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Matters affecting individual hospitals.
55. In the following paragraphs we refer in detail to certain matters which
affect, in particular, individual hospitals.
Admission
villa.
Banstead mental hospital.
56. Plans of an admission villa to accommodate 100 patients, 50 of each sex,
have been approved by the Minister of Health and the work will be commenced
shortly.
Laundry.
57. The laundry has been enlarged and the machinery, which was out of date
and practically worn out, has been replaced by modern plant capable of dealing with
50,000 articles a week.
Outbreak of
swine fever.
58. An outbreak in July, 1929, of swine fever at the hospital necessitated the
disposal of the whole of the herd of pigs at the main piggeries. The piggeries will
be restocked on the removal of restrictions by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Sewage
disposal.
59. Following protracted negotiations, the Epsom Rural District Council have
agreed without special charge, to take the drainage from the hospital into their
sewage system.
Nurses
home.
Cane Hill mental hospital.
60. A scheme has been approved for the erection of a nurses' home. This will
provide accommodation for 84 nurses who at present occupy accommodation formerly
occupied by patients. The completion of the home will enable this accommodation to
be used for the reception of patients (see par. 6). The building has been designed to
permit of subsequent extension, by the addition of a wing, to provide an ultimate
total accommodation for 105 female nurses.
Grazing of
cattle.
61. Arrangements for the grazing of cattle from the hospital on land at
Southern's Farm, on suitable terms, have been renewed until 25th March, 1931.
The new licence will include 23 acres additional to the land (about 140 acres) included
in the previous licence.
Surrender of
land.
62. A strip of land about 10,250 square feet in area which formed part of the
hospital estate, has been surrendered to the Surrey County Council on payment by
that Council of £100, for a widening of the main Brighton road.
Operating
theatre.
Claybury mental hospital.
63. We have authorised expenditure of £950 for the provision of a new operating
theatre, including a surgeon's room, anaesthetic room and a sterilising room. The
former operating theatre will be used as a surgery for minor casualties and as a
clinical room for visitinsr consultant surgeons.
Dental room.
64. We have authorised expenditure of £375 for the provision of a new dental
rnom.
Cottage for
head cowman.
65. At most of the institutions under our direction the head cowman resides on
the estate and occupies a cottage provided as an emolument by the Council. The
head cowman at this hospital is non resident at present and we have authorised the
erection, at a cost of £735, of a cottage for his occupation.
Eleotric
cable.
Colney Hatch mental hospital.
66. We have granted permission to the North Metropolitan Electric Power
Supply Company to lay an electric cable in the grounds of Colney Hatch mental
hospital, subject to the company paying a yearly rent of £1 1s. for the privilege, and
to the work being carried out by the company to the satisfaction of the Council.
Electric Dower for the hospital will be conveyed by this cable.
Water
supply.
67. The work of deepening the well was completed early in the year under
review, and it is anticipated that the supply of water now obtainable from the well
will be adequate for the purposes of the hospital for some years.