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HOSPITALS.
Smallpox. The Surrey County Isolation Hospital,
Clandon—accommodation 28 beds.
These premises form the hospital provision for smallpox
for the whole of the administrative County of Surrey, and is
administered as a county service. No cases were admitted
from this district during the year.
Infectious Diseases. The Wandle Valley Joint Hospital
situated at Beddington Corner, Mitcham, maintained conjointly
by the following districts:—
Beddington and Wallington Borough;
Coulsdon and Purley Urban;
Merton and Morden Urban;
Mitcham Borough.
The extensions referred to in the report for 1937 as being
in progress were completed during the year. Two new 30 bed
wards were erected. One of these, which has 10 beds in
cubicles was brought into use in November and raises the
present accommodation to 160. The other new ward has not
yet been furnished.
A thoroughly equipped operating theatre was provided
whilst other completed extensions and improvements
include:—
(1) Provision of corridor connection between two wards.
(2) Alterations to the administrative block providing
quarters for the Assistant Medical Officer and
Matron.
Twenty-four additional nurses bedrooms together with
lecture and recreation rooms.
(3) Enlargement of the main kitchen and provision of
modern equipment.
(4) Provision of a new mortuary.
The number of cases admitted from this district was 196
compared with 167 in the year before. All the cases admitted
from all the constituent districts is given in Table IX.
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