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PERMANENT ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
As I mentioned in my last Report, the question of erecting athoroughly
up-to-date Isolation Hospital was again under consideration,
and plans had been drawn up which, if carried out, meant an
expenditure of between thirty and forty thousand pounds. But
owing to a doubt whether the benefits to be derived would compensate
the outlay of such a. sum, as also to the fact that rates Tire
deemed sufficiently high at present, the Council do not feel disposed
to embark upon such an expenditure at the present moment. This
being the case, and owing to the diffkculty I have in coping with the
demands for cases requiring immediate removal owing to the
inadequate accommodation at my disposal, I am asking that a Convalescent
Block be erected, also further dormitory accommodation.
This is simply an imperative necessity in order that I may be able
to deal with some measure of success with the pressure that hasbeen
especially great during the past five months. Pressure, too,
which does not appear at all likely to diminish with a steadily
increasing population. I can only manage at the present time with
the very greatest difficulty in urgent cases. With the erection of
this new Block, I shall be able to accommodate all cases of Scarlet
Fever requiring isolation.
As I have hinted in the past, the desire of parents to have their
children removed to the Hospital speaks well for the past working
of that establishment.
MORTUARY.
A Sub-Committee was appointed to inquire into the matter asto
whether a new and larger Public Mortuary was not necessary for
the District. The Sub-Committee were unable to recommend a
more suitable site than the present one.
Owing to the construction of a "viewing room" with glass
panels, relatives and others wishing to see the body are now