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doubt need be entertained that this provision will be available in
case of need. It may be confidently expected that the accommodate,
placed at your disposal by the Guardians and Hospital
Authorities is sufficiently extensive to meet any immediate
contingency.
Any further demands which may be made upon your Committee
for accommodation, whether for the isolation of Cholera patients,
doubtful cases, or for healthy persons who had been exposed to'
infection from living under the same roof with those who are the
subjects of attack, may be provided for when they arise by the
erection of temporary structures. Since by the erection of
Corrugated Iron Buildings, accommodation for an almost
unlimited number of persons, may be furnished within a space
of time covered by twenty-four to thirty-six hours: and
since a plot of ground, which if occasion require, can be
utilized as a site for Isolation and Hospital Sheds, is
already in the possession of the Vestry, your Committee may feel
confident that, in the unexpected event of the Parish of Lambeth
becoming the scene of a visitation of Cholera, your Committee
would be in a position to make complete and ample provision for
any contingency that might arise. In conclusion, I would submit
to your Committee the desirability of engaging the services of six
additional Inspectors, to temporarily assist the Sanitary Staff in
carrying out the recommendations of this report. Every man so
engaged should be in possession of a Certificate of Qualification
from the Sanitary Institute.
In accordance with recommendations of the last paragraph
of this Report, six additional Inspectors were appointed. The
wages were fixed at two pounds ten shillings per week, and the men
appointed each possessed a certificate of competance, issued by
the Sanitary Institute. The arrangement was temporary, and
terminable at any time by seven days' notice. The additional
staff commenced work on September 1st, and continued
office, with one exception, until December 3rd. Work of an
effective and a beneficial character was done during this period.
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