[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon].

  • Croydon (London, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38 ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The Isolation Hospital, which is situated at Bed dington Corner, was opened at the beginning of March, 1899, and since that date 3,217 patients have been admitted. Accommodation.—At the time the Council approved of the plans for the erection of the Isolation Hospital, the population of the district being about 28,000, it was thought that it would be sufficient if accommodation was provided for '28 patients, viz., 10 Scarlet Fever cases, 10 Diphtheria cases, 4 Typhoid Fever cases, and 4 beds for observation purposes. In each succeeding year, however, the shortage of beds became more pronounced, and in 1905 a very con siderable enlargement took place by the provision of an additional Scarlet Fever Pavilion of 2'2 beds. The hand laundry was also converted into a steam laundry, and some additional dormitory accommodation provided in the Administrative Block. In 1907 and 1908 very great pressure was placed upon the resources of the Hospital, and on many occasions it was unavoidably overcrowded. After much consideration, the Council, in April, 1909, decided to apply to the Local Government Board for sanction to considerably increase the accommodation of the Hospital itself, and to also provide quarters for a Resident Medical Officer. This new extension was opened in November, 1910.
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