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The co-operation between the Geriatric Department of St. Helier Hospital,
the Guild of Social Welfare, the General Practitioners and your Medical
Officer of Health continues to improve.
HOSPITALS
The South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board is responsible for
the provision of beds for cases of infectious disease. Patients from the
Wimbledon area are admitted to St. George's Hospital, Tooting, or Wandle
Valley Isolation Hospital, Beddington Corner, Mitcham, or, if no beds are
available, to a hospital in the London area.
The 'Wimbledon Hospital and the Nelson Hospital, Merton, are the local
hospitals for general treatment for both inpatients and outpatients.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
The mobile Chest Radiography Unit of the South West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board continued its weekly visits to Wimbledon and Raynes Park throughout
the year. This service, which was set up in December 1958, primarily for
the use of general practitioners' patients, is now available to al1 members of
the public, as follows:-
WIMBLEDON - Car Park, Grove Hotel (opposite South Wimbledon
Tube Station) Mondays, 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
RAYNES PARK - Raynes Park Station, Grand Drive Entrance
Thursdays, 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
The following Personal Health Services, apart from the Ambulance Service,
are organised on a Divisional basis. The Medical Officer of Health for
Wimbledon is also the Divisional Medical Officer, and is responsible for the
day to day running of these Services.
Home Help Service.
This Service provides domestic help in the home in cases of confinement
or illness. The Service is organised by the Divisional Home Help Supervisor,
Health Department, Town Hall, Wimbledon.
Midwifery and Home Nursing.
Certified Midwives are employed for attendance as midwives or maternity
nurses at domiciliary confinements. District Nurses are available for those
who require nursing at home. Both Midwives and District Nurses are based at
28/30, Kings Road, Wimbledon.
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