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and which now take children from our District who formerly
attended the one Council Elementary School in Greenford.
It would therefore be advisable I think for the Council
to provide each year in their estimate for the rates for the
year, for at least three cases, so that when an excessive number
occurs the whole of the cost will not have to be borne by
the rates of that individual year in which this happens.
The matter has received very serious consideration by
the Council during the year, during the vacation month
several special meetings of the Public Health Committee were
held in order to decide how best to deal with the problem.
At a meeting held on August 1st arrangements were
made for the Council to take over Nos. 5, 6, 7, Brent Cottages
(where the disease was then most prevalent) and to convert
them into a temporary Isolation Hospital, a nurse being engaged
the same evening. This arrangement was subsequently
upset by one of the parties thereto withdrawing
and refusing to allow his house to be used for the purpose
although he had previously agreed to do so. However, your
Chairman came to the rescue and offered the Council the use
of some unoccupied Horticultural Nurseries at Horsendon
at a nominal rent of £25 per annum. These premises were
very speedily adapted to the purpose and very useful accommodation
was at once provided for the reception of scarlet
fever cases only. Five beds being provided, although only
four were used at the same time.
The buildings are those usually seen in Horticultural
Nurseries and are constructed chiefly of brick ,wood, and
glass, with concrete floors.
The main building, which was used as a hospital is oblong
in shape, being about 160 feet long and 31 feet broard, divided
by a passage about 3 ft. wide running from end to end, practically
east and west. On the north side of the passage and
opening into it as well as externally on the opposite side are
eight compartments of about equal size 20 feet square and a
height of over 12 feet, of the usual green house construction.
On the south side of the passage the building is divided into
7 different sized compartments which were originally