For peace and quiet it would seem that the place to go was the isolation hospital, which still stands, now as private houses, at the summit of the road to Little Tring. In 1946 there had been an outbreak of diphtheria at the Cone Ripman and the Convent schools, and in 1947 there was some dispute about how much the schools should pay for treating their pupils. The Council requested 12 shillings a day (£0.60) but eventually accepted £51 14s 3d. from the Cone Ripman School, which worked out at £2 per patient per week.

In 1947 patients were distinctly lacking, the hospital often being empty, never having more than three patients. In March Dorian Williams pointed out that they were paying a 7d rate to maintain the hospital. He suggested that it was the finest site in Tring, the houses were well built, and I believe their value to the town would be immeasurably more as housing accommodation than a hospital which is unused and which needs a matron, a nurse, a maid and a gardener to keep it up. In April the Tring Ratepayers and Householders Association said that Tring urgently needed a maternity hospital, and proposed using the isolation hospital for the purpose. The Council has similar ideas for the more efficient use of the building, possibly with a view of making changes before it became part of the N.H.S. in 1948, as in June they resolved:

While the Council might have considered the Isolation Hospital surplus to their requirements, there was still a need to transport infected patients. The old typhus van, which was jointly owned by the Tring and Berkhamsted Councils, was defective, and the Medical Officer of Health argued that a new van was needed which could also be used for other diseases, such as scabies. The Council agreed to the purchase of a new Bedford 10/12 cwt van.