The Masterton Hospital.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3222, 5 June 1889, Page 2

The Masterton Hospital.

A recent visitor to the above institution writes as follows:—! "The Masterton ,Hospital is an institution which a great many residents of the.northern part of the! district look upon with pride, yet there are plenty of people living even in the town of Masterton who have! but little idea whether;improvements we being made, or whether Itjie institution,''having once been erected, is allowed to remain as it was when it' was firet finished. I hadoccasion to; visit '.it. a-few days' ago,'and could not help noticing the vnauy improvements whiohr have-rbeeni effected since the appointment of Mr' Williams as custodian. At'thai time the intoriorcpiitained.littla except suoh furniture..as /was absolutely qewssar/, antl though nothing lias

been;added irij this!respect; >all tliie^ wards and rooms have nevertheless'"/ been greatly ohanged for the better. Formerly'the walls were quite bare, ,-, now they are freely 'decorated with ' pictures wbioh Mr Williams bad ■ framed with his own lmnds—pioWroa that are not perhaps exactly vjfcs of art, yet pleasing to The eye, and l a great relief to a iarge and lofiy room' suoh as a Hospital ward usually is. Then the floors were all bare, and these have now been laid almost throughout with linoleum, purchased with money raised by speciafAsubßcriplion. Indoorsjooks as bright and clean as a now pin, showing that one of the" first 'points that require attention is kept carefully in mind. There is & library in the institution' which embraces a good many volumes, and which must prove a great boon tothe majority, of the patients. Out- - side, too, everything looks a picture" *£ of neatness,, 'J he ground walks are w ) perfectly clean, not a weed is to be - seen in tbo flower-beds, and the -. ornamental trees and borders have been carefully trimmed.' The open ' ground has just, been sown in grass, having previously been dug, large quantities of stones being taken out and removed during the work.. Thanks to the kindnes« of some f"1 • the settlors, a considerable nurdMP of rose bushes, embracing some vSKs superior varieties, have been plantetflp" The drain which runs diagonally C|r through the grouud has been./* widened and straightened, so ttiai it is no longer an eyesore, and the narrow bridge wjiich formerly spanned it has been added to, so that vehicles can now cross it. Everything about ' the premises boars evidence that thought and care are bestowed on it, ' and it is therefore no wonder that the Inspector of Hospitals speaks of it as ono of the very best managed institutions of its kind in the Colony. Residents in Wairarapa North have done not a littlo towards making it whatit is, but for the present excellent stato of buildings and, ground thoy are indebted to the zeal and devotion V* of Mr Williams, the custodian, and his assistants, Mr and Mrs Gwynue.