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Central Auckland District. Auckland Hospital Board : At the Epsom Infirmary site some addition has been made to the temporary tuberculosis shelters, work has been commenced on the foundations of a new six-floored 250-bed block, while additions to the nurses' home of this institution should be commenced in the near future. Some relief was given to the serious deficiencies of accommodation at Auckland Hospital by the generous offer of Sir Ernest Davis to loan Cargen as a nurses' home, but a comprehensive rebuilding plan for Auckland Hospital is long overdue. South Auckland District. Waikato Hospital Board : Plans have been completed for, and building should shortly commence of, an infectious-disease ward at the Waikato Hospital, a Superintendent's house at this hospital, a maternity hospital at Taupo, and additions to the nurses' home at Te Kuiti. Plans are being prepared for extensive additions to the nurses' home at Hamilton and for the complete rebuilding of Rotorua Hospital. Bay of Plenty District. The Tauranga Hospital Board is erecting a tuberculosis ward, additions to the nurses' home, and also a maternity hospital at Katikati. The Bay of Plenty Hospital Board has completed an addition to its maternity ward. The Opotiki Hospital Board has not as yet made any progress with its building programme. Hawlce's Bay District. The Cook Hospital Board has completed the additions to the nurses' home and is about to commence building a new tuberculosis block. The Hawke's Bay Hospital Board is building a teaching block, a new medical ward, and extensions to the massage department, while work should begin shortly on a new X-ray block. At Hastings a new children's ward and a new nurses' home are in course of erection. Extensive additions to the Waipukurau Hospital and nurses' home are in progress for the Waipawa Hospital Board. Taranaki District. The Taranaki Hospital Board is erecting a maternity hospital at Waitara and a maternity ward at New Plymouth. The Stratford Hospital Board is making additions to its boilerhouse and laundry and nurses' home. Wellington District. Wanganui Hospital Board : Works in progress are a new nurses' home and additions to the hospital at Raetihi; also a new laundry and the remodelling of Taihape Hospital. Palmerston North Hospital Board : The new isolation ward is being erected. Work on the additions to the nurses' home is about to begin. A proposal to erect an out-patient department has been approved by the Board. Wellington Hospital Board : A nurses' home for the new Hutt Hospital is nearing completion, but progress on the new 210-bed Hutt Hospital has been slow because of various factors. At Wellington Hospital a new bulk store has been built, wards 5 and 6 were remodelled, the plaster and operating-theatre departments are being extended, and the Exhibition Hotel was purchased as a relief to the problem of nurses' accommodation. The excavations for blocks B, C, and D, of the Centennial block have remained in an unfinished state throughout the year. Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Districts. For the Marlborough Hospital Board additions and alterations have been made to the nurses' home and ward 1 and to Holmdale Maternity Home, while plans have been completed for a new administration and ward block. The Nelson Hospital Board has almost completed maternity hospitals at Takaka and Collingwood, but progress with plans for the additions to Nelson Hospital has been slow. The Westland Hospital Board has added to its maternity hospital. The tuberculosis block has been completed for the Grey Hospital Board, and other works are contemplated. Canterbury District. The North Canterbury Hospital Board has adopted an extensive scheme for the remodelling of Christchurch Hospital, and has added a new boiler, additions to the nurses' home, and other facilities at Burwood ; and additions are being made to Kaikoura Hospital and to the Essex Home. The additions to the nurses' home at Christchurch Hospital are nearing completion. The South Canterbury Hospital Board has made additions and alterations to the Waimate Hospital, and plans have been completed for a new kitchen at Timaru Hospital,

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