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I quite admit that a good combination scheme would
present material advantages to the several Districts who might
participate therein, but if the Council take this method of settling
the question the scheme should be one in which the
Hospital would be designed to meet the requirements of all the
participating districts, and would be maintained by them
jointly; a mere arrangement under which cases from this district
are admitted to Hospital, provided there is no other use for the
beds not being sufficient to meet the requirements of the
District.
The matter has received some consideration from the
Sanitary Committee, at whose request I prepared two preliminary
reports, one as to the extent to which the existing
buildings at Clavering's Farm could be utilised for Hospital
purposes, and the other as to the minimum Hospital requirements
of the District, and the probable annual cost thereof.
The matter however did not proceed further. My views
were adverse to the suggestion to utilise the existing buildings
at Clavering's Farm for Hospital purposes.
The matter is still one demanding the careful consideration
of the Council.
The Ambulance question has received due consideration,
and at the time of drafting this report adequate provision is
about to be made, temporary difficulties have been met by
hiring from the Metropolitan Asylums' Board.
The Council's Disinfector is of an obsolete type, and is
wasteful of time, fuel and labour, but I think it would be wise
to postpone the provision of a new one until after the Hospital
question is settled, as a disinfecting chamber would be an
essential adjunct to an Isolation Hospital.
House to House Inspection of the District.
This has been in progress during the greater part of the
year, and 731 houses have been inspected in connection therewith:
in carrying out this house to house inspection, endeavour
has been made to deal with the defects found in each group of
houses as they were discovered, and to follow up the notices
served as soon as the time allowed by them for executing the