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(b) Smallpox.
Arrangements were in existence for some years whereby the
first cases of smallpox could be admitted to the special
Smallpox Hospital at Clandon, Surrey
These arrangements have now been superseded by a Regional
Hospital Board provision for first cases to be admitted to
Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent, after consultation with
a named smallpox consultant.
No cases occurred in the Borough during the year.
(c) General.
The main General Hospital situated in the Borough available
for the district is the Kingston Hospital, Wolverton Avenue,
Kingston-upon-Thames (telephone KINgston 5692).
2„ National Assistance Act, l948.
Under Section 47 of this Act, a Local Authority is
empowered to apply to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, to
have removed to a suitable premises, persons in need of care
and attention.
It was not necessary for your Medical Officer to issue a
certificate to the effect that any person in the Borough should
be so removed.
The number of geriatric cases referred to the Medical
Officer was considerably smaller than last year, and suitable
action was taken in each®