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that the disused Blackwall Asylum, formerly the Brunswick Hotel,
which is situated in an isolated position open to the River and the
Docks, be recommended as suitable for the purpose of the temporary
accommodation and treatment of patients while waiting for
vacancies in sanatoria; and that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to the President of the Local Government Board, the
National Insurance Commissioners, and the Councils of the East
London Boroughs.
The following letter was submitted to the Public Health and Housing
Committee:—
Borough of Holborn,
Council Offices,
197, High Holborn, W.C.
11th July, 1913.
Dear Sir,
Treatment of Tuberculosis.
Sanatoria and Hospital Accommodation.
The Holborn Borough Council at their meeting on Wednesday
last had under consideration the resolution of the London County
Council of the 17th June, on the question of the arrangements
to be made for the provision of Sanatoria and Hospital accommodation
for cases of Tuberculosis in the County of London, when
the following resolutions were passed:—
(а) That the Council should express its agreement with
the recommendation of the Public Health Committee of the
London County Council adopted by that Council at its
meeting on the 17th June, 1913, that in order to allow of
a comprehensive scheme for the treatment of Tuberculosis
in London, and in view of the fact that the London County
Council has hitherto not been an authority providing treatment
for tuberculous persons, and that the Metropolitan
Asylums Board has available, the machinery necessary for
the provision of residential treatment, it is essential that the
Board should be enabled to become an authority providing
institutions for residential treatment for tuberculous persons
of all classes.
(b) That having regard to the very large number of cases
of infectious sickness removed from Metropolitan Boroughs