OVERCROWDING AT LEVIN MATERNITY HOME
MEijlcAL OEMCEfe'i LITTer TO BOARD Tiie Levin Maternity Home Witli a bed figure of Sight recehtly accommodated if babies, . said Mr. A-, Jf. Giriibiett at a meetiftg of the 'Baihierstoif ' Nofth Hospital Board yester- - day. How long, he asked, could srieh serious overcrowding bd tolerated? ; The sribjfect arose whCft the , board receiyed.a letteL from the Mfedicai bindfer bf Health at Palmerston North (Dr. T« LOhife) draWing attehtion to the shortage of accommodation at « the Levin home. The positiori had aetei'ioratea since the re^ ^ constructed Otaki Home, which. , previously had 14 beds, was redbenett with Only 8 beds. The managmg-secretary (Mr, A> Phillipps) said the Otaki ilOifie had oniy 11 beds beforC the fire.The chairman (Mr. J. At Nash) said the ofliy reply the board could Ihake' was that the question of increased maternity facilities at LfeVin would receive immediate attention when arraiigemehts for the Feilding home had been completed. He thought the Feilding home "wouid be off the board's hands" wiihiri two irioflthSr * ' ... "Was this letter solicited by the board?" asked Mf. A. E. Mansf ord. "Not by the board, *or board rtieniberx, bUt By the public," ; repiied Mr. Gimblett.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1946, Page 4
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