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appointment would be of immense value in prevention of
serious complications, and in some cases of death. In my
opinion it is not wise to allow health visitors to undertake
this work.
Isolation Hospital.
The Bromley and Beckenham Joint Hospital Board are
the isolation hospital authority for Bromley, and I append
herewith an epitome of their activities.
The United District consists of:—
The Municipal Borough of Bromley;
The Urban Districts of Beckenham, Chislehurst,
and Sidcup;
The Rural District of Bromley;
and was formed for the purpose of the provision, maintenance,
and management of a hospital or hospitals for cases
of infectious diseases, occurring among the inhabitants of
such districts.
The Board consists of eleven members, the Chairman
of each of the five constituent districts being ex-officio
members by right of their office and the remaining six
elective members.
The United District has an area of 66 square miles, a
rateable value of £950,893, and an estimated population of
116,000.
The cost per head of population in the Board's District
for the year ended March, 1925, for all purposes (including
capital repayments) was approximately 2s. 0½d., while the
Common Fund charge in each of the constituent districts was
equivalent to a rate of approximately 2½d. in the £.