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Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
work thoroughly is by professional co operation rather than by
voluntary help.
POOR LAW RELIEF DURING 1919.
147 orders were issued for Medical Attendance.
78 orders were issued for admission to Workhouse and
Infirmary.
26 deaths occurred among Barnes and Mortlake cases in the
Workhouse Infirmary.
Hospitals serving this District include:—
The Royal Hospital, Richmond.
The Putney Hospital, Putney Common.
The West London Hospital, Hammersmith.
The Isleworth Infirmary (through the Richmond Board of
Guardians).
The Richmond Infirmary, used by the War Office at present,
will eventually revert to its original purpose, and release the
Brentford Guardians of their responsibilities so far as Richmond
and this District are concerned.
The Isolation Hospital in Mortlake provides for the Isolation
of Infectious Diseases for the Urban District, and contains 50 Beds
for Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, and Tuberculosis, the
County making use of some of the beds for the latter disease.
WATER.
The Water Supply is that of the Metropolitan Water Board.
It is constant, sufficient, and of good quality. Its plumbo-solvent
action is negligible. The raw Thames water is stored to allow of
sedimentation, and then filtered. It is quite likely that Chlorine
will plav an important part in the purification of future water
supplies. The system of storing drinking water in cisterns in
houses is not to be encouraged, and wherever possible we get Taps
off the rising Main supplied to houses.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
The Water-carriage System prevails throughout the District
with separate channels for storm water. The Sewage is treated at