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(e) General.
Kingston Hospital, Wolverton Avenue, Kings ton-upon-Thames,
(Telephone = Kingston 5692), is the main General Hospital situated in
the Borough and is a large comprehensive hospital with a full range
of general and special departments, and has highly organised outpatient
departments fully supported to meet all surgical, medical, and
psychological emergencies.
2. Health Services provided by other Authorities.
The Medical Officer of Health is the Divisional Medical
Officer responsible for the personal health services in the North
Central Division administered by the Surrey County Council
The Ministry of Health has asked health and welfare authorities
to draw up their plans for community services for the next ten
years.
Among the services to be considered by local authorities
are health centres, care of mothers and young children, midwifery,
health visiting, home nursing, vaccination and immunisation, ambulance
service, domestic help, mental health, prevention of illness and care
and after-care.
Plans have to be submitted to the Minister by the 31st
October, 1962.
Surrey County Council - Health Department.
The County Council is the Local Health Authority under the
National Health Service Act, 1946, and provides the following services
in the Boroughs-
(a) Ante-natal and Poat-natal Clinics.
Health Centre, Grange Road Wednesday afternoon,,
(b) Infant Welfare Clinics.
Health Centre, (Kingston 726l). Tuesday and Friday
afternoons.
Thursday afternoon.
(Toddlers)
Queen's Road Clinic. Monday and Thursday
27, Queen's Road. (Kingston 5812). afternoons„