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Sanitary Administration of the District,
REPORT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
31 st May, 1921.
" Suggested Combination of Brentford, Chiswick, and
Ealing Isolation Hospitals."
"I beg to submit, as requested, some suggestions
with regard to the proposal, which has already been
discussed by representatives of the three districts
concerned, for a combination of the three Isolation
Hospitals supplying the needs of Brentford, Chiswick,
and Ealing, which are situated in close proximity to
each other in South Ealing.
"Brentford Hospital possesses 29 beds for a population
of 17,000, Chiswick 20 beds for a population of
43,500, and Ealing 100 beds for a population of 64,480.
Together the accommodation is 149 beds for a total
population of 124,980, or one bed for 838 of the population.
The outstanding debts for the three Hospitals
are respectively £324, £8,168 and £11,506, but it has
to be noted that Brentford Hospital has a large
portion of its buildings of a temporary character,
Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals being modern and substantially
built institutions.
"The desirability of a combination is evident when
one considers that since the end of 1915 the Ealing Hospital
could have accommodated at any time all the
infectious cases from the other districts, without being
taxed beyond its ordinary resources and when one
considers that at times each hospital has had to retain
its staff over long periods with but a few patients in
each.