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check than Variola Major. To provide a separate hospital for
its treatment would necessitate the provision of a very laige
number of beds to meet the possibility of a formidable spread
of the disease. On the other hand, for long periods of time few, or
possibly at times none, of these beds would be used. An alternative
arrangement would be an agreement between a number of adjacent
districts for the admission of all cases occurring in these areas to a
ward opened at the hospital of one of these areas. If all Authorities
entering into the arrangement undertook to provide this ward in
turn, there would be immediately available, on the occurrence of an
extensive outbreak, one ward at each of these separate hospitals.
In the meantime, in the absence of cases of smallpox, these beds
would be available in the ordinary way for the admission of patients
suffering from the more common infectious diseases.
b. Tuberculosis.
The Essex County Council maintain a number of beds for
adults and children of both sexes at various institutions. The
following is a list of institutions to which patients were admitted
from the County of Essex during the year :—
Institution. Type of case treated.
Black Notley Sanatorium Women and children—pulmonary.
Men, women and children—
non-pulmonary.
Harold Court Sanatorium Men—pulmonary.
High Beech Sanatorium Children—non-pulmonary.
Chingford Sanatorium Women—pulmonary.
Colchester Sanatorium Women—pulmonary.
Hford Sanatorium Men—non-pulmonary.
I'Ord Mayor Treloar Cripples
Hospital Children—non-pulmonary.
king George Sanatorium,
Bramshott Men—pulmonary and non-
pulmonary.
Burrow Hill Colony, Frimley Boys—pulmonary.
Church Army Sanatorium,
Farnham Boys—pulmonary and glands.
Hawthori idene Sanatorium,
l.ofW. Women—pulmonary.
Liverpool Road Hospital Men—pulmonary (advanced).
'"''church Hospital. Romford Men and women—pulmonary and
non-pulmonary.