cases were more fitted foi an Old People's Home. There was quite a number of patients from outside hospital districts. The operating-room and the male wards —medical and surgical—badly need repairing, the cement in the operating-room and the plaster in the wards being much cracked. The isolation ward, being only 30 ft. from the male medical ward, cannot be used for infectious cases. Moreover, dry-rot has set in in this building, and it would be poor economy to have it renovated. A male isolation ward for some four beds should be erected to the north-east of the main building. The wards, except for the repairs needed, were in good order. It is a pity that the Hospital could not be used as a training-school for nurses. Miss Carston, the Matron, is eminently suited to train nurses and instil them with the proper spirit of their profession. It is to be hoped that in the course of the year Dr. Godfray will be able to undertake the necessary lectures, and thus add to the usefulness of this excellently managed institution. The cost of this Hospital has been reduced by £4 per bed, but the item " Provisions " is still high. The cost in " Salaries and wages " is relatively high, owing to the entire nursing staff being composed of qualified nurses. Dannevirke Hospital. Honorary medical staff: Thomas Macallan, M.8., CM. Aberdeen; W. H. Dawson, M.8., CM., D.P.H., F.R.C.S. Edin. Matron : G. Hopper. ..„.,«» Localities, broadly, from which patients came: Dannevirke Borough, 127; Dannevirke County, 87; Auckland, 1; Wellington, 2; Weber, 13; Patangata, 2; Levin, 1; Hawera, 1; Taranaki, 1; Palmerston North, 3; Taumarunui, 1; Hunterville, 1; Christchurch, 1; Woodville, 4.