Northland

Dargaville

Nurse McLaren (c.1908)

"Erinholme Hospital", (1916-1923). Miss Collings, 1919.

Nurse Stewart (c.1919)

Nurse Scott (c.1924)

Nurse Ellen Rose Roberts, Portland Street (1928-1931)

Husband Thomas died 24 April 1931.

Nurse Ethel Izod/Issard, Charlotte Street (c.1929)

Registered as at 1932, category B midwife, having been at least three years in bona fide practice prior to 1904. (NZ Gazette, p. 1102)

Mt Pleasant Hospital, 80A Hokianga Road, Dargaville (1930- at least 1940), address confirmed via Dargaville Borough valuation records. Dr Morice Greville and Miss Anne Burnett (matron)
House used appears to have been leased to Greville and Burnett, and was used as a general private hospital. Currently Category 2 with Heritage New Zealand (No. 3939)

Kaitaia

Kaitaia Cottage Hospital, Public Hospital (c.1927- )

KAITAIA HOSPITAL

FRESH PLANS WANTED.

ALTERATIONS IN BUILDING

The possibility of a cottage hospital being erected at Kaitaia was advanced a further step when, at the meeting of the Hospital Board, a resolution was carried asking the Health Department to prepare a fresh plan. On this being furnished tenders will be called for the erection of the building. The amended plan will include three maternity beds and three emergency beds. The last plan approved of by theo Department provided for building covering an area of 84ft. by 72ft. with a two-bed maternity ward ... three singlebed emergency or casual wards ... matron's room ... nurses' room ... a nursery ... dining room ... kitchen ... and maid's room .... In addition to these, two bathrooms, lavatories, storerooms, scullery, etc. A 9ft. verandah .with a portico at each end ran along the entire length (84ft.) of the building at the front, this overlooking the town ... (Northern Advocate 3 December 1925)

Mr. Walker, of Whangarei, the contractor for the erection of the Kaitaia Cottage Hospital, is making good progress with the work. The building is on a hill site in the south-western portion of the town and is within a few minutes' walk of the main street. It can be seen from almost any portion of the township. When completed it will fill a long-felt want. (NZH 21 May 1927)

Miss M R Smale, who was successful in the recent midwifery examination at St. Helens Hospital, Auckland, is relieving Miss E. E. Edwards, Matron, Kaitaia Cottage Hospital, for her annual leave. (Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, July 1929)

Before she took up her present position with the Whangarei Hospital Miss Jane Bell, the successful applicant for the position of matron in charge of the Waiuku Hospital, was matron in charge of the Kaitaia Cottage Hospital. She had also had private hospital experience. In 1924 Miss Bell won her general nursing certificate, in 1926 her midwifery certificate, in 1930 her Plunket certificate, and in 1932 her post-graduate certificate. She was trained at both tne Thames and Bay of Islands Hospitals. (Auckland Star 23 December 1935)

Kamo

Nurse (Martha?) Heape (1908-1910)

"On June 1st, at Kamo, Martha, widow of the late Jonathan Heape, aged 63. Funeral leaves late residence for Kamo cemetery tomorrow at 1.30 p m." (Northern Advocate, 2 June 1910)

Nurse (Ada?) Hartley (1915)

Nurse (Sara Cecilia?) Devlin (1916)

Nurse Neilson (1917)

Nurse Elizabeth Mulgrove (1919-1936)

"The death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs J W Courtney, Deveron Road, this morning, of Mrs Elizabeth Mulgrove, aged 88, a resident of the Middle North for three-quarters of a century. Born at Dalry, Scotland, deceased accompanied her parents to New Zealand in the sailing ship Resolute in 1862. They took up property at the foot of Johnson’s Hill, Kamo, being among the earliest white settlers here. Deceased first married Mr Dugald Blue, the first miller at Tikipunga. It was from this mill, situated near where the old bridge now stands, that Mill Road took its name. Settlers came from far and near bringing their grain to be ground into flour. Some years after the death of her first husband, deceased married Mr John Mulgrove, who, for many years, was engaged in the Kamo mines. He predeceased her some six years ago. Mrs Mulgrove was well known as a nurse and, to make her talents available on many occasions, travelled to cases over tracks which were almost inaccessible. She was possessed of a remarkably retentive memory, and to a great age could recall incidents and personalities of the early days. Her health, until about six months ago, had been good. Four children of the first and five of the second marriage are living. Mr Frank Mulgrove, of Kamo, a member of the Northern Advocate staff, is a son. The funeral will leave the residence of Mrs Courtney at 3 pm tomorrow for Ketinikau Cemetery." (Northern Advocate, 13 July 1936)

Mangonui

Tenders were advertised for construction of Mangonui Hospital by architect John Mitchell for the North Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board in October 1905. The hospital was completed by the end of 1906.

REMOVAL OF HOSPITAL

MANGONUI TO KAITAIA

PATIENTS AND THE STAFF

WORK NEARING COMPLETION

KAITAIA. Monday. The work of removing the Mangonui County Hospital from the township of Mangonui to Kaitaia is nearing completion, and on Saturday the patients and staff wore moved from Mangonui, and are now in the partly completed hospital at Kaitaia. The furniture, beds, bedding and equipment has practically all been removed, and next week will see the last of the main buildings being shipped from Mangonui to Awanui, from whence it will be lorried to the site at Kaitaia. The removal is being carried out by sea as it was considered that by this method, although more handling took place, bigger sections could be transported. The work of removal has been in hand for nearly three months, and all the smaller buildings, such as the isolation block, nurses' home, laundry block, and other buildings have been removed and re-erected round the present Kaitaia Hospital building. The main building from Mangonui is partly dismantled and removed. The contractor, Mr. A. Proven, of Whangarei, has expedited the difficult work of removal, and the buildings, part of which are nearly 30 years old, have come down very well, only a small percentage of breakages occurring, and the timber is still sound.

A large amount of the work of transportation has been done free, Messrs. Frankhams having placed their boat Tiri at the disposal of the Hospital Board for the cartage by sea from Mangonui to Awanui, and lorry owners in the district have carted furniture and equipment free. The patients and staff were moved in private cars, free of charge. (NZH 24 April 1934)

Russell
Nurse Williams (1934)

Te Kopuru

Nurse Burgess (1916)
Mrs Paton, (1919-1920). Took over a nursing home formerly run by Mrs Rogers.

Whangarei

Mrs Highley (1891). "Opposite the residence of Mr H R Cooke, near the Whangarei School." (Northern Advocate, 10 June 1891)

Nurse Allen (c.1913)

Nurse Neilsen (1913)

Avenue Private Hospital, Second Avenue (1917-1919). Formerly Dr Walker's Hospital, in 1917 acquired by Nurse McKinnon. Solely maternity cases.

Nurse Charlotte Annie Flewellyn, "Elgin", Mill Road (1920-1922)

(1864-1942). Husband Henry Flewellyn.

At Sherwood Tower Nursing Home, Stanmore Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland (1912-1914).

"An inquest was held yesterday at the Magistrate's Court by Mr E C Cutten, coroner, into the circumstances surrounding the death of May Isabel Otto, aged 23 years. The young woman died at the Auckland District Hospital on February 1, some days after she had suffered a miscarriage at a nursing home in Ponsonby. Chief Detective McMahon appeared for the police and Mr A M Gould for Nurse Flewellyn, at whose private hospital the miscarriage occurred. Evidence was given by deceased's mother, Dr. C E Coldicutt, and Dr A B McCutcheon. The former gave evidence regarding the young woman's positive statement that there had been no interference with her whatever. Both doctors stated that deceased's condition was consistent with her .statement, and that the miscarriage was probably due to a general state of ill-health. Dr McCutcheon said that death wag due to puerperal septicemia. Charles Herbert Clifford, an express driver, said three months, ago deceased told him of her condition, and of. his responsibility, and suggested- he should see someone who could help her. He was not aware of anything being done, however, and was surprised when he heard the girl was at Nurse Flewellyn's under an assumed name.

"Charlotte Annie Flewellyn, owner of a private nursing home in Ponsonby, said that the girl came to her place on January 20, and asked for a situation, either as nurse or general help. Witness, who was in need of help, put her on to a case at once. The miscarriage, which was in witness's opinion natural, occurred on January 24. In answer to further questions, she said she did not tell the inspector when she called that the girl was lying in the house, because she wanted to keep the matter quiet to give the girl a chance. She had been nursing for 25 years, and knew the public health regulations. Since this case her home had been closed by the authorities.

The coroner found that the cause of death was general septicemia, following a miscarriage. There was evidence of a desire on the girl's part to procure a miscarriage, but no evidence to show that it had been caused by other than general ill-health. It had been shown that there had been a breach of the regulations by the nurse, who had failed to call in a doctor until the day after the miscarriage occurred. There was nothing to show, however, that this slight delay had affected the girl's chance of recovery. (NZ Herald, 11 February 1914)

Nurse Griffin, Princes Street (c.1916-1922)

Nurse Emily Jane Kelly, Vinetown/Second Avenue (c.1916 -1935)

(Info from "Nurse Kelly: A life of of service in Hamilton and Whangarei 1887-1935", Beryl Verran, Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal, May 2002, pp.16-18)

Nurse Kelly was born Emily Jane Whitehouse, first child of Abel and Eleanor, 15 July 1868 at Matakohe. Emily's grandfather John Isbister is credited as having been very skilled with first aid, "an expert puller of teeth, could set a broken limb, stitch a wound and during a smallpox scare around 1900 vaccinated virtually the entire Matakohe community." When Emily was 14, the family moved to Whangarei, and at 18 she took up nursing. In January 1887 she worked as attendant nurse for Dr George Geils Kenny at Devonport. When Dr Kenny was appointed to Waikato Hospital in April that year, Emily travelled down with him, and served as a nurse at his private residence. She married Archibald O Kelly in June 1889, and the Kellys moved to Whangarei in 1896.

After Archibald suffered an accident that prevented him from working fulltime in the early 1900s, Emily Kelly returned to nursing to supplement the family's income. She worked both as a midwife (and something of a monthly nurse), and also nursed confinements at her home, the front bedroom serving as confinement room. She retired in 1935, and died in Northcote, Auckland in July 1943.

Nurse McDonald, Mill Road (1924)

Nurse Mortimore, "Sunnyside", Maunu Road (1916-1925). Taken over in 1925 by Nurse Ethel Lowe, as Hinemoa Private Hospital (1925-1947)

Letter from Department of Health, 5 October 1965. Whangarei Library's website: http://wdc.recollect.co.nz/nodes/ocrtxt/3121/12590

"In April 1925, a private hospital licence for 2 maternity beds was issued to Miss Ethel Lowe, in respect of premises situated in Maunu Road, Whangarei. This hospital was evidently known as "Sunnyside". A new licence was issued to Miss Lowe in July 1927, in respect of new premises in Maunu Road, and this would appear to be the beginning of "Hinemoa." This licence was for four maternity beds. The address is also given in one place as "No. 2 Armstrong Avenue."

"Miss Lowe was licensee and, presumably, owner of "Hinemoa" throughout its history. The only significant facts appear to be changes in the hospital's approved bed state, as follows:

April 1931: hospital converted to 4 bed medical and surgical.

About 1939: increased to 5 beds.

March or April 1940: following alterations, converted to 7 bed maternity.

August 1945: increased to 8 maternity beds.

The hospital closed on 19 May 1947, formal surrender of licence being accepted by the Minister of Health on 28 May 1947."

Nurse Patterson, Rose Street (1925)

Nurse Reilly, Princes Street (1924)

Nurse Spence, Devoren Street (1921-1924)

Nurse E C Williams, Wilsons Avenue (1921)

Nurse Wilson, Bank Street (c. 1918)

The Avenue Private Hospital for Maternity Cases /Dr Walker's Private Hospital (c.1917), Second Avenue

Acquired by Nurse McKinnon in 1917, who used the facility "solely for Maternity Cases". (Northern Advocate, 15 December 1917)

Beaulieu, "Maunu, 3.5 miles from Whangarei". (1928-1946; maternity cases from 1938)

Letter from Department of Health, 5 October 1965. Whangarei Library's website: http://wdc.recollect.co.nz/nodes/ocrtxt/3121/12590

" ... the site was described, when first licenced, as a "farm of 61 1/2 acres, 450 feet above sea level." The building was of wooden construction with iron roof.

"The licensee and owner, throughout the hospital's history, was Dr George Walker. The licence was first issued in August 1928 for 10 medical and surgical beds. Subsequent alterations to approved bed state were:

Almost immediately: increase to 12 beds.

May 1930: increase to 15 beds

For the period September to November 1938 Dr Walker was given temporary permission to accept 4 maternity cases. This permission was extended from time to time in view of the absence of private maternity hospitals in Whangarei.

21 November 1939: licence amended to 12 medical and surgical beds, and 3 maternity beds.

June 1940: amended to 10 medical and surgical and 5 maternity beds.

December 1944: amended to 12 medical and surgical and 3 maternity beds.

"The hospital was advised to have closed on 31 March 1946, and formal surrender of licence was accepted as on that date. There is some indication however that a few patients remained there intro April of that year.

The following is a list of the hospital's Managers, approved by the Department. (A "Manager" is an appropriately qualified resident nurse who would probably be described as Matron.)

Lilian Asten, the first Manager

Miss Christina Wallace

Miss Janet Blacklock, appointed September 1931

Miss Jean Hoddinott, appointed September 1935

Mrs E M Morrison, appointed January 1936

Miss M R Saunders, appointed November 1936, and still Manager in 1938.

Miss Z Williams was the Manager on 12 November 1940.

Miss M O Armstrong was the Manager on 11 October 1943, and at least until March 1945."

Dr Walker appears to have actively farmed Jersey cattle on his property, naming his pedigree bulls after the property. (NZ Herald 29 September 1934) He owned the farm from around 1924.