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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5190, 12 October 1927, Page 2

A member stated at Monday’s meeting of the Thames Hospital Board that he thought the Government should take in hand such institutions as the King Geprge Hospital at Rotorua and provide treatment for children suffering with infantile paralysis and whose parents were in indigent circumstances. The cost of treatment of such cases should not be call upon the purses of ratepayers. It appeared tp him that nowadays, if a person had not the money, he could die. Mr E. L. Walton did not agree that the Government should provide specialised treatment free, and contended that a definite claim should be made on relatives before the Government. Mr C. W. Kennedy thought the Government should make necessary provision by way of taxation, and he pointed out that when a wageearner or members of his family fell ill his, burdens were often increased beyond his means. The discussion terminated by Mr C. W. S. Flett remarking that some people were ready, to blame the Government for sending a dark night.