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Hospital Administration.
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sanitary conditions under which the patient is living, and in
respect to which action by the Medical Officer of Health or
of the Sanitary Authority would, in the opinion of the
Medical Practitioner, be necessary or desirable.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
The treatment of these diseases on the basis of voluntary
notification by the patient to a qualified medical practitioner is
controlled by the Surrey County Council.
Hospital treatment has been arranged for, also the
microscopical examination of suspected material, also the free
supply of anti-syphilitic remedies to those competent to use them.
Medical men not conversant with the technique of the
remedial measures may have instruction free of charge.
Afternoon and evening clinics are to be held at the various
London Hospitals, where consultants, medical practitioners, and
patients may meet.
MALIGNANT DISEASE.
Cancer is a new growth arising generally at the site of
tissues subjected to prolonged irritation, as in the breast, the
tongue, the lips, the entrance and exit to the stomach, various
angles and narrow places in the intestines, also the liver. It may
also supervene on the irritation or erosion set up by ulcers or other
indolent sores.
Cancer is on the increase all over the civilised world, and it
may be said that the longer one lives the more likely is one to die
of cancer.
In this District there were 29 deaths in 1916 compared with
22 in 1915.
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION.
The Hospital is situated in South Worple Way, and
contains blocks for Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and
Tuberculosis. It also contains a Tuberculosis Dispensary,
Bacteriological Laboratry, Coroner's Court and Mortuary, and a
Disinfecting Apparatus.