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ISOLATION HOSPITALS.
DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES.
Particulars of the hospitals were given in the Annual Report
for 1934.
ADMINISTRATION.
Authority was given for arrangements to be made for the
admission to hospital of infectious cases other than mumps and
chickenpox.
Approval was also given for the erection of a building of a
temporary character at the Rayners Lane Isolation Hospital for
use as an operating theatre, and for the purchase of the necessary
equipment.
ADEQUACY OF ACCOMMODATION.
The accommodation at the Hospital was sufficient for the
admission of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria. All cases of
double infection, however, had to be treated elsewhere, as had also
those infections, other than scarlet fever and diphtheria, for whom
institutional treatment was required. Owing to the low incidence
of scarlet fever in the earlier months of the year when measles was
prevalent, it proved possible to use a block for the admission of
measles cases.

In addition to these cases, arrangements were made for the
admission to the isolation hospitals of other Authorities, some 37
patients, who, had suitable accommodation been available, would
have been admitted to the local hospitals.
PROVISION OF NEW ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
During the year, the provision of a new Isolation Hospital was
taken a stage further by a step which will probably result in the
acquisition of a suitable site.
CLINICAL ASPECTS.
Diphtheria.
Admissions—
Number admitted on a diagnosis of diphtheria 33
Number of cases clinically diphtheria 17
Number of carriers 4
Of the 12 cases in which a diagnosis of diphtheria was not
confirmed, 8 were suffering from acute tonsillitis, 2 from peritonsillar
abscess, and one each from acute laryngitis and acute leucaemia.