Index to volume 3 of the minutes and reports of the Army Hospitals Committee : meetings 41 to 50, minutes 468 to 581 21st September 1905 to 15th February 1906.
- Great Britain. Army Hospitals Committee.
- Date:
- 1906
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Index to volume 3 of the minutes and reports of the Army Hospitals Committee : meetings 41 to 50, minutes 468 to 581 21st September 1905 to 15th February 1906. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Shorncliffe Hospital will require an addition of 119 beds, which can be provided by the substitution of a permanent building on the site of the existing buts, already condemned for occupation by the sick. The quarters for Q.A.I.M.N.S. must be enlarged to provide for increase of the staff. Canterbury.—A very large portion of the existing building can be surrendered, as well as the hired building for Q.A.I.M.N.S. quarters. The isolation hospital, which has six beds, is a gcod building, and would, perhaps, with some additions, provide all the accommcdation requisite for a reception station to which an itch ward might be added. | Dover.—The Castle Hospital can be entirely given up. The hospital at the Western Heights will require remodelling. A detention ward in addition to the reception station may have to be provided. Hounslow.— The hospital in permanent materia]s will provide adequate accommo- dation for medical and surgical cases, but will require to be brought up to date by the addition of an operation theatre, &c. The beds in huts will amply suffice for venereal and itch cases, but will need the addition of a Treatment block, steeping tanks, &c. Pians for a new isolation hospital have been approved, and the cost, 12,000/., is included in the M.W. Loan programme. This Hospital will take infectious cases from Windsor and London in addition to those occurring at the station. Chatham.—The existing hospital has been emphatically condemned, and a new hospital will have to be erected on a site, which it is hoped can be found on W.D. property. Maidstone.—This hospital is a wooden structure unfit for sick occupation, and a new reception station must be built. The present hospital is described as “a death trap in ease of fire.’ (Advisory Board Inspection Report, 1903.) . Colchester hospital has been recently completed and contains some slight excess of beds over requirements (17). The present quarters are inadequate for the numbers of female nursing staff required, hut the existing isolation hospital might be converted to give additional nursing accommodation, all infectious cases being taken by the civil authorities. Some minor improvements will be required. Harwich and Landguard will each require a new reception station, the present buildings used for hospital purposes having been condemned. Warley.—Considerable improvements and additions will be necessary at this hospital. The sanitary arrangements are stated to leave much to be desired. There 18 NO operation theatre, and the mortuary is small and without viewing room.. The R.A.M.C. accommodation should be improved. The number of beds is somewhat in excess of requirements. Eastbourne.—This hospital should be maintained for the service of the station, and also as a convalescent home, for which it is already in considerable demand. It is capable of extension. Brighton.—tThis hospital cannot be adapted to modern requirements, and a new hospital of slightly larger size must be constructed on or adjacent to the existing site. Newhaven may be given up. Bedford.—This building is comparatively modern, and a substantial structure which will lend itself to conversion into a third-grade hospital. Norwich.—The 40 beds in the present hospital will be adequate, the isolation ward being used for itch cases. The hut can be given up. The sanitary annexes require remodelling, and an operation theatre must be provided. Northampton.—tThis hospital is large enough to serve, but will require consider- able remodelling. The Herbert Hospital at Woolwich (6387 beds + 270 in huts) will remain as at present, and minor improvements only will be requisite, for which a sum of 10,0001. may be estimated. A 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32181930_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
