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Isolation Hospital.
Description of
Isolation Hospital
Cases treated in
Hospital
The Isolation Hospital stands in four acres of ground,
one-and-a-half acres of which (immediately surrounding the
Hospital) is enclosed in oak park palings 6-ft. 6-in. high,
and consists of a two storied building, with downstairs rooms,
sitting room and kitchen, and two bedrooms over for caretaker;
there is a passage completely separating these rooms
downstairs from a sitting room and doctors' room, and three
rooms and bath-room over for nurses. The Hospital itself is
in the form of detached pavilions, in which three separate
diseases can be treated at the same time, both male and
female (16 beds in all). There is a detached shed, deadhouse,
wash-house, and "Sulphur" chamber for disinfection.
There is also a shallow well from which water is obtained for
washing wards and filling a tank for fire extinguishing purposes.
The water supply is from a deep well (80 feet) going down
into the chalk. The staff at the Hospital consists of a caretaker
and his wife and a female servant; further nursing help
is obtained as required. Seven cases of Small-pox, one of
Typhoid fever, and one of Scarlet fever were treated in
Hospital. One case of Small-pox died, and the case of
Typhoid fever. Two of the cases of Small-pox and the case of
Scarlet fever were admitted from Grays.

Sanitary requirements
Drainage of West Thurrock and South Stifiord,
"Urban powers" for remainder of district.
Sanitary Staff
The Sanitary Staff consists of myself and an Inspector
of Nuisances, who is also Surveyor, and who is in constant
communication with me