HOME FOR MENTAL PATIENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20520, 22 March 1930, Page 14

HOME FOR MENTAL PATIENTS.

Sir,—The many residents in the vicinity are very much alarmed at the proposal to establish a ward for mental patients at the corner of Woodward and Gladstone i Roads, Mount Albert. The proposed site lis in thQ centre of a populous district I and the establishment of such a ward j would undoubtedly depreciate the values iof tho surrounding properties. The most j serious aspect of the matter, however. | is the fact that the ward would be oppoi site one of the largest schools in Auckland. It would be a scandal to have | mental patients in so. close a proximity | to young .children, especially in view of j the fact that the building in which the | ward is to be established is separated ! from the road by a mere hedge. It is ■ hard to understand the indifference of the Mount Albert Terminus Ratepayers' Association in this matter. Even though the majority of the members are resident in a district remote from the site of the proposed ward,-they should be sufficiently disinterested to support any movement for the general well-being of the borough. The residents affected and par ents of children attending the school will, I am sure, support anv action of the Mount Albert Borough Council in opposing the proposal. Pabem.