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47
Sanitary Report, 1803.
Thanks are due to the Hendon Rural Sanitary
Authority for having kindly lent a complete tent.
Earth Closets were used for these patients,
and the soil, after disinfection, was buried.
The food was prepared in the kitchen and
taken to a small tent intended for sleeping, from
whence it was fetched by the Nurse. Five patients,
four males and one female, were treated at the
same time in the tents in the Spring, the Nurse in
attendance sleeping in the tent with the female
patient.
On the occurrence of the second outbreak of
small pox in November, several cases, as I have
mentioned in the Sanitary Report, were sent to the
Highgate Small Pox Hospital, but on information
being sent to me that only a very limited number
of cases could be received from this district at one
time, and in consideration of their rule not to
receive patients under seven years of age, the Board
decided to erect another iron building for the
isolation of these cases. This consists of two
Wards for three beds each with a Nurse's room
between, with a window looking into each Ward,
and an extension at the back for a sink and an
earth closet for each Ward. There is also a small
ante room in which a movable bath can be kept.
All the Wards in these iron buildings are
warmed by slow combustion stoves; during some
very cold nights it has been found difficult to maintain
a sufficient degree of warmth.
Hot water in the No. 1 or Scarlet Fever Block
is conveyed by pipes from the boiler of the kitchen
range to the bath room; but it is carried when
necessary to No. 2 Block, the water not having
been laid on there.