THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

Evening Star, Issue 4027, 22 January 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE FEVER HOSPITAL.

To the Editor. Sir, —Seeing that the site chosen by the socalied Sanitary Commitee of the City Council under the advice of the Health officer is a bone of contention between the inhah tants and the said committee, as being tu u .wairautable encroachment on one of our pub ic leserves fir recreation, 1 would like to throw a tittle oil Upon the troubled waters by suggesting a remedy which I ihiuk might meet the difficulty—at an rate, there can bno harm in venturing an opinion f would reiMmmend th<t a hulk be moored off in the middle of the bay for the reception of the sick. It would be much more ea&ilv accessible than the si e selected on the top of the hill ; it w>uld iuteifere with no Tested rights, neither won d there be any danger of the fever being communicated to persons ashore From the n -niber .if ca es reported since the measures at present in toicwere adopted by the Sanitary Committee, anu the number now under medical treatment ii the City and subuibs, there would ap, ear to be about as much chance of air*rS<iug the pro gross of the complaint, as when King Canute ordered the waves to stand s.ill and the tide no further to advance If the plan now suggested is adopted, the sem building on the hill ? 1 should eay let it remain as public property; as a resort foi golfitee, cricketers, or as a rest for pedestrians taking a constitutional on their own domain. — I am, &o, question arises, what to do with the preCITIZEN. Dunedin, January 18.