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Eighty-seven rooms have been disinfected by the
Inspector of Nuisances, and 514 articles have been disinfected
by steam or destroyed.
Forty-three rooms have been stripped and cleansed.
Isolation Hospital.
This building is situate in the Uxbridge Road, Hampton
Hill, and comprises a hospital block containing four wards
(two for Scarlet Fever and two for Diphtheria) with a covered
verandah running tlie whole length of the building on the
south side and with the necessary lavatory accommodation,
bath rooms and ward kitchens, and an administration block
in which are the quarters for the matron, nurse, and female
staff.
In a detached building is the laundry and disinfecting
rooms in which is installed a steam disinfecting apparatus.
There is also a porter's lodge, attached to which are the
discharging wauls; and at the boundary of the grounds is
the coach house and mortuary.
An ambulance with two beds is provided for the removal
of patients.
The hospital site is nearly seven acres in extent, of which
about two and three quarters are used, the remainder being
let for horticultural purposes.
The hospital is connected to the residence of the Medical
Superintendent, the Council Offices, Police, and Fire Brigade
by telephone.
The arrangement made by the Council with the Uxbridge
Joint Hospital Board for the reception into their hospital at
Yeading of cases of small-pox from this district is still in
force.