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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION (REPORT ON) FOR 1911.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

CONTENTS.

PAGE Introduction.. .. .. .. .. 2 Number of Patients on Register .. .. 2 Their Distribution 2 Their Ratio to Population 2 Admissions 2 Their Ratio to Population 3 Discharges and Deaths 3 Causes of Insanity 5 Special Oversight, Care, or Control .. o Employment of Patients ... .. .. 7 Accommodation .. 7 New Works Section .. ..8 Farming Operations— Expenditure and Receipts .. .. .. 8 „ r ~ ~..,,_ „ Expenditure on Individual Farms .... 9 Value of Produce sold for Cash, and Value of Produce consumed .. .. .. 9

PAGE Farming Operations -continued. Net Profit on Farms .. .. .. 9 Financial ResultsDifference in Expenditure according to Local Circumstances 9 E esult of Centralization of Collection of Main-tenanoe-money 9 Bxpend itiire contrasted with 1910 .. ..10 The StaffNew Scale of Increases to Salaries .. .. 10 Names added to Register of Mental Nurses .. 11 Visits of Inspection to Mental Hospitals .. 11 ~-,., a j i. >-d a ~ Medical Superintendents' Reports .. .. 15 AppendixStatistical Tables .. .. .. ..19

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