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(2) Hospitals available for the area:—
There is only one general hospital in the district, viz.:
the Wimbledon Hospital, Thurstan Road, Copse
Hill, which has accommodation for seventy-two
bed cases. In addition there is the Nelson
Hospital for Wimbledon, Merton and District,
which is situated just outside the boundary. This
hospital has sixty-two beds for medical and surgical
cases and twenty beds for maternity patients.
The Kingston and District Hospital, which is at
Norbiton, has five hundred beds. This hospital is
administered by the Public Assistance Committee
of the Surrey County Council.
(3) Institutions for unmarried mothers:—
The Southwark Diocesan Maternity Home at 56, Gap
Road, has accommodation for twelve mothers.
Public Assistance.
The following information has been furnished by the
Chief Public Assistance Officer concerning relief in this
district:—
Amount paid in Out-door Public Assistance
in 1933 £7,688
Average weekly number of persons in receipt
of Domiciliary Assistance 494
Average weekly number of persons in receipt
of Medical Relief only 6
Number of persons admitted to the Public
Assistance Institutions from Wimbledon
Area:—
(a) Hospital 479
(b) Institution 56
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Continued progress has been maintained in the work of
this section of the Public Health Department in spite of the
changes which occurred in the personnel of the Health
Visiting staff. Three new Health Visitors were appointed
and for a period of three months it was found necessary to
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