View report page

22
Croydon General Hospital.
A voluntary institution at which the Council holds four clinics
conducted mainly by members of the staff of the Hospital. These
are: (a) Tonsils and Adenoids Clinic; (b)Orthopædic Clinic;
(c) Venereal Diseases Clinic; (d) Ultra-Violet Ray Clinic. The
Council's Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory is also within
the curtilage of the Hospital: the buildings being provided by the
Hospital; the staff, equipment, etc., by the Corporation.
] am indebted to the Secretary, Mr. G. H. Dams, for the
following information:—
Male Beds 52 surgical
22 medical
Ucmale Beds 51 surgical
22 medical
Children's Beds 30
Private Beds 23
A total of 200 beds.
The number of in-patients created during 1938 was 3,149; the
average stay of each in hospital being 19.0 days. The number of
out-patient attendances, including casualties, was 179,612.
The Purley and District War Memorial Hospital.
This is situated on the Brighton Road close to the boundary
between Croydon and Purley. The provision remains as detailed
in my 1937 annual report.
The Norwood and District Cottage Hospital.
The provision remains the same as detailed in my 1937 report.
Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children.
Provision is made at Mayday Hospital and at various Children's
Homes. Unmarried mothers are admitted to Mayday Hospital
and to St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, as well as to a maternity
home at South Norwood, established by the Free Church Council.
One other Voluntary Institution also offers facilities for unmarried
mothers, namely, The Mission of Hope, Birdhurst Lodge. The
Mission of Hope also receives illegitimate children from various
districts, as a preliminary to establishing them with foster mothers
or adopting parents. The Babies' Help Committee of the Croydon
Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association is especially concerned
with individual cases of unmarried mothers and their children.