Letter to Unknown
1862-10-31

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32 South St
London W
Oct 31/62
Dear Sir
There are three
most important
principles in your
Report, which, having
obtained hold of, you
must keep. For these
involve all the rest.
1. isolating your
Hospital on sufficient
land to keep off the
population
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2. having a receiving
house at St. Thomas'
St. & removing your cases.
3. taking 30 acres of
ground.
All else will follow.
I do not know Dr.
Turle. But you should
write direct to him,
if you really think his
Report necessary. I do
no think there would
be any difficulty in
obtaining the required
permission, if the Secy.
consents.
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I shall be very glad
to see the plan of the
ground & also your
proposed plans, when
ready.
I quite agree with
you that in the
Hospitals you saw
there was nothing
superior as a whole
to the N. wing at St.
Thomas'.
Yours very faithfully
F. Nightingale