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SECTION IV.
(a) Isolation Accommodation.
(1) Accommodation is provided at the Isolation Hospital for cases
of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever only. The Pavilion Block, which is
used for Scarlet Fever, consists of two large general wards and an
emergency ward, with a nurse's duty room and kitchen situated
between the large wards. Additional accommodation is provided by
a Berthon Circular Hospital at the rear of the Pavilion Block, which
is of very great service for convalescent patients.
(2) There is no hospital for Small Pox in the district. The
Council is under an agreement with the Authorities of the South
Mimms Hospital for the reception of cases from this district.
It is probable in the near future, that the question of providing
accommodation for cases of Enteric Fever will arise, since most
of the general hospitals now decline to take these cases in, and it is
essentially a disease which requires hospital treatment, both from a
curative and preventative point of view, unless the patient's domestic
circumstances are exceptionally favourable.
(3) Ambulance Arrangements.
The Ambulance is of the latest Brougham pattern, containing a
stretcher bed, which takes out at the back, seat for the nurse, &c.
The vehicle is kept at the Hospital and horsed by contract.
The Inspector has charge of the arrangements and superintends
the removal of patients. One of the nurses from the Hospital goes
with the Ambulance for every case, provided with requisites for any
emergency which may arise during the journey.
(b) Methods of Disinfection.
(1) In nearly all cases the work of disinfection is done at the
cost of the Council, under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspector.
As to Rooms: The procedure adopted in disinfecting rooms is
as follows:—In all cases the room occupied by the patient
is sealed and fumigated with sulphur dioxide gas, cylinders of
compressed gas being used In cases which have been treated at
home, and in others kept at home for some days before removal to
the Hospital, the fumigation is followed by scraping and stripping of
all paper from the walls. This is not done, as a rule, when the
patient is removed to Hospital within a day or so of the commencement
of the illness. In all cases, again, the walls, floor, and ceiling
are thoroughly brushed over, and the wood work and fixtures washed