Food and Supplies Requisitions, Department of Health
Maker
Department of Health
Production date
14 Feb 1931
18 Feb 1931
19 Feb 1931
Object detail
Brief Description
Food and supplies requisitions from the Department of Health used during the 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
Six requisitions for food and supplies handwritten on Department of Health letterhead on numbered form HS41. Three of the forms have the Department of Health heading crossed out and replaced by either Napier Field Hospital or Hawke's Bay Hospital Board, Hospital Greenmeadows.
The requisitions list the names of the suppliers as the Central Supply Depot, the Chairman of the Central Committee at Drill Hall and the Central Committee and/or W and K. Five of the requisitions have been signed by House Manager M L Smith and one by the acting secretary at the Greenmeadows Hospital. The requisitions are dated 14, 18 and 19 February, 1931. Five of the requisitions have a handwritten identification number. Two forms have ticks or crosses in red pencil and one form is numbered in red pencil with red ticks, crosses ands lines through some of the listed items. The form numbered 2620 and dated 14 February 1931 requests collection of the supplies for the Greenmeadows Hospital. The back of the form has two indecipherable words in pencil.
Six requisitions for food and supplies handwritten on Department of Health letterhead on numbered form HS41. Three of the forms have the Department of Health heading crossed out and replaced by either Napier Field Hospital or Hawke's Bay Hospital Board, Hospital Greenmeadows.
The requisitions list the names of the suppliers as the Central Supply Depot, the Chairman of the Central Committee at Drill Hall and the Central Committee and/or W and K. Five of the requisitions have been signed by House Manager M L Smith and one by the acting secretary at the Greenmeadows Hospital. The requisitions are dated 14, 18 and 19 February, 1931. Five of the requisitions have a handwritten identification number. Two forms have ticks or crosses in red pencil and one form is numbered in red pencil with red ticks, crosses ands lines through some of the listed items. The form numbered 2620 and dated 14 February 1931 requests collection of the supplies for the Greenmeadows Hospital. The back of the form has two indecipherable words in pencil.
Maker
Production date
14 Feb 1931
18 Feb 1931
19 Feb 1931
18 Feb 1931
19 Feb 1931
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten in pencil and coloured pencil on printed forms.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 225 x 214mm
Signature/Inscription
M L Smith, Signature, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Feb 1931
Other number(s)
73236
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