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(b) Services Provided by the Regional Hospital Board.
Hospitals.
The Royal Hospital and Kingston Hospital provide general treatment
both for in-patients and out-patients. In addition, hospitals in
London and Middlesex are frequently used by Richmond residents.
Patients suffering from infectious diseases are admitted to the South
Middlesex Hospital, Mogden Lane, except in the few instances when
no beds are available. In these cases, patients are admitted to Tolworth
Isolation Hospital or to a hospital in the London area.
Psychiatric Services.
The Medical Staff of Banstead Hospital hold an Out-patient Clinic
every Tuesday afternoon at the Royal Hospital for patients living in
Richmond and Barnes.
During the year there were 125 new cases with a total of 564
attendances at the Clinic.
Admissions to hospital numbered 78 females and 49 male patients
and of these, over 90% entered as voluntary patients.
In addition to the Clinic and Hospital facilities, local General
Practitioners can readily arrange for domicilliary visits by Specialist
psychiatrists.
Laboratory Facilities.
The laboratory of the Royal Hospital is available for the examination
of specimens sent in by general practitioners.
The Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratory, Epsom, is
available for the examination of samples of milk, ice-cream, and water
and of any pathological specimens.
In addition, the staff is always available to assist the Medical Officer
of Health in field investigations in the case of epidemics or outbreaks
of food poisoning.
The Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, N.W.9, is
available for advice, special immunising agents and special investigations.
The Counties Public Health Laboratories, Victoria Street, S.W.I
are used for the examination of water samples and for advice in the
control of purity of the water supply.