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Southgate 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The corrected number of cases belonging to this District
notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations
1012, was 68.
Tn 1 •» houses sanitary defects were found.
The Hospital is built on a site of nine acres of land situated
near the S.E. corner of the District, in Tottenhall Road, Palmers
Green. It is a fine open and airy site, admirably adapted for the
purpose. Only a portion of the site is at present oecupied by
the Hospital premises, the remainder being let off as allotments
The Hospital premises are entirely enclosed by a close-boarded
fence, and there is one entrance only, in Tottenhall Road.
The Hospital was opened in January, 1902, and enlarged
The buildings now consist of the following : —
(1) Entrance Lodge.
(2; Administrative Block.
(3) Two Ward Pavilions, designed to contain 10 and 12
beds respectively.
(4) Isolation Pavilion, a block of four wards designed to
contain 8 beds.
(5) Laundry Block with steam disinfector, mortuary,
patients' ambulance and clothing van sheds (the two latter were
provided without a loan).
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
in 1910.
The following amounts have been variously sanctioned by the Local Government Board to be borrowed for the purposes of the Hospital:—
| (1) Purchase of land | Fencing, drainage, gas, water- i | £2,500 |
| (2) mains, levelling, drives, etc. ( Erecting Hospital Buildings ... j | 15.100 |
| (3) Furniture ...... | 1,100 |
| Total | £18,700 |