Dr MacGREGOR'S REPORT.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 192, 5 August 1896, Page 2

Dr MacGREGOR'S REPORT.

The following is that portion of thereport which relates to the Sanatorium : A great deal of confusion exists in the public mind regarding this institution,, owing to the fact that the Sanatorium proper, for which alone this department is responsible, is equipped onlv for persons who are unable to afford the abundant and comfortable accommodation provider! by private enterprise for the ordinary tourist. The existing baths hare not sufficient ncc< inmodation, nor are they fitted np to meet the requirements of tourists. Only the hare necessaries are provided for the use of the hospital patients in the first instance, and thereafter for such resident invalids as can be provided for. This causes great discontent and frequent complaints of the want of convenience for tourists. No fault can be found with the management of the Sanatorium, which is well looked after in every respect, but it has become clear that entirely new arrangements must be made to meet in a comprehensiTe and systematic way the needs of the rapidily increasing invalid visitors. To this end, however, the first thine: is to develop the bathing arrangements, and thereafter to appoint nil experienced and specially skilled medical expert in balneology. In any case, the roofs of the Priest's and Rachel Baths must be repaired. Fresh water ought to re laid on at the Postmaster's Bath, and a female attendant provided. The concrete should be repaired in the ladies' baths, and the lighting at nights should be improved. ' A comprehensive drainage scheme is required to prevent Rotorua becoming a focus of typhoid fever. "