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West Ham 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Sanitary Authorities shall have been duly executed,
the Corporation will take all necessary steps to obtain
the consent and approval of the Local Government
Board to the increased expenditure occasioned by the
enlargement of the said Dagenham Hospital, and upon
such approval having been obtained, will proceed to
extend and enlarge the said Hospital so that it will be
capable of accommodating permanently forty-four
patients, and be provided with a moveable iron and
wood ward for twelve patients in addition, to meet any
temporary pressure or demand. The Corporation will
also, if and when it becomes necessary, provide further
accommodation at the said Hospital to meet any
temporary pressure or demand that may arise at any
time during the pendency of this Agreement.
(2) The Corporation will, during the pendency of this
Agreement, admit into Dagenham Hospital all cases
of Small-pox arising in the District of the Council, and
notified to the Medical Officer of Health of the
Corporation (on forms to be supplied by the Corporation),
and sent to the Hospital by order of the Council,
or of the Medical Officer of the Council, or of a
Justice under the provisions of Section 124 of the
Public Health Act, 1875, with the consent required by
that Section, and the Corporation will provide for the
treatment and maintenance of the patients coming from
the District of the Council in all respects on an equality
with those admitted into the Hospital from the Borough
or the other Districts above referred to.
(3) The Council will, in consideration of the agreed
ment of Dagenham Hospital, and the reception,
treatment, and maintenance of patients coming from
their District, as above mentioned, make to the
Corporation the following payments (a) of the annual
sum of one pound for every thousand of the estimated
H