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HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
Cases are removed to Waddon Isolation Hospital,
Croydon, as before, under an agreement with the County
Borough of Croydon, when adequate isolation cannot be
obtained at home. The Hospital Authorities provide any beds
that may be required, and the number of diseases that can be
treated concurrently, is six, viz. :—Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever,
Enteric or Tyhoid Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever, Puerperal
Fever and Encephalitis Lethargica.
Smallpox.
Negotiations are taking place regarding new arrangements
for the hospital treatment of cases of smallpox. In
the meantime Penge cases will be accepted, as before, at
the Surrey Smallpox Hospital, Clandon.
Tuberculosis.
The majority of the cases are admitted into Sanatoria
through the Kent County Council.
Children.
There is no hospital in this District. Patients are usually
sent to the following hospitals :—
The South Eastern Hospital for Children, Sydenham.
The Evelina Hospital for Children, London, S.E.
The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street,
London, W.C. 2.