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It is noted that wnile there was some increase in the number treated
at Welfare Centres, the larger numbers treated by general practitioners
were proportionately less than those treated by them in 1948.
Whooping Cough Immunisation.
It is known that an appreciable proportion of children are now
given combined whooping cough and diphtheria immunisation treatment
by their private doctors under the National Health Service Act, but no
records are called for or available.
Meanwhile it is not thought to be opportune to introduce an official
scheme of whooping cough immunisation pending the production of
materials which can be guaranteed as being reliable.
AMBULANCES.
No alterations of note have been made in the local arrangements for
the Ambulance Service, which is the responsibility of the Surrey County
Council, since my last Report. The addresses of the Ambulance Stations
in this District are:—
Telephone:
Purley Fire and Ambulance Station, Brighton Road, Purley UPLands 2222
Sanderstead Fire and Ambulance Station, Limpsfield Road,
Sanderstead SANderstead 2222
The Superintendent, Mr. R. A. Cupit, is stationed at the S.C.C.
Main Ambulance Station, Smallfield Avenue, Smallfield (Smallfield 271).
HOSPITALS.
This District comes within the ambit of two Hospital Groups of the
S.W. Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, viz., the Croydon and
Redhill Groups, which are centred on the Croydon General Hospital,
London Road, Croydon, and the Redhill County Hospital, Earlswood
Common, Redhill.
The majority of the local residents needing in-patient hospital treatment
are admitted to the Redhill County Hospital, especially the local
maternity cases, but out-patient treatment is supplied by both Groups,
with a proportion attending Out-patients' Departments at St. Helier's
Hospital and the London Hospitals.
The numerical deficiencies in accommodation at the present time are
too-well known to require comment.