“A HALF-WAY HOUSE”
NEITHER NORMAL NOR MAD. The necessity for a “half-way house,” where patients suffering from delirium tremens and those afflicted with senile deoay might be accommodated and cared for, is recognised <> the Director-General of Hospitals, Dr. T. H. A. Valintine. In a letter received by the Auckland Hospital Board he asked for information as to the number of patients passing through the board’s hands who would he suitable for such an institution. Tho chairman, Mr W. Wallace, said there oould he no doubt there were several cases in the mental hospital which would be better in 4 “half-way house.” Cases also went to the hospital and to the Costleyi Home. The board had no power to restrain or control these persons, or to prevent them leaving the institutions, hut - they should be under suitable control without being compelled to mix with patients of unsound mind.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11422, 19 January 1923, Page 6
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