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£ s. d.
Amount paid in Out-door Relief in 1927 11,546 12 0
Average weekly number of persons in
receipt of relief 528
Number of persons admitted to the Guardians'
Institution from Wimbledon area 446
General Provision of Health Services in the Area.
(a) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local
Authority or by the County Council:—
(1) Tuberculosis—Crooksbury Sanatorium, under the
Surrey County Council.
(2) Maternity—None.
(3) Children—see Hospitals for area (b).
(4) Fevers—Isolation Hospital, Gap Road, Wimbledon
Borough Council, 105 beds.
(5) Small-pox—Cheam Small-pox Hospital, Surrey,
Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Board and Surrey
Small-pox Hospital, Clandon.
(6) Other—None.
(b) Hospitals available for the area:—
Wimbledon Hospital, Thurston Road, Copse Hill (60
beds).
The Nelson Hospital for Wimbledon, Merton and
District, Kingston Road, Merton Rush (52 beds).
Kingston Infirmary, Kingston (500 beds).
Contributions are made to the local hospitals by the
Wimbledon Borough Council in respect to (a) treatment
of employees; (b) treatment of school children.
(c) Institution for unmarried mothers:—
Southwark Diocesan Maternity Home, 56. Gap Road,
Wimbledon.
Ambulance Facilities:—
(a) For infectious cases—two motor ambulances,
Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
(b) For Non-Infectious cases and Accidents—one
motor ambulance, Fire Station, Queen's Road, under
the Wimbledon Borough Council.
Clinics and Treatment Centres:—
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres:—
(1) Wandle Park House, Wandle Bank, Wimbledon.
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