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Wimbledon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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admitted when the home conditions render this
desirable. In addition, treatment is provided for
certain cases of puerperal sepsis. The Wimbledon
Corporation admit to their Infectious Diseases Hospital
all cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria requiring
hospital treatment from the Royal Borough of
Kingston-upon-Thames.
General Hospitals.
There is only one general hospital in the district, viz.:
the Wimbledon Hospital, Thurstan Road, Copse
Hill, which has accommodation for seventy-two
bed cases. In addition there is the Nelson
Hospital for Wimbledon, Merton and District,
which is situated just outside the boundary. This
hospital has sixty-two beds for medical and surgical
cases and twenty beds for maternity patients.
The Kingston County Hospital, which is at
Norbiton, has five hundred beds. This hospital was
administered by the Public Assistance Committee,
and was appropriated by the Public Health Committee
of the Surrey County Council as from 1st
April, 1937.
Institutions for unmarried mothers.
The Southwark Diocesan Maternity Home at 56, Gap
Road, has accommodation for twelve mothers.
The following information has been furnished by the Chief Public Assistance Officer concerning relief in this district:—
| Amount paid in Out-door Public Assistance in 1938 | £10,222 |
| Average weekly number of persons in receipt of Domiciliary Assistance | 491 |
| Average weekly number of persons in receipt of Medical Relief only | 6 |