The Provision of Medical Services in Palmerston North

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Description: A report prepared by Bryan D. Bang, Research Assistant, for the Town Planning Office, Palmerston North City Council. "The aim of this study is to investigate the provision of medical services in Palmerston North, to enumerate the services available and to show the importance to the community of the medical profession in Palmerston North ... 'Medical service' in this study is taken to include all those people and institutions whose major objective is the treatment of disease and injury, the relief of distress caused by illness, injury or old age, the provision of safe and efficient obstetrical care, and the prevention of the incidence and spread of disease by the maintenance of a hygienic environment."