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Show t Wonderful Hospital Work. ' Some remarkable figures hare jnstj been given out by the secretary of the; London hospital to convey an idea of the immense work done by that institution. insti-tution. It is stated that last year 2,500,000 pills were taken by people who came to the hospital for treat-" ment, and that over three tons of cough lozenges were used by them. Ia-dressing Ia-dressing injuries, ninety-two miles of lint, 476 miles of bandages, six tons of cotton wool and nine miles of plaster plas-ter were used. Every day half a ton-of ton-of ice and 400 syphons of soda water were made way with. The eggs consumed, con-sumed, if placed end to end, would form a chain six and one-half miles-long. miles-long. The year's milk bill was over $15,000, and the meat bill over $25.-000. $25.-000. The hospital goes so far as to estimate that if last year's patients could be stood side by side they would make a line sixty-six and a half miles long. . |