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trusted to them by the Legislature. Having regard to the
difficulties in respect of the acquisition of sites for hospitals,
it is not to be wondered at that the Managers should have
authorised the General Purposes Committee " to consider,
and, if thought desirable, to take steps with the view of
obtaining for the Board the power to acquire land compulsorily,
similar to the power vested in the County Councils,
School Boards, and other public bodies." The Managers already
have power, subject to the approval of the Local Government
Board, to acquire land compulsorily, for the purpose of extending
the site of any existing hospital.
THE NORTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL.
The Local Government Board, after a public enquiry,
intimated to the Managers, in August last, their intention
to issue an Order to enable them to acquire the site at
Tottenham, for the erection of a fever hospital, subject to the
following conditions—(a), That no buildings for the reception
of patiencs shall be erected except On such part ol the land
as the Board may direct to be used for that purpose ; and (b),
That the land and buildings shall, during the twelve months
next following the date of the Order, be used for the reception
of patients suffering from fever, and of no other patients,
and at the expiration of that term shall cease to be used for
the reception of patients unless the Board, by Order, otherwise
direct. The Managers thereupon, at an extraordinary
meeting, held on the 16th August, resolved "that the purchase
of the land be forthwith completed." They also
appointed a Committee of Management, and a Medical
Superintendent, for the new Hospital, now known as the
NORTH-EASTERN ; and, with characteristic energy, directed
that the architects should be instructed to take the requisite
steps, and incur the requisite expenditure, for the erection of
boundary walls ; for the preparation of plans according to the
directions of the Committee of Management; for the construction
of all necessary drains, and for the temporary erection of