MATERNITY HOME

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12609, 19 July 1935, Page 7

MATERNITY HOME

COOK HOSPITAL FACILITIES

BUILDING WELL 'FOR WARD

Satisfactory progress is being : made with the building of the Cook Maternity Home, according to a report by the nianaging secretary, Mr -C. A. Harries, to vdi'torcla,v‘s meet- • i ' ft yr/f. " .*•* ing of the Board. The text of the report is as follows- — '

. “Satisfactory progress h? Mow being made with this work. The erection of the ante-natal clinic is Mow. nearing completion and' the foundiF twins' of the iiur. es’ liouie arc at preset being built.

“Tho removal of tiie existing maternity nurses'. home will commence in two to three weeks’' Find. This presents . difficulties of acconimbdatibn. and it is being arranged' that the nursing staff be accommodated in the home and the, domestic staff requested to live out. The* existing nurses 1 home will not be removed until within three weeks of completion of the maternity hoiiiej. and the coniractor has- been requested to expedite the completion <jff itsi transfer and re-crection.

“The removal of fittings .from the' existing home to the new building will be! left as late a's possible as the removal of batlri-, basins, etc., will cause a good deal of' inconvenience. It is anticipated 5 that as there are likely to be a few patients Ml during the period of. transfer tho conduct of the home will not be serioudy disturbed 1 , arid necessary arraiigeiiieht-s have, already been provided" for.”

ft was (pointed' out. that the date for the laying of 'the foundation stone was '.still indefinite, but . members' considered that arrangements in this'connection should be made im mediately- It was' accordingly decided to invite the Minister for .Health', and .failing him, the: district M.P., to perform this ceremony. • The report was their adopted'. FOUNDATIONS RAISED In order to secure a greater fall in the sewer mains): the board) decid-; ed to' raise the foundations, where not already laid, a further Ift. This matter was brought. for\var.d by thefinance committee which' repented as follows: — ' “The ground level at the mater: nilfy home having necessitated ,racing the. building at. least, Ift.,; the; committee viewed tho site and considered the desirability of further raising the foundation levels. After some discussion on the matter .it was resolved that the foundation should be rai-.ed 2 feet to allow for a fall in the sewer mains of 1 in 40, the cleric of worlds being instructed to make the necessary alterations. It was further agreed that that portion of the drain which was already laid should he lifted and made to conform, to the increased fall due to the raising of the foundation levels.” The chairman (Mr M. T. Trafford), explained that the extra cost involved wats £55, of which £7 10s related to' the portion already completed between the home and the nurses* cottage. In his opinion, raising of the level otf the completed portion was unnecessary, as, with the greater flow from above, this would always, ho effectively flushed at the present level.

There was. some divergence of op- ! inion as to whether. the. small portion < mentioned should also be raised, but eventually, on the motion of the chairman, it was decided simply to raise the level of, the portion not t already laid 1 .