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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 277
Sputa for tubercle 56
Total
Hospital Facilities.
The Wilson Hospital is a voluntary Hospital situated in the Borough,
for Mitcham residents. Other voluntary Hospitals are the Nelson Hospital,
Croydon General Hospital and the London voluntary Hospitals. Cases may
always be admitted to furrey County Hospitals.
Cases of infectious disease are admitted to the handle Valley Joint
Isolation Hospital.
Ambulances.
The Borough has two 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.
The Wandle Valley Joint Hospital Board provide two ambulances for
the removal of infectious disease cases.
Mid wives.
There are four municipal midwives practising in this Borough. The
Surrey County Council is the Local Supervising Authority.
Health Visiting.
Five health visitors are employed in this Borough. The Superintendent
Health Visitor also acts as Infant Life Protection Visitor.
During 1940, 8,457 visits were made by the Health Visitors, 362 of these
visits were paid to expectant mothers, 3,084 visits to children under 1 year
of age, and 3,614 visits to children between one and five years of age.
In addition 620 visits were paid to cases of tuberculosis.
Nursing in the.