The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]
[introduction]
The care of the sick and suffering is thoroughly provided for in the well-equipped hospitals of the West Coast, and the medical profession is strongly represented in the various centres; there are five practitioners stationed at Greymouth, three at Westport, two at Hokitika, and two at Reefton, and some of the inland towns also have a resident medical man.