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long by 14 feet wide, is divided into two—the larger portion, viz.,
20 feet by 14 feet, is to be used as a dining and recreation room
for the Nurses. The smaller portion, 8 feet by 14 feet, is adapted
for a store room. The entire building is to cost ,£87, in addition to
which £50 is to be spent on the brick and concrete foundations.
The desirability of providing this building arose from the fact
that the domestic staff have always been obliged to take their
meals in the kitchen. The new arrangement, by providing a new
room for the Nurses, allows the one at present used by them to
be converted for the use of the female domestic staff.
The paths in the grounds of the Hospital have been re-dressed
with bitumen and granite chips.
A stove to burn anthracite coal has been installed into the male
acute Scarlet Fever Ward in place of a "Tortoise" stove which
was worn out.
A portable operating table has been purchased.
PATIENTS.
The total number of patients treated during the year was 321.
In 1912 the number was 305, in 1911 372, and 1910 442.
Scarlet Fever accounted for 223 and Diphtheria for 98.
The total number of patients' days in Hospital was 14,216.
The total amount expended on the Hospital was £2,966
17s. 10d., which gives an average cost of 4s. 2d. per patient per
diem.
The amount expended on provisions was £813 19s. lid.,
which includes the cost of food for the Staff. This gives a daily
average of Is. T7d. per patient.