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Wanganui Hospital Board. Wanganui Hospital. —The new isolation block has been completed. Additional nurses accommodation is being provided. Patea Hospital Board. Patea Hospital—Approval has been granted for the erection of additions to home for nursing and domestic staff. These are nearing completion. Stratford Hospital Board. Stratford Hospital.—Alterations to the kitchen, laundry and boiler-house are being proceeded with. Taranaki Hospital Board. New Plymouth Hospital.—The erection of the tuberculosis annexe has been completed Sketch plans have been prepared for a new administration building. Alteration in the X-ray block are under consideration. Dannevirke Hospital Board. Dannevirke Hospital. —The extensions at this hospital are nearing completion. Additions to boiler-house are contemplated. Waipawa Hospital Board. W aipukurau Hospital. —Preliminary proposals have been discussed for a new Nurses' Home, and a new ward is contemplated. . . . ~, t, Final plans have been submitted for strengthening the administration building. Provision is being made for a nurses' tutorial block on the first floor of the old administration block. % Rathbone Maternity Hospital. Additions are being contemplated. Hawke's Bay Hospital Board. Napier Hospital— The isolation block has been completed. Other works under consideration are—(l) Mortuary ; (2) new Nurses' Home ; (3) new X-ray block ; (4) Additional ward block. Hastinqs Hospital. —The swimming-pool for the nurses is completed. Proposals which have received further consideration are—(l) Special ward for children ; (2) additional accommodation for nurses ; (3) Medical Superintendent s residence. Wairoa Hospital Board. Wairoa Hospital. —Consideration is being given to extensive additions to the hospital and Nurses' Home. Cook Hospital Board. Cook Hospital.—The additions to Nurses' Home have been completed and the new boiler-house and laundry are progressing satisfactorily. Sketch plans have been considered for a tuberculosis block. Taumarunui Hospital Board. Taumarunui Hospital—The additions to the Nurses' Home have been completed. Alteration to ward block to provide better isolation facilities are being considered. Bay of Plenty Hospital Board. Whakatane Hospital. —Plans and specifications have been approved for—(1) Medical Superintendents' residence ; (2) additions to Nurses' Home ; (3) additions to men's ward. Sketch plans have also been considered for—(1) Mortuary ; (2) Taneatua district nurses' cottage. Tauranga Hospital Board. Tauranga Hospital—Addition to the wards and new Nurses' Home are completed. New steam services are under consideration. Thames Hospital Board. Thames Hospital.—Additional nursing accommodation is being proceeded with. Coromandel Hospital.—Approval has been granted for additions to this hospital. Waikato Hospital Board. Waikato Hospital—The administration and out-patient's blocks, also the Board's offices in Hamilton, have been completed. Final plans and specifications have been prepared for a Medical Superintendent's residence. . . Matamata Hospital- Final plans and specifications are being considered for additions to this hospital.

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