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Diseases of the Chest.
A Chest Clinic is run jointly by the Regional Hospital Board and
the Surrey County Council, and is located over the Welfare Centre,
North Worple Way, Mortlake.
Laboratory Facilities.
The Laboratory of the Royal Hospital is available for specimens
sent in by general practitioners.
The Public Health Laboratory, Epsom is available for the examination
of samples of milk and ice-cream, and any pathological
specimens.
The Staff is always available to assist the Medical Officer of
Health in the case of epidemics or outbreaks of food poisoning.
The Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, is available
for advice, special immunizing agents and special investigations.
Mortuary.
This is provided and maintained by Richmond Borough Council
on a site close to the Petty Sessions Court. It is well equipped with
two post-mortem tables. Barnes Borough Council make an annual
payment for this service.
(c) Services Provided by the Surrey Executive Council.
The Surrey Executive Council provides General Medical and
Dental Services, Pharmaceutical Services and Supplementary Ophthalmic
Services.
More than twenty doctors living within the borough have undertaken
to provide General Medical Services. Several of these have also
undertaken to provide Maternity Medical Services.
Laundry Service.
The Council acts as an Agent for the County Council in providing
this service. It is confined exclusively to patients who are incontinent,
and articles laundered are limited to sheets and draw sheets.
Although the number of cases served is small, the benefits to
exhausted relatives are enormous. It enables them to nurse at home in
comfort a patient who otherwise would have had to be admitted to
hospital.
Sheets are collected from the patients' homes every Tuesday and
Friday and at the same time an appropriate number of clean sheets is
issued. A charge of sixpence per sheet is made, which is no hardship,
since the cost is covered by a supplementary allowance where patients
are in receipt of National Assistance.
Care of the Aged and the Chronic Sick.
Responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for the
elderly rests with the County Welfare Officer. The principal
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