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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The building of the new ward of 26 beds with the necessary additions
to the administrative quarters was commenced in January, 1934, and it is
hoped that it will be ready for occupation by July.
The ward will be one consisting- of 26 beds built on the lines of the
one recently added, the only difference being- that french windows are provided
throughout the ward instead of at the end only as was done in the
last ward to be built.
The necessary additions to the administrative block consist of 11 bedrooms,
one bathroom, 2 water-closets and two basins.
SECTION 63, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1929.
The County Scheme made under this section was received in August
and was on the lines foreshadowed in my last two annual reports, viz. :—that
the County should be divided into four areas and that the hospitals in
these areas should be acquired by joint hospital boards or committees and
enlarged or abandoned, depending on their present condition and capabilities
of expansion.
This scheme was opposed by this Council and the following letter was
sent to the Ministry of Health on the 3rd October, 1933
" The Hendon Borough Council have given most careful consideration
to the Scheme for the provision of adequate hospital accommodation
for the treatment of Infectious Disease, other than smallpox,
within the County of Middlesex, which has been submitted to the Minister
of Health by the Middlesex County Council in accordance with the provisions
of (Section 63 of the Local Government Act, 1929, and I am directed
to submit the following representations thereon to the Minister, the effect
of which was communicated to the County Council prior to the submission
of the scheme to the Minister.
While fully realising the necessity for the provision of adequate
hospital accommodation for the treatment of infectious disease within
the County, a matter which has engaged their serious attention for some
time past, they cannot agree that the proposals of the County Council
will achieve that end in the most efficient and economical manner,