§ 67. Mr. ASTORasked (1) what number of beds is being used in the Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, for sanatorium treatment under the National Insurance Act; what is the maximum number of beds in that hospital available for that purpose; and what acreage of land not covered by buildings is utilised in connection with that hospital; (2) what institutions belonging to the Metropolitan Asylums Board are being used for the purpose of sanatorium treatment under the National Insurance Act; and (3) what number of beds in the Downs Sanatorium is being used for the purpose of sanatorium treatment under the National Insurance Act; what is the maximum number of beds in that sanatorium available for that purpose; and what acreage of land, not covered by buildings, is utilised in connection with that sanatorium?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns)The institutions belonging to the Metropolitan Asylums Board which are at present used for the purpose of sanatorium benefit are the Downs Sanatorium at Sutton and a part of the Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill; the former has 372 beds, of which 296 were in use yesterday; the latter has 200, of which 171 were then occupied. The area of the site of the Downs Sanatorium, excluding that covered by buildings, is seventeen and a half acres; at Winchmore Hill the airing courts and exercise fields at present available for the patients amount to eight and three-quarter acres, but there are nearly thirty-six acres attached to the whole hospital.