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SECTION B
General Provisions of Health Services
1. (i) Public Health Officers.
The staff of the Public Health Department is as shown in
the preface to the report, where changes during the year have
been recorded.
(ii) Laboratory Facilities.
During 1951 bacteriological examinations were carried out
by Dr. D.S. Murray at the Laboratory, 37 Coombe Road, as part
of a pathological service administered by the South Western
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. In addition, the
Ministry of Health Laboratory at Epsom is available for
consultations and, if an occasion should arise, for the
investigation of any important outbreaks of disease.
The presence of the laboratory in Kingston Hospital is of
great value in helping to identify and control outbreaks of
infection when they occur. This service, throughout the year
is gratefully acknowledged.
Bacteriological examinations of milk are also undertaken
by the Ministry of Health Laboratory, Epsom, and by the Clinical
Research Association, and samples under the Food and Drugs Acts
are submitted to the Public Analyst.
(iii) Ambulance Facilities.
Ambulance facilities are provided by the Surrey County Council
Ambulance Service.
(iv) Hospitals.
(a) Infectious Diseases.
The South Western Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board is
responsible for the provision of beds for cases of infectious
disease. Patients are admitted directly to Tolworth Isolation
Hospital, which is under the direction of the Medical Superintendent
of Kingston Hospital.
On occasions, when beds are not available, admittance is
arranged with the South Middlesex Hospital, and in the event of
beds not being available there, the removal is put into the
hands of the South Western Branch of the Emergency Bed Service
which operates in conjunction with the Local Authorities and
Hospital Boards. During the year 36 infectious disease cases
were sent to hospital for treatment, or diagnosis, as follows,
A further 40 cases (of Puerperal Pyrexia) were treated in Kingston
Hospital, having been notified from there.
To Tolworth Isolation Hospital 27
Grove Hospital, Tooting 3
Kingston Hospital 43*
Cuddington Hospital 1
Thames Ditton Hospital 1
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton 1
*This number includes 40 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia already
in Kingston Hospital and notified as Puerperal Pyrexia from
there.