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Ambulance facilities:—
(a) For infectious diseases.—2 motor ambulances are
maintained by the Wimbledon Borough Council at
their Isolation Hospital, Gap Road. One of these
ambulances is utilised for the removal of patients,
whilst the other is utilised for disinfecting purposes.
(b) For non-infectious cases and accidents—one motor
ambulance, Fire Sation. 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) Health Centre, Pelham Road, Wimbledon.
(3) Ante-Natal Clinic, Wandle Park House, Wandle
Bank. All under the Wimbledon Borough Council.
Day Nursery, Hubert Road, Wimbledon, under the
Wimbledon Borough Council.
School Clinic:—Health Centre, Pelham Road, Wimbledon,
under the Wimbledon Education Committee.
School Dental Clinic:—Health Centre, Pelham Road.
Tuberculosis:—Dispensary, 64a, Hill Road, Wimbledon,
under the Surrey County Council.
Venereal Diseases:—Under the scheme of the Surrey
County Council, facilities for treatment are available
through the out-patient departments of the large
London Hospitals.
Public Health Officers of the Local Authority. (See p. 2).
Professional Nursing in the Home.
General and Midwifery:—The Wimbledon and District
Nursing and Midwifery Association, which is supported by
voluntary contributions, has a staff of a Matron and six nurses.
Four of the stuff are district nurses, and two district midwives.
The Association attended 164 midwifery cases during the year.
110 of these were midwives cases and 54 were cases with
doctors in attendance. In all 2,373 visits were paid to maternity
cases. Furthermore, 320 ante-natal visits were made by the
nursing staff of the Association. The total number of cases
dealt with during 1930, including midwifery, amounted to 716,
making the total number of visits paid 12,801.
The Wimbledon Borough Council make an annual contribution
of 10 guineas, to this Association.
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