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The Otaki Sanatorium was opened by Dr Newman of the Wellington Hospital Board on 24th May 1907. Housing male and female Tuberculosis patients until 1919, the Sanatorium was used for a few years from 1917 for returned and camp soldiers with TB. From 1919 the sanatorium only accepted female patients, accepting males again in 1956. The buildings, designed by architect Frederick de Jersey Clere were renovated in 1926-1927, and in 1949-1951 an extension to the East Deck was added. Palmerston North Hospital Board ran the Sanatorium from 1933 - 1944 and 1959 – 1964. In 1964 the Palmerston North Hospital Board, facing a bill for improved sewage disposal, passed the Sanatorium on to the Kimberley Hospital & Training School until 1985. The Sanatorium was built with public donations, local body and government subsidies and was demolished in 1997.