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The premises occupied by the patients were inspected and disinfected; and advice given
respecting measures to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Council are prepared to provide treatment at a Sanatorium for persons in the early stages
of the disease, providing the patients are not in a position to bear the cost themselves; and when, in the
opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, such treatment is likely to prove beneficial.
Two persons were treated under this arrangement during the year. One has improved and was
still under treatment at the end of the year, but the other patient unfortunately did not respond to the
treatment, and died a few months after discharge.
The Council undertake to have all rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from
Tubercular disease in any form disinfected free of cost upon receipt of a request from the Medical
Practitioner in attendance. Ten rooms so occupied have been disinfected by the Inspector; and the
rooms are also stripped and cleansed.
Disinfection.—All rooms occupied by persons suffering from infectious disease are disinfected
with Formalin immediately after the removal or recovery of the patient, and the rooms are stripped and
cleansed when necessary.
Bedding and clothing are disinfected in a steam disinfector at the Isolation Hospital.
The work of disinfecting rooms and bedding is carried out by the Council's officers free of cost.
In connection with the work 105 rooms have been disinfected by the Inspector; and 75 rooms
have been stripped and cleansed.
Rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from Cancer are also disinfected by the
Inspector, when requested to do so by the Doctor in attendance on the patient.
Isolation Hospital.—This building was erected in 1904, and stands in a site of some seven
acres abutting on the Uxbridge Road, Hampton Hill.
A portion of the site at present not required for Hospital purposes is let for the purpose of
horticulture.
The accommodation provided consists of a pavilion of four wards, with kitchens, bath rooms
and lavatories; an administrative block with nurses' quarters; porters' lodge with discharging rooms;
laundry and disinfecting chamber; coach house and mortuary.
The small ward or wards I advocated last year for the purpose of observation wards for doubtful
cases have not yet been provided.
The establishment is in charge of a Medical Superintendent, with a staff of two trained nurses
(supplemented by a temporary nurse when occasion requires), two maids and a porter, and is connected
to the residence of the Medical Superintendent the Council Offices Fire Brigade and Police by
telephone.
An ambulance with two beds is provided for the removal of patients.
The arrangement made with the Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Hospital Board in 1905 for the
reception of Small Pox patients into their Hospital at Cheam is still in force.
Schools.—These have been under constant observation and are kept in good repair.