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Small Pox.
No hospital accommodation is provided for such
cases, but the Local Authority has an arrangement with
the Metropolitan Asylums Board for their reception.
Tuberculosis.
No hospital accommodation is provided by the Local
Authority, but the County Sanatorium at Lenham, and
various Sanatoria and Hospitals in the Country are available
for these patients under County Council arrangements.
Other Hospitals.
There is a local Cottage Hospital available for accident
and other cases, with 12 beds. In addition many
local residents avail themselves of the facilities afforded
by the many London General and Special Hospitals.
There is no local institutional provision for unmarried
mothers, illegitimate infants and homeless
children.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For Infectious Cases.
A motor ambulance was provided in April, 1921, for
removal of Infectious cases, at a cost of £480. It is
kept at the Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases, and can
be called by telephone for the immediate removal of
cases.
(b) For Non-infectious and Accident Cases.
A Ford ambulance has been in use for some years
now, and last year the Council provided a second ambulance
of the very latest type on an "Albion" Chassis.
They have both been extensively used during the year,
a total of 728 journeys having been made. Of these 496
were made conveying patients from Erith to one of the
London General or Special Hospitals, and 232 from and
to addresses in the District, including 57 to the Cottage