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SICK STAFF.
Fifty-six members of the Staff were off duty
through illness for periods exceeding twenty-four
hours at a time.
The total number of days these members
were off duty amounted to 781, or an average of
13.9 days per sick person, as compared with 13.1
days in 1908.
Four members of the Staff contracted an
infectious ailment, one nurse developed Diphtheria,
and another Scarlet Fever, whilst one wardmaid
contracted Scarlet Fever, and a second Enteric
Fever. All of these attacks, I am glad to say,
ended in recovery.
HOSPITAL EXPENDITURE.
As in previous years I append a Statement of
the Total Expenditure for the year, in connection
with the Hospital.
Owing to the fact that so much outside or
district work is done by the hospital staff, in
addition to their ordinary duties, it is always a
difficult matter to allocate the charges exactly so
as to obtain an estimate of the real cost of upkeep