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Carshalton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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CUDDINGTON JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.
Patients in other Hospitals from 1st January to 31st December, 1945.
| Disease. | Ban-stead No. Died. | Carshalton No. Died. | Epsom and Ewell No. Died. | Leather- head No. Died. | Sutton and Cheam No. Died. | Total No. Died. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 — | 1 — | 1 — | - | — — | 5 — |
| Tonsillitis | — — | 1 — | — — | — — | — — | 1 — |
| Measles | — — | 1 — | — — | — — | 1 — | 2 — |
| Mumps | 1 — | - | - | - | - | 1 — |
| Mumps and Complications | - | - | - | - | 1 — | 1 — |
| Urticaria | — — | — — | — — | 1 - | 1 — | |
| Totals | 4 — | 3 — | 1 — | — — | 3 — | 11 — |
The hospital arrangements for smallpox are in the hands of the
County Council who provide accommodation at the Isolation Hospital,
Clandon.
General hospital facilities are provided in the main by the St.
Helier Hospital, the county institution situate within this Urban
District, construction of which was delayed by the war. Owing to
difficulties with regard to building and staffing it is not yet in full
commission. It will ultimately provide more than 800 beds.
The Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington (War Memorial)
Hospital has for many years provided valuable hospital facilities. Its
normal complement of 62 beds was temporarily increased to 101
during the war by the addition of 39 emergency beds, under the
Government emergency hospital arrangements. At the end of 1945,
like many other similar institutions, the hospital was suffering from
shortage of staff, and 19 of its 62 beds has necessarily to be put out
of commission. The hospital report for 1945 supplies the following
information : —
Beds.
(a) Complement at December 31st, 1945 43
(b) Average daily complement during year 85
(c) Average daily number of calls during the
year on account of shortage of staff 19
(d) Average daily number open during
years—
(i) E.H.S. Casualty beds 13
(ii) Other beds 53
(e) Average daily number occupied during
the year—
(i) E.H.S. Casualty beds 0.3
(ii) Other beds 38
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