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Purley Cottage Hospital.
Total Number of beds : 10.
The number of cases treated in the wards during 1919 was 223. Of
these 75 were detained for less than a day, leaving 148 occupying the
regular beds. There were 104 surgical cases with one death, and 44
medical with three deaths. The average number of days each patient
spent in Hospital was 17.1.
Casualties 152
X-Ray examinations 36
There has been a considerable increase in the number of patients .
treated in the Hospital as compared with last year.
1919. 1918.
In-patients 168 223
Casualties 152 68
making a total this year of 411, against 236 last.
Croydon Union Infirmary.
Total number of beds : 440.
Female Wards (6) 192
Male Wards (5) 160
Children's Wards (1) 34
Lying-in Ward (1) 24
Waingates' annexe 30
440
Number of patients admitted during year 1919—1862.
Average duration of stay about 2 months.
Croydon Borough Isolation Hospital.
Total number of beds : 170.
24 of the beds are in cubicle wards, which are designed for the
individual isolation of patients, such isolation is also carried out in the
"special" wards attached to the main wards of the Hospital. 12 of the
cubicle beds and in addition 5 shelters are used for the treatment of
advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (6 female and 11 male).
The extension of the hospital to meet the growing needs of the town
is receiving the consideration of the local authority. The work of the
hospital is detailed in the Borough Hospital Report (see page 100).
Croydon Borough Sanatorium, North Cheam.
This was formerly the Croydon and Districts Joint Small-Pox Hospital,
and has been converted into a Tuberculosis Sanatorium under a five
years' Agreement with the Joint Small-pox Board. 50 beds are provided,
of which 15 are for Croydon, 30 for Surrey and 5 for Kent. The Hospital
was opened for the admission of tubercular patients in December.
St. Mary's Maternity Hostel.
This institution is conducted under the auspices of the Croydon
Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association. 17 beds (each with its cot)
are provided. The hostel is largely subsidised by the local, health
authority.
Two members of the Council are on the hostel committee of which
the Medical Officer of Health is chairman, in addition to which he acts
as the general medical superintendent of the hostel, Statistical details
of the work of the hostel are given on page 58,