§ 94. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Minister of Health how much the Leeds Regional Hospital Board have spent upon buying carpets for the accommodation used by them at the Queen Hotel, Harrogate.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopThe net cost of the entire contents of the hotel was £29,750. No carpets have been bought since, and about 100 have been taken up and replaced with linoleum. These and any other furnishings not needed by the Board for the nurses training school and hostel will be sold.
§ 95. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Minister of Health how many square yards of garden and how many greenhouses are maintained by the three gardeners employed by the Leeds Regional Hospital Board at their headquarters at Queen Hotel, Harrogate; and to whom £989 a year is paid in wages.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopOne gardener, one labourer and one juvenile labourer maintain 16,698 square yards of ground and three greenhouses. Their total wages amount to approximately £859 per annum.
§ 96. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Minister of Health how many rooms there are in the Queen Hotel, Harrogate; how many are occupied by the Leeds Regional Hospital Board; and how many were occupied on 15th July by the nurses home and training school.
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§ Mr. BlenkinsopThere are 191 usable rooms; the regional hospital board occupy 73. None was occupied on 15th July by the nurses home or training school, but 99 are earmarked for these purposes.