Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(vi) Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For infectious cases :
Those cases removed to Wimbledon Isolation Hospital
are transported by the Motor Ambulance attached to that
Hospital.
The Corporation has a light Ford motor ambulance
which is used for removing bedding to the steam disinfector,
and for transporting patients in emergencies.
(b) For non-infectious and accident cases :
A motor ambulance for non-infectious and accident
cases is provided by the Corporation.
Accident cases are removed free, but a charge is made
for its use in private cases.
During the year 306 accident cases and 153 private
cases were removed by this ambulance.
(vii) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
A list of Clinics and Centres, giving their situation and
accommodation, was set out in the Annual Report for 1931.
There have been no alterations or additions during the year.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
(i) Midwives.
The Midwives are under the administrative control of
the Surrey County Council.
There were fourteen registered as practising in the
Borough at the end of the year.
The Kingston Nursing Association, 33, Birkenhead
Avenue, undertake District Midwifery work.