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Home (Epidemic) Nurse : Miss L. Manning. Trained.
Sanitary Inspectors: L. Marsden (Chief Sanitary
Inspector), M. V. Sutcliffe. Both Inspectors
hold Certificates as Sanitary Inspectors and as
Inspectors of Meat and other foods.
Chief Clerk: W. Brearley. Sanitary Inspectors'
Certificate, R.S.I.
Assistant Clerk: J. W. Cronk. Sanitary Inspectors'
Certificate, R.S.I.
Assistant Clerk (for Maternity and Child Welfare and
School Medical Service): Miss V. Williams.
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The Hospital for Infectious Disease is situated in
Whitton and consists of one large ward block of two
wards, respectively eight and six beds, with two observation
wards to accommodate one bed each. The ward on the
first floor, originally intended for a play room, is now converted
into a ward and can take four beds. There is also a
small separate block of two wards in the grounds, which
can accommodate four patients, and is used for convalescent
cases of scarlet fever. The total number of beds available
is therefore twenty for acute cases and four for convalescent
patients.
Cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever are received and
cases of cerebro-spinal fever and Erysipelas have had to be
admitted also.
On the accepted basis of one bed for each thousand of
the population, it will be seen that available beds should
be at least 36 in number, without making any allowance
for the growth of the town.
When scarlet fever or diphtheria is prevalent, the
accommodation is at once found to be insufficient, and, in