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Isolation Hospital.—It has been decided to enlarge the Joint
Isolation Hospital and to re-arrange the existing accommodation.
The new buildings will include (a) an isolation block, of cruciform
shape, containing 20 cubical wards, (b) a new nurses'
home containing 39 bedrooms, and (c) an entrance lodge.
Hornsey's share of the cost of these additions will be £8,081.
The extensions will be completed before the end of 1927, and
the Hospital will then contain 12.3 beds. It is felt that the
addition of 20 cubical isolation wards will enable the remaining
bed accommodation in the Hospital to be used to full advantage.
During 1925 arrangements have been made with the Metropolitan
Asylums Board (Ambulance Section) for the removal
to hospital of all infectious persons whose admission to hospital
has been authorised. These arrangements have proved very
satisfactory, and the cost works out at approximately 17s. 9d.
per case.
Small-Pox Hospital. — In 1921 the Town Council entered
into an agreement with the Uxbridge Joint Hospital Board for
the reception of Hornsey patients suffering from small-pox in
the Board's Smallpox Hospital at Yeading, Hayes, Middle-ex.
This hospital has accommodation for 48 beds, and of these 10
are allocated to Hornsey.
Laboratory Work. — With the exception of the more complicated
blood tests all the routine bacteriological work is carried