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WIMBLEDON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
As mentioned in the Annual Report for 1948, the Wimbledon
Infectious Diseases Hospital, Gap Road, was transferred from the
control of the Wimbledon Borough Council to the South-West Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board on the 5th July, 1948, as a result
of the coming into force of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
This hospital was used for the treatment of practically all types
of infectious disease occurring in Wimbledon, and also admitted a
number of patients from other areas.
In 1949 the Regional Hospital Board decided that this hospital
should no longer be used for infectious cases, and it was closed for
the admission of patients on 17th November, 1949. Persons needing
hospital treatment for infectious diseases are now dealt with through
the Emergency Bed Service, who arrange for their admission to
various Infectious Diseases Hospitals outside the Borough.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year, 106 cases of tuberculosis were added to the
register, as compared with 93 in 1948. Of these, 85 were new cases
and the remainder were tranfers from other areas.

There were 21 admissions to hospitals or sanatoria during the
year.
The following table gives an analysis of the notifications received:—
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