View report page

5-
General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Laboratory Facilities.
Bacteriological examinations for this district are carried out at the
Wandle Valley Isolation Hospital.
The following number of specimens from this borough have been examined
during the year:-
Swabs for diphtheria 304
Sputa for tubercle 116
Total 420
•Hospital Facilities.
See my report for 1938•
Ambulances.
For General and Accident Cases.
The Borough has the ambulances for the removal of general and accident
cases. Since the outbreak of war these ambulances have been under the
control of the Public Health Department.
For Infectious Disease cases.
The Wandle Valley Joint Hospital Board provide two ambulances for
the removal of infectious disease cases.
Midwlves-
There are four munisipal midwives practising in this Borough. The
Surrey County Council is the Local Supervising Authority.
Health Visiting
Five health visitor are employed in this Borough. The Superintendent
Health Visiter al 30 acts as. Infant Life Protection. Vint tor.
During 1939 10.428 visit were made by the Health Visitors, 553 of these
visits were paid to expectent others ,3,971 visit to children under 1 year
of age, and 4,324 visit to children between one and five years of age.
In addition visits ware pail to cases of tuberculosis.
Nursing in the Hope.