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34 Sanitary Administration of the District.
construction and kindred matters, ensures this work being efficiently
done. His practical knowledge of building construction, etc., is of
considerable use when premises under the Housing and Town
Planning Act and other Acts are being dealt with.
An Office Clerk, who carries out all the clerical and statistical
work of the department, including the control of the comprehensive
card filing system in use, in a thorough manner. It would
be appropriate to mention that the clerical work of the Public
Health Department is continually increasing year by year.
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
For the isolation of cases of Small-pox, the Council is one of
the constituent authorities forming the Surrey Joint Small-pox
Hospital Committee, and arrangements are in operation which will
allow of an expeditious removal of cases of this, should they occur,
in the Council's own special ambulance, which is always ready for
this purpose.
For the other Infectious Diseases in the district, the Isolation
Hospital in South Worple Way has ample accommodation in three
pavilions, forty beds are available in eight wards and two side or
small wards.
The Nursing Staff consists of a Matron, Miss Carothers, a
Sister, two staff nurses (fever trained), and two probationers ; the
Domestic Staff consists of a Cook, Laundrymaid, and four other
maids; the Outdoor Staff consists of a Porter and Portress
(residing at the Gate Lodge), a Gardener, and the occasional services
of a boy.
All laundry work of the Hospital is carried out in the laundry
of the Hospital, all disinfection of the bedding, etc., from the wards,
as well as the disinfection for the Public Health Department, is