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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
Typhoid Fever, Cerebro-spinal Fever, Puerperal Pyrexia and
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Smallpox.
Negotiations are still 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 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.