Hawera Cottage Hospital.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 18, 31 August 1894, Page 3

Hawera Cottage Hospital.

The following description of the Hawera Cottage Hospital, which was opened on Tuesday last, is taken from the Herald:—Mr J. Sanderson, the architect for the- Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, drew the plans for the building and supervised its erection. The style of the building is what is known as the Cottage. It has a frontage of 83 feet, and a height to the top of the main ventilator of 32 feet, with walls 14 feet high. The structure has a central body, with two long wings, which are set apart for wards. The wing on the left is divided into two male wards, one being 28 x 14 feet, and the other 14 x 14 feet. The right wing is also divided into two apartments, a female ward 28 x 14 feet and an operating room 14 xl4 feet. From the wards on one side to the other runs a corridor 8 feet wide, which at the female ward side terminates in a dispensary. Taking the front of the building, one sees that it is adorned with a verandah, and on entering the porch at the main entrance a hall, Bft wide, leads the visitor into the corridor which runs longitudinally through the building. On the right of the main hall in front, there are a parlor (12 x 12) and a nurse’s room (12 x 10) ; and on the left there are doctor’s room (12 x 12), and a nurse’s room (12 x 10). All these rooms are connected with the main corridor, on the otber|side of which are situated the lavatories and offices for each set of wards, with the kitchen in the centre ; and behind the kitchen the scullery and store-room. The whole building is fitted up with a hot water system. The water for bath, lavatory, and offices is supplied by a pump system from a well, while the water for culinary uses is drawn from water tanks, which are fitted up at the back of the building. The building is composed of wood—matai rusticated boarding and flooring, and the rest rimu. The total cost was about £IBOO, which was principally raised by the Hawera residents and settlers surrounding. Mr W. Howson was the contractor for the building, and he employed all day labor in carrying out the work. There are seven fireplaces which are placed in the wards, kitchen, parlor, and doctor’s room. On the whole the building is arranged in the same style as the New Plymouth Hospital, but of course on a much smaller scale. The grounds surrounding the building are being laid out and planted, and in course of time the plantations &c., will give a pretty appearance to the place. Entrance to the grounds is . gained through three iron gates, a main gate with a small one on each side. The main gate has brick piers with arch, and on top a lamp. The cost of laying out the grounds, &c., is also being done by public subscription.