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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. General Revenue Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 19-36. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Bacteriological Laboratory Service: Net cost .. 3,572 5 4 Sera: Net profit on working .. .. .. 458 0 9 Departmental Institutions —Net Contribution by local bodies towards inspection cost as per income and services .. .. .. .. .. 11,58124 expenditure accounts — Contributions by Dental Clinic Committees towards St. Helens Maternity Hospital — £ s. d. dental services .. .. .. .. 5,208 6 0 Auckland .. .. 8,453 13 8 Registration and other fees— £ s. d. Wellington .. .. 7,755 9 7 Private hospital license fees .. 592 10 4 Christchurch .. .. 3,989 310 £ s. d. Dunedin .. .. .. 2,315 1 5 Medical practitioners Invercargill .. .. 2,736 15 11 registration fees .. 646 11 6 King George V Hospital, Ortho- Less fees paid in adpsedic and General Hospital, vance .. .. 288 15 7 Rotorua.. .. .. 271 17 9 357 15 11 Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer 11,417 9 4 Masseurs registration and examina36,939 11 6 tion fees .. .. .. 171 14 6 Subsidies to Hospital Boards and separate institu- Nurses and midwives registration tions .. .. .. .. .. 613,889 5 1 and examination fees .. .. 962 15 0 Grants in Aid of Medical and Plumbers registration and examinaSocial Relief— tion fees .. .. .. 571 0 0 Royal New Zealand Society for Opticians Act registration and exthe Health of Women* and £ s. d. animation fees .. .. 325 1 3 Children .. .. .. 20,754 14 7 Cemeteries Act. . .. .. 40 5 0 Women's Division N.Z. Farmers' Health Act: Bills of health fees 19 11 10 Union .. .. .. 150 0 0 Poisons Act .. .. .. 352 8 0 University of Otago and Medical 3,393 1 10 Research.. .. .. 104 8 3 Miscellaneous income .. .. .. 370 16 8 Other grants in aid of medical Balance carried down (being excess of expenditure and social relief .. .. 1,546 6 8 over income) .. .. .. .. 816,060 7 9 Relief of indigent persons, including hospital treatment of immigrants .. • ■ 39 13 6 Christmas bonus for outdoor relief recipients .. .. 6,331 15 0 28,926 18 0 Sundry grants to Hospital Boards .. .. 350 0 0 Sundry small grants .. .. .. 215 12 7 School Hygiene: Net cost .. .. .. 18,672 13 5 Dental hygiene .. .. .. •• 53,450 13 5 Maori Hygiene: Net cost .. .. .. 10,147 8 3 Maternal Welfare: Ante-natal clinics, &c. —Net cost 244 14 7 Cemeteries Act: Expenses .. .. .. 45 9 0 Dangerous Drugs Act: Net cost* . . .. 0 5 1 Health Act expenses : Net cost — £ s. d. Board of Health expenses .. 87 9 6 Infectious diseases (expenses of preventive measures and in connection with outbreaks) .. 605 17 8 Fees for notification of infectious diseases .. .. .. 307 5 0 Inspection of vessels (including medical fees and launch hire) 2,000 9 5 Quarantine expenses (maintenance of stations) .. .. 1,370 14 6 Other Health Act expenses .. 3,263 1 8 7,634 17 9 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act: Private hospitals, licensing expenses of . . . . 481 10 6 Poisons Act expenses .. .. 410174 Social Hygiene Act: Maintenance of V.D. clinics including payments for treatments, &c. .. 129 10 6 Sale of Food and Drugs Act: Net cost* .. 550 15 7 Medical Practitioners Act: Expenses of Medical Board, &c. .. .. • • • ■ 359 15 0 Masseurs Registration Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. • • ■ • ■ • 175 12 3 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act: Examination expenses .. .. •• •• 1,782 10 11 Opticians Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. 291 10 5 Plumbers Registration Act: Examination expenses, &c. .. . • • ■ • • 576 18 8 Transfer and maintenance N.Z. lepers at Makogai 395 1 0 General Administration — £ s. d. Salaries and temporary assistance 42,617 19 8 Travelling, transfer, and removal expenses.. .. .. 4,104 9 8 Office expenses (rent, telephone, postage and telegrams, printing and stationery, &c.) .. 7,501 4 7 Bad debts other than institutional 0 5 6 Law costs .. .. .. 22 II 3 Rest Home, Otaki: Interest, &c., on land purchased .. 1 11 10 Expenses of delegates attending overseas conference .. 130 10 0 Waikato Hospital Board : Repayment of King George V Hospital fees overclaimed .. 214 17 4 Grant to nurse attending post graduate course in England 100 0 0 ■ 54,693 9 10 Depreciation on buildings, equipment, &c. (other than amounts charged against specific activities) 3,134 9 4 837,071 15 4 837,071 15 4 £ s. d. £ s . d . Balance brought down .. .. .. 816,060 7 9 Balance after charging interest on capital .. 826,326 3 5 Interest on capital at 4J per cent, per annum (other than amounts charged against specific activities) .. .. •• •• 10,265 15 8 £826,326 3 5 £826,326 3 5

* Do not include any portion of the flues recovered in successful prosecutions taken under these Acts by the Department.

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