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(viii) Venereal Diseases.
Under the scheme of the Surrey County Council,
facilities for treatment are available through
the out-patient departments of the principal
London Hospitals.
Hospitals.
(i) Tuberculosis.—Most Wimbledon patients suffering
from pulmonary tuberculosis are admitted to the
Sanatorium at Milford which is under the administration
of the Surrey County Council. The
majority of the cases of surgical tuberculosis are
sent to St. Anthony's Hospital, Cheam, or The Royal
Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, or similar
institutions.
(ii) Maternity.—The Maternity Block of the Nelson
Hospital has accommodation for twenty beds,
together with an Ante-natal Department. Although
this hospital is situated just outside the boundary,
one hundred and forty-four Wimbledon mothers
were admitted for their confinements during 1938,
an increase of four on the figure for the previous
year. One hundred and fourteen of these were
admitted to the general maternity ward and thirty
to the private maternity wards. One hundred and
thirty-four Wimbledon mothers were also admitted
to the Maternity Department of the Kingston
County Hospital for their confinements. This shows
an increase of thirty-nine over the figure for 1937.
(iii) Children.—There are no special Children's Hospitals
in Wimbledon. The general hospitals in
the area are available for the purpose. Many of
the children in the Borough receive treatment
from London hospitals such as Great Ormond
Street and Tite Street.
(iv) Infectious Diseases.—The Corporation's Infectious
Diseases Hospital, at Gap Road, has accommodation
for one hundred and six beds for the treatment
of patients suffering from scarlet fever,
diphtheria, enteric, erysipelas, meningitis, etc.
Cases of measles and whooping cough are also
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