For many years, outpatient services had been provided in a stand-alone building on Hospital Rd, and Laboratory services were provided by the Health Department Laboratory in Sydney St.

In 1913, the first Laboratory Services on site were provided in a stand-alone building erected directly west of the main hospital corridor and the recently established Xray Department.    Outpatient services were transferred into the ground floor of the new building.   For some time thereafter, the Hospital Rd building was used for Dental and Chest Disease outpatients.

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