94 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



from the mountains, and a system of sewerage is now 

 under completion. On an average 100 cases of typhoid 

 fever occur annually. Malaria is almost unknown. 



THE AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. 



Auckland has only one public hospital, the Auckland 

 Hospital. It is supported by appropriations made by 

 the general government and the city. The main build- 

 ing was built about fifty years ago. It is built on the 

 summit of a high hill, from which a splendid view of 

 the harbor and city can be obtained. Seen from the 

 harbor it is one of the most conspicuous landmarks of 

 the city. The city has set aside for it a large tract of 

 land, and the part around the buildings is well laid out 

 in drives and walks, and ornamented by trees, flowering 

 shrubs and flowers. The main building, of brick and 

 cement, is three stories high, with large wards, well 

 lighted and ventilated. A few years ago a Mr. Coatley 

 donated to the hospital the munificent sum of $160,000, 

 out of which four brick pavilions for women and child- 

 ren have been built, and $15,000 is now being spent 

 in the construction of a modern operating room and 

 equipments for the same. This operating room, now 

 nearing completion, will be flushed daily from above, 

 and the skylight of a double glass roof is constructed in 

 such a manner that the light will be concentrated at a 

 place corresponding with the location of the operating 

 table. Dr. John C. Collins, the medical superintendent, 

 took great pains to describe this feature of the operat- 

 ing room, as well as its ventilation. By the use of an 

 electric apparatus the air of the room can be exhausted 

 at any time it becomes contaminated. The operating 

 room used at the present time is on the first floor, but 

 is inadequate for modern requirements. The medical 

 staff is composed of three physicians, three surgeons, 

 one oculist and aurist. no gynecologists and no obstet- 

 ricians. The hospital proper and pavilions can accom- 

 modate 210 patients. Patients with means are required 



