Mr. J. Netten Radcliffe on the proposed site of a fever hospital at Maidstone.

  • Radcliffe, John Netten, 1826-1884.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mr. J. Netten Radcliffe on the proposed site of a fever hospital at Maidstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. No danger is to be apprehended by the extension of disease to contiguous dwelling-houses and thoroughfares from building detached wards for cases of infectious maladies on the site proposed in rear of the West Kent General Hospital. 2. A provision of nine beds will not meet the requirements of Maidstone in respect to the isolation of cases of infectious maladies, during epidemic outbreaks; and if a more adequate permanent provision for the wants of the town in this respect cannot now be made, the Local Board must be prepared to supplement the proposed accommodation when requisite. 3. The design for the detached wards of the General Hospital is defective in the capacity of the wards; and the arrangement of the offices should be reconsidered. The objection to the proposed site, as interfering with the open space attached to the General Hospital, would be diminished by demolishing the old cottages and fences which occupy a portion of the space, and throwing open the whole ground between the proposed building and the Hospital. Medical Department, Privy Council Office > March 24, 1871. PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE BY T. HARRISON.-28/3/71. i