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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

The Wanganui Hospital

The Wanganui Hospital occupies a healthy site of thirty acres, about a mile outside the borough boundary, on the road to Castlecliff. The main brick building is a modern one, constructed on the pavilion principle. In the year 1903 the late Mr Seddon opened the Queen Victoria Ward; this is also built of brick, contains twenty beds, and was erected by public subscription, supplemented by a Government subsidy. The Nurses' Home was opened in 1904, and consists of a wood and Marseilles tiles building, with accommodation for the matron, nurses, probationers of the hospital, and servants of the home. During the year ended March, 1907, 631 patients had been under treatment. Dr. Thomas Fergus is house surgeon, and Miss C. McKenny is matron.