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The cost of each patient-dav is higher than in previous years
but this is accounted for by the fact that included in the costs for
the year are the loan charges on the new buildings which could
not be used for patients to any great extent before the end of the
year and the inclusion of large items of furniture supplied to the
old parts of the administrative block which were renovated.
Extension of Hospital.
This seems an opportune place to make a report on the opening
of the new section of the Isolation Hospital the building of which
was first mooted in 1930 and which was actually begun in 1935.
The opening ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Ealing
and the Mayor of Brentford and Chiswick, the former performing
the function v\ith regard to the Administrative Block and the
latter the Ward Block.
The present extensions consist of a greatly enlarged Administrative
Block, a Cubicle Block for cases of different diseases, and
a Ward Block for cases of diphtheria.
The design generally of the extensions is of a Georgian
character : the external walls are faced with "Keymer" handmade
sand-faced bricks and the roofs are covered with Maidenhead
hand-made tiles.
Administrative Block.—The extension of the Administrative
Block has been brought about by building round the small original
block and has been done in such a way that very little of the old
structure remains to be seen. New dining and sitting rooms,
new bedrooms and new kitchens have been provided and an improvement
of the old bedrooms and other rooms has been made.
The new nurses' common room is 50ft. x 29ft., and is divided by
a folding partition into a dining room and a sitting room. By
the folding of the partition the room can be used as a staff recreation
room. The large new kitchen has been equipped entirely with
modern apparatus and with large storerooms and a refrigerator.
There are also sitting rooms in this Block for vSisters and for the
Deputy Matron, a maids' dining room and a telephone room for
the use of the staff. Suitable lavatory accommodation has been
provided for maids and nurses and there is an ironing room in which