CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOME
Matron Appointed at Auckland ' AUCKLAND, Last Night. , The appointment of Sister Eaulcon•bridge, of Auckland, to the position of matron of the Wilson' Home for Crippled Children at Takapuna, was made by tho Auckland Hospital Board. Sister Eaulconbridge has boen a sister at' the Auckland Hospital for ovdr tlirce years and is at present in chargo of tho infantile paralysis cases in the children 's ward.' ..... To ensure that patients will have the benefit of sunshine treatment, the Aucklandy braneli of the Crippled Children 's Society advised the board that it was propared to contribute up to £600 for the provision of a verandah and suitable exits. The board was also informed that a donation had been received from the estate of R. A. Biggs amounting to £602 for crippled children in the home and that a gift of 30 rugs had been made b'y a city iirm. A report from the management committeo cxplained that the home would not be in any way' large enough to admit all ljkely applicants. The home will be opencd on Augiist 28. It ' is expected '. the Minister of Health (Hon. P. Praser) will be present.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 181, 18 August 1937, Page 9
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