FIGHTING CONSUMPTION
A conference of members of the Welling, ton Hospital, Trustees, District Hospital Board, and members of the Committee recently appointed by tho citizens in con. nection with the proposal to establish a local sanatorium for the treatment of consumptives was held yesterday to consider bow the money col’ected could bo most economically spent. About £2,500 had, been collected. Tiie Hospital Board are at present committed to nn expenditure of lietween £1,500 and £2,000 on a consumptive sanatorium adjacent to the Otaki Branch Hospital This provided for sixteen patients, bat it was thought provision should be made for thirty, "which would involve an annual expenditure of £3,0C0, to bs found by the Hospital Board. It was decided that the matter be referred to a committee with power to increase the accommodation to provide for thirty persons.
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Evening Star, Issue 12524, 7 June 1905, Page 7
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137FIGHTING CONSUMPTION Evening Star, Issue 12524, 7 June 1905, Page 7
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