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1912-13. 1911-12. The total expenditure by separate institutions was, — £ £ Hospital maintenance .. .. .. .. 2,801 2.878 Charitable aid .. .. .. .. .. 6.784 7.814 Administration .. . . . . . . .. 590 779 Capital expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 2,527 3,052 Other expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 1,548 911 £14,249 £15,434 The expenditure on Government institutions (Te Waikato Sanatorium and St. Helens Hospitals was, — 1912-13. 1911-12. £ £ Maintenance .. .... .. .. 10,979 9,600 Administration .. . . .. .. .. 524 537 Capital expenditure .. .. .. ..' .. 4,813 11,702 Other expenditure .. .. . . .. .. 93 251 £16,407 £22.090 There was also expended by the Department on other means of medical and nursing assistance a sum of £5,726, made up of — £ (1.) Subsidies to medical men in the backblocks .. ... .. 1,460 (2.) Medical and nursing attendance on Maoris .. . . . . 4,266 The total expenditure by Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, separate institutions, and the Department in the relief of the sick and needy was therefore £506,170 ; and this is apart from the expenditure of private charitable organizations.

Hospital Expenditure. The total expenditure on account of hospitals for the last four years was as follows: —

Hospital Maintenance Expenditure. The gross cost of hospital " maintenance " —for Boards, Government, and separate institutions— was last year £240,527, as against £225,796 the previous year. This is very satisfactory in that the increase in maintenance expenditure is not nearly as great as it would be if it were proportional to the increase in the number of occupied beds per diem, which is shown as follows : —

(xeneral Hospitals. —-The expenditure on maintenance on general hospitals was £212,831, and this, is equivalent to £100-3 per annum per occupied bed, against £106-3 for 1911-12. The average annual cost of maintenance per occupied bed for the last four years is set out below : —

Year. Maintenance. J Administration. Capital. Miscellaneous. Total. .909-10 .910-11 .911-12 912-13 £ 187.922 199,573 225,796 240,527 £ 10,406 11,586 13,255 12,644 £ £ 59,213 4,699 70,814 5,830 84,798 5.663 98.05] 3,598 £ 262,24] 287,803 329,513 354,818

Patients under Treatment during Year. Average j Average Number under Daily Treatment. i\umoer unaer i Treatment. Year. General Special ™ , , Hospitals. Hospitals. lotaL General Hospitals. Special Hospitals. Total. 909-10 910-11 911-12 912-13 21,108 23,584 24,68] 26,979 1,420 1,607 1,879 1,789 20,695 25,191 26.560 28,768 1.709 1.839 1,900 2,131 138 186 178 200 1,847 2.025 2,078 2,231

Year. Provisions. i Surgery and Dispensary. ; Domestic and Establishment. Salaries and Wages. Total Maintenance. .909-10 .910-11 911-12 912-13 £ 23-7 22-8 24-2 23-8 £ 98 8-7 10-3 9-9 I £ 25-9 26-7 29-5 26-3 £ 40-9 38-8 42-3 40-2 £ 107-0 97-0 106-3 100-3