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The Diphtheria and Enteric Wards and Shelters, together
with the Administrative Block, are temporary building's of wood
and iron. The present Administrative Block is not large enough
for the increasing demands of the Hospital.
STAFF.
The health of the Nursing Staff has again caused anxiety
during the year, and this is, in my opinion, due to the bad arrangement
of the sleeping accommodation. The Staff either sleep in
the unhealthy room of the old temporary Administrative Block
or in the rooms which are above the Scarlet Fever Block, so that
even when they leave the wards at off-duty time, instead of being
able to get away from the smell of an infectious ward to a properly
arranged Nurses' Home, their sitting room and bedrooms
are so situated that the foul air from the wards beneath rises and
enters their windows..
I again wish to record my thanks to the Matron and Nursing
Staff for the willing service given at all times, and the interest
taken in the welfare of the patients during a year of heavy work.
The Staff consists of Matron, 3 sisters, 7 staff nurses, 3
junior staff nurses, 14 probationer nurses, 1 cook, 12 maids, 5
laundresses, 1 laundry attendant, 1 boiler attendant, 2 gardeners,
2 ambulance drivers, and 2 porters.
The ambulances consist of one horse and one motor ambulance,
the latter giving complete satisfaction.