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WaitaJci Hospital Board. Oamaru Hospital. —Lecture and demonstration accommodation for the training of nurses is being provided. Approval has been granted for excavation work in connection with the proposed new yard. Other works which have been considered in detail, but not yet completed, are: (1) New ward; (2) new operating theatre ; (3) Medical Superintendent's residence ; (4) new laundry and boiler-house; (5) additions to Nurses' Home. South Canterbury Hospital Board. Timaru Hospital. —The erection of the new ward block has been completed and the laundry and boiler-house are at present in course of erection. Waimate Hospital. —Alterations are at present being made to this hospital. The theatre block commenced last year has been completed. North Canterbury Hospital Board. Christchurch Hospital.—Extensions to the present Nurses' Home have been agreed to. Alterations to the theatre block have been completed. Subsidiary Hospital, Cashmere.—A competition was held to select a suitable design. Twenty-one entries were received from registered architects throughout the Dominion. Kaikoura Hospital.— Approval has been granted for additions at Kaikoura Hospital. Grey Hospital Board. Greymouth Hospital. —Plans and specifications have been approved for a tuberculosis block. The new two-story ward block and additions to Nurses' Home have been completed. JButter Hospital Board. Westport Hospital. —Final plans and specifications are being considered for the new out-patients' block and operating theatre. Other proposals under consideration are additions to Nurses' Home and new laundry. Westland Hospital Board. Westland Hospital—The children's ward, new theatre block, and the improvements to two wards have been completed. Nelson Hospital Board. Nelson Hospital.- Extensive remodelling proposals are at present under consideration. They comprise : (1) Replacement of ward unit; (2) provision of new laundry, boiler-house, and stores block ; (3) erection of a new Nurses' Home ; (4) Medical Superintendent's residence. Temporary accommodation is being provided for nurses as a result of a section of the Nurses' Home being demolished by fire. Marlborough Hospital Board. Wairau Hospital—Final plans and specifications are being considered for extensions to Nurses' Home and hospital. Approval has been granted for additional domestic staff accommodation. Wairarapa Hospital Board. Masterton Hospital— Approval has been granted for alterations to provide domestic quarters and alterations to mortuary. i .... Final plans and specifications have been approved for the alterations to provide an administration block, with Resident Medical Officer's quarters above. Greytown Hospital—Final plans and specifications have been approved for temporary nurses' quarters and alterations to main hospital. Eketahuna. —Erection of a district nurse's cottage is about to be commenced. Wellington Hospital Board. Wellington Hospital.—'The erection of a new operating theatre, temporary surgical ward, and extension to the boiler-house is being proceeded with. A new stores block to include dining accommodation on the first floor is under consideration. The Board's major proposal for a new hospital and Nurses' Home is still under consideration. The site for the new subsidiary hospital at the Hutt Valley has been acquired, and sketch plans for the proposed buildings are being prepared. Maoarthy Home. —Additions and alterations have been effected. Palmerston North Hospital Board. Palmerston North Hospital—The extensions to the laundry are proceeding. The alterations to children's ward have been completed. Final plans and specifications have been prepared for a mortuary block. Proposals are being considered for : (1) Two-story isolation block ; (2) ante-natal clinic ; (3) addition to Nurses' Home. Awapuni Home.—Final plans and specifications are under consideration for extensions to this institution.

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