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receive their assistance direct from the Council in the form of
annual grants. These grants have been fixed for a three-year
period, at the end of which term they will be open to revision.
The valuable work which the Voluntary Societies are doing is now
closely linked up with official public health work, to the mutual
benefit of both parties, and especially of the persons to aid whom
the Societies have been founded.
Details were given in my Annual Report for 1930, of various
reports that had been compiled in ascertaining the hospital bed
accommodation at present available, and the estimations of what
was thought to be required. No material change has taken place
during 1931.
MAYDAY ROAD HOSPITAL.
Area and Population served by the Institution—
(a) Oroydon County Borough: Acreage, 12,617 acres.
Population (estimated 1931), 233,800.
(b) Surrey Parish of late Croydon Union (Beddington,
Coulsdon, Merton, Morden, Mitcham, Sanderstead, Walliugton
and Woodmansteme). Acreage, 19,176. Population
(1931 Census), 163,300.
(c) Penge Parish (Portion of former Croydon Union").
Acreage, 770. Population (1931 Census), 27,762.
The medical staffing of the hospital comprises a medical superintendent,
four resident medical officers and five visiting medical
staff. The specialist services supplied are Ophthalmic, Dental,
Radiological, Orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat and Tuberculosis.
The nursing staff consists of matron, 18 sisters, 11 trained stall
nurse, 5 assistant nurses, 57 probationers and 9 male attendants.