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SICK STAFF.
During the year 37 members of the staff were
off duty through illness for periods longer than 24
hours.
Four nurses contracted Diphtheria, whilst two
nurses, one wardmaid, and one porter contracted Scarlet
Fever. The remainder suffered from non-infectious
complaints, chiefly of the nature of sore throat, a not
uncommon occurrence in hospitals of all kinds.
HOSPITAL BUILDINGS.
Now that the extensions to the Hospital are
finished and in use, it is, perhaps, desirable that I
should lay before you a short description of the
Hospital in its completed state.
As you are aware it was originally intended that
these extensions should be completed early in 1903,
but, for unforeseen reasons, it was not until October
of this year (1904) that the contractor finally handed
them over.
The Hospital consists now of ten blocks of
buildings, not including, however, the two iron