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ment in this Block during 1939 was 42, 7 of whom were admitted
during 1938 and were still under treatment at the beginning of 1939.
The nature of the 35 cases admitted to the Cubicle Block during
the year is given below:-
Scarlet Fever (complicated or doubtful) 14
Diphtheria (complicated or doubtful) 3
Diphtheria Carrier 1
Whooping Cough 7
Mumps 1
Erysipelas 4
Septic Throat—sent in as Diphtheria 3
Bronchitis Sent in as Whooping 1
Dentition Cough 1
Total 35
(B) Incidence of Infectious Disease amongst the Staff.
I am pleased to state that none of the members of the staff contracted
any infectious disease during the year.
(c) Accommodation for Staff.
The accommodation for staff is quite satisfactory.
(D) Accommodation for Patients.
The accommodation for patients which has been fully reviewed
in my previous Annual Reports remained unchanged during 1939.
Under the Surrey County Council Scheme made, with the approval of
the Ministry of Health, in pursuance of Section 63 of the Local
Government Act, 1929 the Barnes Borough Council are required to
provide at their Isolation Hospital a minimum of eighty-three beds
for the treatment of infectious disease, other than small-pox, and, if
circumstances so require and accommodation is available, to admit
patients from other areas within the County on financial terms to be
agreed between the local authorities concerned. In connection with
the Ministry of Health's Emergency Hospital Scheme, for the purpose
of which all the hospitals in the country were surveyed, the
Council's Isolation Hospital was inspected prior to the outbreak of
war by an Inspector of the Ministry of Health and the Minister
decided that the hospital was to continue to fulfil the purpose of a
hospital for infectious diseases, providing accommodation in accordance
with the provisions of above-mentioned Surrey County Council
Scheme and admitting cases from both the civilian and military
population.