MATERNITY HOMES
INCREASE IN FEES OPPOSITION BY LABOUR , Proposal that is being formulated the Government whereby the materJ'dy charges at St. Helens Home are 0 be increased was one of the matters IJtiched upon by Mr. W. J. Jordan, > last evening at the Labour a'ty’s public meeting. Quoting from the Department of wealth’s 1926 annual report, lie stated « A a, h it was considered that the present >s a week was not a sufficient fee, and generally speaking,” stated the report, “e Government is of opinion that the ui&rges for maternity patients should 2 0t he less than for the patients in the general wards.” Jhi s meant an increase from 30s per tlf » to 3s, an( l the speaker asserted v . the Labour representatives on the nous hospital boards would fight the giving effect to the 'Merriment's intentions as outlined in ne Health Department s official report.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 39, 9 May 1927, Page 5
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