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The total number of days the fifty-four members
of the staff were off duty was 726, or an average of
13.4 days per person.
HOSPITAL BUILDINGS.
It will be remembered that the Council sanctioned
on July 3rd the erection of a corrugated iron building,
for the accommodation of extra female staff. This
building was completed in October, and first occupied
on the 27th of that month. With the exception of
this building, which has been built as an extension to
" S" Block, the hospital blocks are the same as detailed
in my report two years ago.
HOSPITAL EXPENDITURE.
I submit a statement showing the hospital
expenditure for the year, which amounts to £7,913
16s. 9d.
This figure is a very satisfactory one, having
regard to the fact that there was an excess of 205
patients over the number treated in the previous year
when the total expenditure amounted to £7,640 2s.
I find that the average stay in hospital of the
912 patients treated was 50.1 days, so that the