The Hospital in 1910
This photo, also taken in 1910, looks south-west across the hospital. Note the development of surrounding Newtown. The Victoria Hospital is at the centre, far-left of the photo. Click the image to view detail in a larger version. (Use scroll bars to navigate) At this time, paediatric patients were looked after in a make-shift ward near the Seddon complex. (The original childrens ward was by now occupied by the Xray Department and the Matron's Quarters.) In March 1910, Charles Luke, the retiring Chairman of the Board of Trustees observed that "one of the most pressing needs is a Children's Hospital." Later that year, the Board asked the Mayor to call a public meeting to consider fund raising for a Children's Hospital.
	photograph courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of NZ, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa

The Hospital in 1910

This photo, also taken in 1910, looks south-west across the hospital. Note the development of surrounding Newtown. The Victoria Hospital is at the centre, far-left of the photo.

Click the image to view detail in a larger version. (Use scroll bars to navigate)

At this time, paediatric patients were looked after in a make-shift ward near the Seddon complex. (The original childrens ward was by now occupied by the Xray Department and the Matron's Quarters.) In March 1910, Charles Luke, the retiring Chairman of the Board of Trustees observed that "one of the most pressing needs is a Children's Hospital." Later that year, the Board asked the Mayor to call a public meeting to consider fund raising for a Children's Hospital.

photograph courtesy
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of NZ, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa