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temporary buildings have been used as a sanatorium for tuberculous cases since
July 20th, 1912, and on August 10th, 1912, the first cases were received from
the Middlesex Insurance Committee, on whose behalf the Public Health
Committee of the County Council had secured certain accommodation [see
" Tubercle "]. The number of tuberculosis cases in the institution on December
31st, 1915, was 108, 13 of whom were residents in Edmonton Urban District.
In July a new administrative block was opened.
No cases of small-pox were treated during 1915 from any district.
In addition, my Council still has the administrative block of the Small-pox
Hospital at Clavering's Farm, erected in 1902, where (at the shortest notice)
accommodation of a satisfactory kind to meet an emergency could be arranged
for ten male and six female patients.
In June, the Middlesex District Joint Small-pox Hospital Board asked this
Council to reconsider its decision of November, 1913, and allow them the use
of our former small-pox hospital at Pickett's Lock Lane, if an outbreak of that
disease exceeded the 12 beds available at Uxbridge. The Board had recently
entered into an agreement to admit all small-pox cases for the Edmonton
Guardians, and the number of tubercular patients at Clare Hall from the
Middlesex County Council was likely to be added to by the admission of
soldiers. On the 13th July the Sanitary Committee submitted to our Council
the heads of an agreement for the use of the building until 1 year after peace
has been signed, and thereafter determinable by 6 months' notice from either
party. In September J. Madle went to live there, vice A. Mettam resigned, and
took charge of the old disinfecting station. In October the agreement, as
amended by the Hospital Board, was accepted and a sub-committee of the
Sanitary Committee visited the spot and defined the boundaries of the area to
be taken over. In October Dr. W. W. Fletcher of the L.G.B. inspected our
hospital, and was afterwards furnished with a plan of the site showing the houses
within a quarter and half mile radius. On November 22nd the Local Government
Board wrote to the Hospital Board that the Local Government Board
" cannot accept responsibility for the agreement proposed to be made with the
Edmonton Urban District Council." We were not communicated with.
The following 17 urban districts are now shareholders in the Joint
Hospital:—
Acton Enfield Hampton Wick Staines
Brentford Feltbam Hanwell Tottenham
Chiswick Friern Barnet Harrow Wealdstone
Edmonton Greenford Southgate Wood Green
Wembley was added after the usual Government enquiry on April 7th.