my %flushes = (
    'Aug-2008' => {
        'ces' => 5,
        'cjc' => 7,
        'TOTAL' => 12,
    },
    'Jul-2008' => {
        'mhs' => 1,
        'ces' => 3,
        'cjc' => 4,
        'TOTAL' => 8,
    },
);