THE DOCTOB QUESTION AT STRATFORD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1305, 12 May 1886, Page 2

THE DOCTOR QUESTION AT STRATFORD.

To the Editor of the Btat*'. ' T '._ Sib,— l"aaa not going to ,dsny thereat value of sdcfa societies as 3 the' Fores tort; Oddfellows, &&., bntrMr. Mt D>: Kipgdotei nob explain bow ttie formation of "a lodged

will provide tus^esi^ot^^li^^iuini and .any thingsEbft of tbii|wll:b)rof no use.' Situate Mweare, tlMmalfir^of siok pay, fanerll benijfita, Sk,^ outweighed in impjbjrtantjs by^-^ffilfiurgent necessity vfer a^iding^he^rlfshing^expense entailed by even one doctor's visit, not to mention the often dangerous delay which must occur so'long as we have no doctor within fifteen miles. It may be taken for granted that, whether we form a lodge or simply a doctor's club, we shall Aave to, «JMan_tee_aj|ec§ns. living before we can get a medical man to reside among us.. T,o do this it wiH be necessary' for "every settler within, iay, threes fo.u£jnj!es o.f B^!ipa|j2,<?gntribute. The subscription will probably be about 20a -per ,annum-for single men and 80s for famrlied; Su&scriberß-wßdlfl be entitled to a certain number of free visits, and to advice 'and medicine at headquarters. I believe it would be impossible at present: tqTfo?&7/l ffi^tfdty society's lodge with' sufficient funds to give the necessary juarantee to a doctor and to provide for sick" pay and funeral expenses. We must walk before we can run.— l am.'&c., v JTh6s. H. Pbnu. Stratford, May 10. „,,»,• <<; F ,.;,,; w