THE NURSES' HOME.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18347, 2 April 1925, Page 10

THE NURSES' HOME.

TO THE EDITOR OF 4, THS PRESS." Sir, —Ever since the present Nurds' Home v.'ns built it lias always beer, quite understood that the noise from trants, preventing nurses sleeping ii: the daytime, and the ;<bsence o£ sun in so many of the rooms facing south, were the two big drawbacks to this fine building. Therefore I went- and inspected the proposed new horsepaddock site. Now, the same conditions apply exactly, only perhaps more so, as at any rate 40 per cent, of the total number of new rooms to be erected will get no sun. as at least (owing to the shape of the area') that number of rooms must fac? south, or very nearly so. The proposed new ground ia a particularly narrow one on the eastern side, miu bounded .->u the noTtli by a deep, muddy pond, which, if built over when drained, will mean very costly foundations indeed. 'On the western side the are; is far broader, but the outlook will be over the Acclimatisation Curator's house, which will not be very nice for either the Curator or the nurse.-*. Unless, of course, the Hospital authorities propose to elufrinate the Acclimatisation Gardens altogether, in which case it would be very interesting to know what .it will cost; to procure s'iit*:bic grounds, build a new Curator'.-! house .-■mi ri new hatchery complete, sink sufficient deep wells, excavate new ponds and races, sufficient for the Acclimatisation 'Society to do at least its present amount of li'sh production. The cost of all this must of necessity lie very heavy, and the authorities should give us some indication of what it is likely to amount to. So fur the financial sidp. of the .jue&tion seems to have been overlooked. It appears that the proposed new site is far from an ideal one, having the two bad faults, noise .md absence of sun, very fully developed, whereas if ene looks at:' a' site adjoiuiug the manse on Lincoln road one is struck with the fact that tne shape of the area lends itself to the building of a. Home that could have sun in nearly all rooms, and there are no trams, so no noise. .If nurses really cannot remember to put on goloshes and coats when it rains. \viiv not a small overhead bridge to connect, the Hospital and the Home. Th? 3 would not be a verv costly affair. Yours, etc., SEXEX.