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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES
1. (i) Laboratory Facilities.
During 1957 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
West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. In addition, the
Ministry of Health Laboratory at Epsom is available for consultations
and, if an occasion should arise, for help in the
investigation of any important outbreaks of disease.
There are also occasions on which special use is made
of the services of the Public Analyst in chemical sampling
which may become necessary in the interests of public health.
Bacteriological examinations of milk are undertaken by
the Ministry of Health Laboratory, Epsom, and samples under
the Pood and Drugs Acts are submitted to the Public Analyst,
Mr. D.D. Moir, at the Analytical Laboratory, Southwark
Street, S.E.l.
(ii) Hospitals.
(a) Infectious Diseases.
The South West 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 Physician Superintendent of Kingston Hospital.
During the year 76 infectious disease cases were
treated in hospital, but 59 of these were notified from
Kingston Hospital in the first instance and related to
puerperal pyrexia.
To Kingston Hospital 9
„ Tolworth Isolation Hospital, Surbiton 16
„ St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton. 1
(b) Smallpox.
Arrangements are in existence whereby any case of
smallpox or suspected smallpox can be transported by the
London County Council Ambulance Service to special
isolation. (Telephone-Whitehall 2177, or Waterloo 3311).
(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). This is a large comprehensive hospital
with a full range of general and special departments.
It has also busy and highly organised out-patient
departments fully supported to meet all surgical, medical,
and psychological emergencies.