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Coromandel Hospital. Medical staff, honorary : John James Eade, M.8., Bach. Surg. Medical staff, stipendiary : John Craig. L.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. Matron : Nina Black, R.N. Locality from whence patients came : Coromandel. Visited on 18th January. There were 6 patients, 3 being cases of a somewhat chronic nature. The Matron, Miss Black, has resigned, and Miss Mary Anderson has been appointed. Waihi Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Last Friday in each month. Chairman : Dawson Donaldson. Secretary : F. Bishop. Public Health Inspector : T. H. Erwin, Waihi. Charitable Aid Inspector : F. Bishop. Institution under Board's control : Waihi Hospital. Waihi Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary : John M. Hyde, M.8., Ch.B. Matron : Ada Taylor, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Waihi, 230 ; Thames, 106 ; Bay of Plenty, 25; Waikato, 7 : Auckland, 2. Visited on 20th January. The institution was in good order; it is now very differently appointed and managed to what it was when I first visited it at the latter end of 1907. Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Quarterly. Chairman : Alex. Peebles. Secretary : H. 0. Garaway. Public Health Inspector : John Landells, Whakatane. Institutions under Board's control : Opotiki Cottage Hospital and Tauranga Cottage Hospital. Tauranga. and Opotiki Cottage Hospitals. In January last I visited the Tauranga and Opotiki Cottage Hospitals, which had just been completed. The work at the latter had been very poorly carried out. These little hospitals have since been opened. The Department subsidizes the salary of the Mission nurse at Whakatane, and the Hospital Board have furnished a room at her home, so that emergency cases can be treated there pending admission to hospital. Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Every fourth Thursday. v Chairman : John P. Bailey. Secretary : W. I. Conradi. Public Health Inspectors : Inspector Bennett, Hamilton, and Inspector Calderwood, Taumarunui. District Nurses : E. M. Smith and L. Silvester. Institutions under Board's control : Waikato Hospital, Old Men's Home, and Taumarunui Hospital. Waikato Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary : H. Douglas, M.8., CM. ; W. Findlay, M.8., Ch.B. ; F. Cameron, M.8., Ch.B. Matron : E. M. Rothwell, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Waikato County. 130; Raglan, 54; Waipa, 127; Piako, 37 ; Matamata, 42 ; Hamilton Borough, 169 ; Waitomo County, 27 ; Kaitieke, 31 ; Awakino, 10; Rotorua Town, 15; Rotorua County, 12; Ohura, 12; Kawhia, 25; Frankton Borough, 66; East Taupo County. 17; Te Kuiti Borough, 54; West Taupo Borough, 41; Cambridge Borough, 41 ; Huntly Town, 77 ; Taumarunui Borough, 28 ; Te Awamutu Town, 18 ; Te Aroha Borough, 25 ; Ngaruawahia Town, 43; Morrinsville, 22 ; Manunu, 6 ; others, 85. Visited on 10th January. There were 92 patients in. It is quite evident that considerable additions to this Hospital will be needed at an early date, and the question is being considered by the Board, as well as a better water-supply. The recently erected ward for consumptive cases had not been occupied. As usual, this institution was in good order. Taumarunui Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary: W. C. Macknight, M.8., CM.. F.R.C.S. (Edin.). Matron : Sister sent quarterly from Waikato Hospital. Localities from whence patients came : Taumarunui and surrounding district. Visited on 16th February, 1914.