THE DISTRICT HOSPITALS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2076, 24 August 1885, Page 2

THE DISTRICT HOSPITALS.

The following are the reports of Dr Grabbam on the Masterton andGreytown Hospitals, which must ba admitted to be highly satisfactory Masterton.-On Thursday, Novomber 20th, 1881, I made my periodical inspection of this" hoppj'tal, finding two male patients only'in residence. One of these was convalescent from typhoid fever; the other had sustained a severe flesh wound of the leg while working in the bush. Since my last visit, as many as soven patients had been under treatment at one time, but the capacity of the hospital is sufficient for a much greater number, Everything in the establishment is always in perfeot order. The walls have recently been painted blue, and the _ ceilings 'whitened by the steward, Additional piotures have been hung on the walls, and a olock presented. I also noticed one or two new chairs of a comfortable kind. The entrance lobby of the fever ward has been lined with match-board, and painted.' The outbuildings are all very neatly kept. The grounds and garden are admirably cultivated and looked after. This .hospital might very well serve for Grey town ; it appears to bo quite to koep up t\yq distinct hospitals in this locality, with their staff of Medical Ofljcer, Steward, and Matron, Gwtowh-Oii visiting this hospital on Thursday, November. 20th, 1884, I found it tenanted by only the Steward and Matron, no . patient being under treatment. I have never seen more than two beds occupied upon tho occasions of niy inspection, though! learn that as many an five patients were under treatment at the same time in the njontl) of July, I fpunij the Hp.apit&l Tory clean, atid in' gos order. 'ln the wards 1 notioed that a'now hair-mattrass and some new counterpanes had been procured. The surgery has recently been papered by the Steward. The outbuildings are well kept, but very little is done in the way. of gardening, beyond a flowerbed in front of the hospital. I f.hjrik that this hospital might be closed, the patients being sent to Masterton, where ample accommodation exists for them. November 24t]i 1884.'