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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

[introduction]

In Otago, and similarly throughout New Zealand, one of the most satisfactory features of the social condition of the community is the wide distribution of wealth. It is, unfortunately, true that a certain amount of poverty does exist, but there is no hereditary pauper class, and few if any children are born into the hopeless condition which characterises the lives of so many millions in Europe. The assistance afforded by the State to able-bodied men, who are out of work, is usually in the form of employment in the construction of public works. The chief care of the authorities, as regards charity, is directed to the rescue of the young from criminal companionship and temptation to crime, the support of the aged and infirm, the care of the imbecile or insane, and to subsidising private institutions for the care of the sick and injured, and the amedlioration of want. Even where the State grants aid for philanthropie purposes the institutions so assisted are managed by local bodies, and in addition to State-aided institutiens, there are charities maintained by private subseriptions. The leading charitable institutions of Otago are enumerated in this section.

Dunedin Hospital.

Dunedin Hospital.