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(a) The desirability (or otherwise) of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
providing temporary and immediate accommodation in the form of
iron and wood buildings, for such of the infectious sick, if any, as
cannot be accommodated in the existing hospitals.
(b) The desirability (or otherwise) of recouping to a Parish the
expenditure entailed upon it in consequence of making provisions
for such of its infectious sick as cannot be accommodated in the
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
(c) The desirability (or otherwise) of members of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board being elected by the Ratepayers direct.
(d) The desirability (or otherwise) of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
being constituted an independent Authority.
The following resolutions were submitted to and considered by the
Meeting:—
1.—That in the opinion of this Conference, it is desirable that the
Metropolitan Asylums Board should have power, in times of
emergency, to provide temporary accommodation for such of the
infectious sick, if any, as cannot be accommodated in existing
permanent hospitals.
2.—That in the opinion of this Conference, the Metropolitan Asylums
Board should be empowered and required to recoup to any Parish
the expense entailed upon it in consequence of making provision
for such of its infectious sick as cannot be accommodated in the
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
3.—That in the opinion of this Conference, the Authorities making the
Rate to raise the funds for the requirements of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board should be entitled to be directly and adequately
represented upon that Board.
4.—That in the opinion of this Conference, the Members of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board should be elected by the Ratepayers direct.
After a full discussion, the following resolutions were carried:—
1.—That a communication be addressed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, strongly urging that Board to take steps to immediately
open the vacant beds of the Gore Farm Hospital, at Darenth, for
the purpose of providing the temporary accommodation required
by the London Local Authorities for the cases of Scarlet Fever
urgently requiring removal from the crowded families and houses
in which they are spreading the disease.
2.—That in the opinion of this Conference, the Authorities making the
Rate to raise the Funds for the requirements of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board should be entitled to be directly and adequately
represented upon that Board.
3.—That the President of the Local Government Board be asked to
receive a deputation in support of the foregoing Resolutions.