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(2) Hospital Accommodation.
The Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases is situated
at Little Heath, Belvedere, near the centre of the Southern
Boundary of the District.
It consists of an administration block, two wards
for Scarlet Fever, 14 beds in each, a block for Diphtheria
with two wards of 6 beds each, and two small onebed
wards for observation purposes. There is also a
block of two wards (4 beds in each) which can be utilised
for other diseases or for observation purposes. These
are all brick built
There are also a Porter's Lodge, a laundry and drying
room, ambulance sheds, steam disinfector and
mortuary.
One ambulance is kept and a van (zinc lined) for the
removal of infected bedding. No horses are kept at the
Sanatorium, but are hired from a local contractor as
required.
At the end of the year the Council decided to obtain
a motor ambulance for the removal of Infectious Cases.
The staff at the Sanatorium consists of a matron, a
charge nurse, 3 assistant nurses and 2 probationers, with
the necessary domestic staff, a laundress, and porter who
resides in the porter's lodge.
During the year Miss Bellinger, the matron, resigned
owing to ill-health, after 7 years' service, and her
place was filled by the appointment of Miss Jones, from
the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
During 1919 there had been some difficulty in obtaining
nurses for the Sanatorium, but this passed off
during 1920.
On January 1st, 1920, there were in the Hospital
17 cases of Scarlet Fever and 2 cases of Diphtheria, a
total of 19.
During the year there were admitted 115 cases of
Scarlet Fever, 92 cases of Diphtheria, 3 of Enteric Fever,
and 2 of other diseases.