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The 1920s
More facilities required
With continued population growth came yet more demand for extra facilities. Revised plans for an administration block were developed and approved.
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)
