Report. [1918]

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RECOMMENDATIONS.
(1) The Imhof septic tank should be finished and used as
soon as practicable. The old tank is badly cracked and in a
leaky, consequently filthy, condition.
(2) A new tenement house, of the modified "model house"
plan should be constructed upon the site already leveled, just
below the Catholic church in the colony. Working plans for
this building are on file.
(3) Upon completion of the new tenement house, the old
frame dwelling now situated below the Catholic church and to
the right of the negative house should be torn down and the
occupants given the new tenement house. It is imperative that
this frame building be torn down before another baguio season.
(4) The construction of a new hospital ward of not less than
60 beds capacity should be started as soon as practicable, to be
located adjoining the present hospital annex used for women.
This building should be of the model house style but should have
a cement floor with floor drains since it is necessary not only to
disinfect leper wards but to flush them daily with water. The
site suggested will give a solid rock foundation and will need
only enough blasting to give a level foundation.
(5) Preparations should be made after the completion of the
new ward to continue the proposed plan for the old hospital,
namely, to add a second floor to the present old hospital connecting
it with the second floor of the new hospital, thus adding two new
wards, each with accommodations for 60 beds, and two or three
small private rooms for patients. The north side of the portion
over the present offices and rooms for the staff should be reserved
for a much-needed laboratory.
(6) Not less than two additional tenement houses should be
constructed on the open side of Worcester Plaza just above the
sanitary barrio.
(7) At least one and preferably two new toilet-laundry buildings should be placed in the sanitary barrio to accommodate the
rapidly growing population there. These should be supplied
with water from the new system recommended in the next
paragraph.
(8) A secondary dam should be constructed below the present
dam in the river valley, to collect the subsoil seepage below the
present dam. This secondary dam and reservoir should be for
the exclusive use of the sanitary barrio, quarantine station and
the portion of the colony proper situated on the water-front