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in brickwork, and the loan period of the former is about
fifteen years, as against thirty years in respect of the latter.
In connection with this subject, the following points
from the Board's memoradum on the Provision of Isolation
Hospital Accommodation by Local Authorities (dated May,
1902), and a Report to the Board on Isolation Hospitals
(dated July, 1912) should be noted:—
“Site.—The site, or so much of it as is to form the
grounds of the hospital, should be enclosed by a wall or close
fence at least six feet six inches in height, and every building
which is to contain infected persons or things should be
at least forty feet distant from the boundary. (In very unfrequented
situations a stout hedge or shrubbery between
two rows of barbed wire fencing or unclimbable iron railing
may sometimes suffice in place of a wall or close fence.)''
(Memorandum, 1902.)
“Hospital Buildings.—These should be of three
classes, viz., 1st, ward-blocks for the reception of the sick;
2nd, administration block for the housing of the staff and
stores; and 3rd, out-offices, as laundry and mortuary. In
hospitals for permanent use these buildings should be of
brick and stone. Temporary buildings, as, for instance,
buildings constructed of wood or corrugated iron, are illsuited
for permanent use as hospitals, for the reason that it
is difficult to maintain them at a proper temperature during
extremes of hot and cold weather ; moreover, they are less
durable than brick or stone buildings, requiring more frequent
repairs, in order to keep them in a properly weather
proof condition, and they are liable to be destroyed by fire
and storm. It is not the practice of the Local Government
Board in ordinary cases to sanction loans for iron hospitals
or for hospital buildings of temporary character." (Memorandum,
1902.)