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"It must also be understood that even where the above conditions are
"strictly fulfilled, there may be circumstances unier which the erection of a
"small-pox hospital should not be contemplated. Cases in which there is any
"considerable collection of inhabitants just beyond the half-mile zone, should
"always call for especial consideration.
"It has been suggested that small-pox hospitals may be so constructed
"as not to be dangerous to neighbouring habitations; and that this can be done
"by a system of passing through a furnace all outgoing air from infected wards
"and places. But, thus far, the efforts made in this direction cannot be
"regarded as having successfully attained the end in view.
"Useful information on points of construction and administration of
isolation hospitals, derived from experience of them in various parts of England
"and Wales, will be found in a report (C.—3290) of the Medical Department,
"1882, re-issued in 1894."
R. THORNE THORNE,
Local Government Board, Medical Officer.
Medical Department,
January, 1895.