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Carshalton 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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HOSPITALS.
The Cuddington Isolation Hospital Board provides isolation
hospital accommodation for patients in this district at the Board's
hospital in the Borough of Sutton and Cheam. The available beds
have been much reduced owing to the all too common hospital
experience of shortage of staff. The following table shows the cases
admitted to Cuddington and other infectious diseases hospitals.
TABLE 9.
CASES ADMITTED FROM CARSHALTON TO CUDDINGTON HOSPITAL
DURING 1947.
| Disease. | Cases. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 58 | - |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | 3 |
| Measles | 4 | - |
| Chirkenpox | 6 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - |
| Rubella | 3 | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - |
| Meningitis— Cerebro spinal | 2 | - |
| Meningitis—T.B. | 1 | 1 |
| Meningismus | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - |
| Tonsillitis | 5 | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | - |
| Gastro-enteritis | 2 | - |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - |
| No apparent Disease | 1 | - |
| Others | 20 | 1 |
| 124 | 5 | |
| Transferred to other hospitals | 14 | 1 |
| 138 | 6 |
Hospital accommodation for smallpox is provided on a county
basis by the County Council at the Clandon Isolation Hospital. No
cases were admitted from this district.
General hospital facilities are provided mainly at two local hospitals,
the County Hospital of St. Helier, designed for more than 800 beds,
and the local War Memorial Hospital of 62 beds. The annual report
of the latter provides the following information in respect of 1947 :—
Total cases admitted 971
Casualties admitted 57
Maternity cases 146
Casualties treated but not admitted 479
X-ray Patients 2,134
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