More facilities required
With continued population growth came yet more demand for extra facilities. Revised plans for an administration block were developed and approved. At this time, a Royal Commission on Venereal Disease was sitting. There had been a significant upsurge in venereal disease in NZ after WW1, and as a result of the enquiry, the government authorised the building of a 3-ward block designed to accommodate patients with VD, and to provide for a general need for more beds. This photograph shows construction of both blocks well underway. (Note the wooden scaffolding) Click the image to view detail in a larger version. (Use scroll bars to navigate)
	Photograph courtesy Archives New Zealand / Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa

More facilities required

With continued population growth came yet more demand for extra facilities. Revised plans for an administration block were developed and approved.

At this time, a Royal Commission on Venereal Disease was sitting. There had been a significant upsurge in venereal disease in NZ after WW1, and as a result of the enquiry, the government authorised the building of a 3-ward block designed to accommodate patients with VD, and to provide for a general need for more beds.

This photograph shows construction of both blocks well underway. (Note the wooden scaffolding)

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

Photograph courtesy Archives New Zealand / Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa