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"that no bad catarrhs or pulmonary diseases occurred amongst
"the convalescents, notwithstanding that the month of August was
"very wet and somewhat cold.
"These favourable results (he adds) were probably due to the
"perfect ventilation that the tents afforded, and to the efficient
"means of wanning them, when necessary, and also to the good
"and sufficient diet given to the patients."
In this opinion your Medical Officer of Health most fully
concurs.
The whole of the bedding and other articles have, since the
discharge of the patients, been thoroughly disinfected and stored
in good condition. This also has been done in respect to the
tents, which your Committee recently inspected on the ground
before giving directions as to their disposal.
Your Committee have also given instructions for the flooring
of the tents to be taken up and stacked, and protected from the
weather; but as these works cannot be completed for a short time,
your Committee propose to make their final report to the Vestry as
soon as possible after their instructions, in respect to the Camp
and its arrangements, shall have been carried out.
As regards their expenditure, your Committee are glad to be
able to report that it has been within their estimate, and that the
sums voted by the Vestry, amounting in the whole to £4,900, will
be sufficient to meet every expense, including the cost of maintenance,
and also of the work now being executed for the
protection and safe-keeping of the property of the Vestry at
Finchley.
All which is submitted.
(Signed) JOHN LAMB,
Chairman, Sanitary Committee,
Vestry Offices,
Upper Street.
29th September, 1881.