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They were modified by the utilization in appropriate instances of the
Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service established by the
Ministry of Health at the outbreak of war.
The following examinations were made during the year:—
Water for bacteriological examination 5
Water for chemical analysis 3
Milk for bacteriological examination 57
In October, the District Council became the Food and Drugs
Authority under the 1938 Act. Under these powers the County
Analyst, Mr. E. H. Hinks, was, with the approval of the Minister,
appointed to act for the District Council in January, 1940. Mr. Hinks'
laboratory is situated at 16, Southwark Street, London S.E.I.
Ambulance Facilities.
The arrangements for the removal of infectious and non-infectious
cases set out in the Report for the previous year remain the same.
I am indebted to Mr. C. P. Ingram, the Honorary Ambulance
Officer, for the following information in respect of the working of the
civil ambulance service during the year:—
Calls to Street Accidents, etc 322
Answered by own ambulances 321
Transferred to other authorities 1
Calls to remove cases from domestic dwellings to nursing
homes, hospitals, or vice-versa 494
Answered by own ambulances 494
Calls answered for other authorities in other districts 56
Total calls answered 872
Distance travelled on calls (miles) 7,159½
Average mileage per call (miles) 81/3
Number of occasions on which both ambulances were out at the
same time 33
Number of occasions on which a third call was transferred to
other services when both vehicles were out 1
Greatest number of calls answered in any one day 10
HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
The hospital facilities for the isolation and treatment of cases of
infectious illness at the Cuddington Isolation Hospital were as
described in the Report for 1938. Table 9 shows the admissions to
the hospital from the constituent districts of the Joint Board. The
total from Carshalton of 242 was a reducton of 68 on the figure for the
previous year and was mainly due to a fall in the number of scarlet
fever cases admitted.
General and Maternity.
The Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War
Memorial) Hospital, The Park, Carshalton.
The normal accommodation of this voluntary hospital is 61 beds,
arranged as shown in the previous Report. Under the Government's
Emergency Hospital Scheme, this was increased to 101 at the outbreak
of war.
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