A new two story brick administration building was built in 1940. Four new boomerang shaped timber wards with 24 beds each were built around the same time, making a total of 172 available beds by 1942. However by 1945 the original sanatorium buildings were no longer being used so the capacity went back down to 96. The “old weatherboard buildings at the south of the site” which were demolished in 1973 were presumably the original sanatorium.
In 1949-50 a four story ward building was built, usually called the Percy Everett building after it’s designer, who was chief architect in the Public Works Department. It had a boomerang shape to match the earlier timber buildings which surrounded it, and included a 400 seat theatre. It’s 144 beds brought the total capacity of the sanatorium to 236
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