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HOSPITALS
The hospitals directly concerned with the Mitcham area are
administered by the St. Helier Group Hospital Management
Committee, which is situated at Carshalton, Surrey, and itself
comes under the South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board.
General Cases.—The principal hospitals are the Wilson
Hospital which is situated within the district, and the St. Helier
Hospital, Carshalton, which caters for all types of cases. The
Nelson Hospital at Merton and the large London hospitals are
also used.
Infectious Diseases.—Cases usually go to the Wandle Valley
Isolation Hospital at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction.
Other hospitals nearby, namely, the Grove Hospital, Tooting, and
the Cuddington Isolation Hospital, Banstead, are also used
frequently.
Smallpox Cases.—By agreement with the South-East
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, any cases are admitted to
the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent, upon application.
Maternity Cases.—Expectant mothers, if home conditions
or medical history do not permit of home confinement, are
admitted to the Woodlands Maternity Home situated within the
district, or to the St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, if hospital treatment
is required.
Tuberculosis Cases.—The Regional Hospital Board is
responsible for providing the specialist services for the tuberculous,
also for institutional treatment. Dr. J. M. Hill is the chest
physician for Mitcham patients and holds a clinic at the St. Helier
Hospital, Carshalton, every Monday at 9.30 a.m., Wednesday at
1.50 p.m., Thursday at 1.50 p.m., and Friday at 9.30 a.m.
A clinic is held, for old cases only, on every fourth Wednesday
at 5.30 p.m.
Venereal Diseases Clinics.—Confidential treatment can be
obtained at the St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, and the Croydori
General Hospital. Treatment can also be obtained from the outpatients'
departments of many of the London hospitals.