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Wimbledon 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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(3) Children—see Hospitals for area (b).
(4) Fevers—Isolation Hospital, Gap Road, Wimbledon
Borough Council 105 beds.
(5) Small-pox—Cheam Small-pox Hospital, Surrey,
Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Board and Surrey
Small-pox Hospital, Clandon.
(6) Others—None.
(b) Hospitals available for the area:—
Wimbledon Hospital, Thurston Road, Copse Hill (60
beds).
The Nelson Hospital for Wimbledon, Merton and
District, Kingston Road, Merton (52 beds).
Kingston Infirmary, Kingston (500 beds).
Contributions are made to the local hospitals by the
Wimbledon Borough Council in respect to (a) treatment
of employees; (b) treatment of school children.
(c) Institution for unmarried mothers :—
Southwark Diocesan Maternity Home, 56, Gap Road,
Wimbledon.
Ambulance Facilities:—
(a) For infectious cases—two motor ambulances,
Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
(b) For Non-Infectious cases and Accidents—one
motor ambulance, Fire Station, Queen's Road, under
the Wimbledon Borough Council.
Clinics and Treatment Centres:—
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres:—
(1) Wandle Park House, Wandle Bank, Wimbledon.
(2) Pelham Centre, Wimbledon. Both under the
Wimbledon Borough Council.
(3) Ante-Natal Clinic, Wandle Park House, Wandle
Bank.
Day Nursery, Hubert Road, Wimbledon, under the
Wimbledon Borough Council.
School Clinic :—Pelham Road, Wimbledon, under the
Wimbledon Education Committee.
School Dental Clinic :—Pelham Road.
Tuberculosis:—Dispensary, 145, Merton Road, Wimbledon,
under the Surrey County Council.
Venereal Diseases:—Richmond, under the Surrey
County Council.
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