The Stratford District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was established in the year 1905, when the district was separated from New Plymouth, with which it had formerly been connected. Members of the Board for 1906: Messrs W. Monkhouse (chairman) representing the Stratford borough; J. B. Hine and G. A. Marchant (representing Stratford County), and Mr. H. N. Liardet, secretary. The first duty of the Board was to arrange for the erection of a local hospital in Stratford on the site of five acres and aquarter, which had been set apart for the purpose in 1893. Plans were prepared, and the contract let for a brick T shaped building, with a tower roof, men's and women's wards, an operating room, and all needful departments. The hospital was expected to be in operation about the end of 1996.