PORIRUA MENTAL HOSPITAL.
ilr. Field i.Oiakij asked -lie Minister in charge of Ihe Mental Hospitals Department, whether he would take steps, without further delay, to increase thv accomiiiodation in the Porirua Mental Hospital? [Xou-.—This iiistitutioa hits lor some time past beuii overcrowded.] The Hon. Sir M, Pornaro (Minister ia charge of the Mental Hospital): I)a----partiiient,! replied, —It i: not proposed to materially increase accOKiaodation at Porirua, but it is intended to meet, the overcrowding by a policy of adding to the smaller institutions, iticruasing •he area tro:;. which patient): tot these hospitals skull be admitted, and at the same time decreasing the area from which patients are admitted to the larger institutions, and transferring the surplus population as accommodation is available. Meantime, certain additions and alteration* will be made at the larger iustitutioJ's to iut-rease the comfort aitd well-being of the itnnates. imm—ii hwm na
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Otaki Mail, 23 July 1923, Page 2
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