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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 London hospitals are also used.
Infectious Diseases.—Cases usually go to the Wandle Valley
Isolation Hospital at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, or to
the Grove Hospital, Tooting.
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 St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton.
The Woodlands Maternity Home situated within the district
was closed as a Maternity Home on the 31st May, 1953, and reopened
as an Old People's Home on the 18th January, 1954. The number
of beds available is 21.
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 9.30 a.m., and Friday at 9.30 a.m. A clinic is held for
old cases only, on every fourth Wednesday at 5 p.m. A Refill Clinic
is also held every Monday at 2 p.m., at Cumberland Hospital. The
Cumberland Hospital, which is situated in Mitcham, deals only with
tuberculosis and has 100 beds available.
Venereal Diseases Clinics.—Confidential treatment can be
obtained at the St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, and the Croydon
General Hospital. Treatment can also be obtained from the outpatients'
departments of many of the London Hospitals.