Demanding conditions for cottage hospital matrons

Updated July 2 2021 - 3:30am, first published October 11 2019 - 11:53am
COTTAGE HOSPITAL: The cottage hospital in Moruya circa 1937. The town's first temporary hospital was established in a private rented house in the 1880s.
COTTAGE HOSPITAL: The cottage hospital in Moruya circa 1937. The town's first temporary hospital was established in a private rented house in the 1880s.

Moruya and District Historical Society continues its examination of the town's pioneer health system. One matron supplemented her income by running some livestock around the hospital, paying the committee £3 a year for grazing rights.

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