MENTAL HOSPITALS
AUCKLAND, 30« i July. On© hundred and ten male patients have been removed from the Menial Hospital within the last two day.3. Oi" theee fifty were taken to Tokianui. On Monday (special carriages H-ero provided for the accommodation of th-ase patient:;. The remaining tiity vere transferred to Motuibi island yesterday. As far a* £1$ gtagrgl j>vexcjpwdir>fl oj Jiu> Rental
Hospital is concerned, the transfer of these patients will afford considerable relief. Tho sixty men who have gone to the island have b?en housed in two fairly comforta-blo two-story buildings in which sleeping accommodation ha* been provided m the shape of small dormitories and single rooms. Tho patients at the Quarantine Island have been left <n charge of six attendants, who will be changed each month, so that the monotony of life out in the gulf may not become a hardship. Shortly Dr. T. Grey, of tho Porirua institution for mentally afflicted, is coming to Motuihi to control tho temporary institution there.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1912, Page 3
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