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Stratford Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary : David Steven, M.8., B.Ch. Matron : Meta O'Brien, R.N. Localities from whence patients came : Stratford County, 68 ; Stratford Borough, 78 ; Whangamomona County, 66 ; elsewhere, 13. Visited on 27th May, 1914. There were 10 patients. The small Nurses' Home is in course of erection, and will be an improvement for the staff, although the bath and lavatory accommodation is rather cramped. It is unfortunate that a site more remote from the women's ward could not be found for this Home, and after going carefully into the matter with the Board the site selected was reluctantly approved by the Department. The Hospital and surroundings were all in good order. Hawera Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Every third Monday. Chairman : G. W. Taylor. Secretary : C. E. Parrington. Public Health Inspector : A. Gray, Eltham. Native Nurses : Nurse Beetham ; Miss Anderson, Normanby. Institution under Board's control: Hawera Hospital. Hawera Hospital. Medical staff, stipendiary : W. M. Thomson, M.8., Ch.B. Matron : G. Broad, R.N., R.M. Localities from whence patients came : Mokoia, 7 ; Eltham, 35 ; Normanby, 16 ; Okaiawa, 13 ; Kaponga, 28 ; Hawera, 145 ; Manaia, 18. Visited on 26th May, 1914. There were 18 patients in the Hospital. New beds have been procured for the women's ward. The new ward for children is nearly completed. It partially blocks the light in the operating-theatre, and it will be necessary to put in an extra window. The theatre badly requires renovation ; the walls could be plastered and the floor covered with an aseptic material at a cost of about £50. The Hospital was in good order. Patea Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : First Tuesday. Chairman : Herbert Onslow Clarke. Secretary : E. E. Homer. Public Health Inspector : Inspector Wilson, Marton. Institution under Board's control : Patea Hospital. Patea Hospital. Medical staff, honorary : A. G. Harvey, M.8., M.R.C.S. Medical staff, stipendiary : W. L. Simmons, M.B. Matron : L. Scolan, R.N. Localities from whence patients came: Waitotara to Normanby Patea Borough, 47 ; Patea County, 53 ; Hawera County, 9 ; Wanganui County, 1 ; Waitotara County, 1 ; Wellington, 1 ; Auckland, 1 ; Waverley Town, 25. Visited on 28th May. There were 8 patients. The average number of patients had increased during the year, there being at one time 23 patients under treatment. The hall and some of the small wards and the kitchen had been painted with Bon-Accord paint. Some rooms in the Nurses' Home have been done up ; others badly require it.' A good bath should be provided for the nurses. The Hospital was in good order. Wanganui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Usual date of meeting : Third Wednesday in month. Chairman : W. G. Bassett. Secretary : A. C. Ritchie. Public Health Inspectors : T. Pargeter, Wanganui. District Nurses : Margaret Anketell, R.N. ; C. E. Jackson, R.N., R.M., Marton. Institutions under Board's control: Wanganui Hospital, Jubilee Home, Taihape Hospital. Wanganui Hospital. Medical staff, honorary: C. B. Innes, M.8.; E. E. Porritt, M.D.; J. W. Anderson, M.D.CM. ; A. H. Wall, M.R.C.S., M.8.; A. J. Crawford, M.D., F.R.C.S.; M. M. Earle, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Medical staff, stipendiary : H. Hutson, M.D.CM., F.R.C.S. Matron : Cecilia McKenny, R.N.