1959

Launch of the rebuilding appeal to raise £30,000 over a three year period.  Plans prepared for Midwifery Unit.  A new theatre block with two operating theatres, a new birthing room suite, together with an x-ray room and pathology laboratory were completed and opened.

Snapshot of activity: 2,034 inpatients were treated; 3,019 outpatient attendances; 317 babies born; 123 staff; 301 major and 645 minor operations performed.