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3.—Tuberculosis Dispensaries (provided by the Surrey County
Council).
St. Helier County Hospital
Wrythe Lane, Carshalton.
Morden Patients Tuesdays 9.30-12 noon (new
cases only).
Tuesdays 2-4.30 p.m. (old cases
only).
Thursdays 2-4.30 p.m. (old
cases only).
1st Thursday in month 5-7 p.m.
(old cases only).
Merton and
Raynes Park Patients Mondays 2-4.30 p.m.
Wednesdays 10-12 noon.
Fridays 10-12 noon.
1st Monday in month 5-7 p.m.
(old cases only).
4.—Venereal Diseases.
The County Council administers the Venereal Diseases
Regulations and participates in the London and Home Counties
scheme. Under this arrangement treatment is available at the
principal London Hospitals and at the St. Helier County Hospital.
The sessions are numerous and in some cases continuous, whilst
many of these institutions provide in-patient as well as outpatient
treatment.
HOSPITALS.
Smallpox. The Surrey County Isolation Hospital,
Clandon—accommodation 28 beds.
This hospital is organised on a care and maintenance basis
ready to be opened up at any time for the reception of cases of
Smallpox. There were no such cases during the year.
Infectious Disease. The Wandle Valley Hospital under a
Joint Hospital Board serves this area together with three other
neighbouring areas, Mitcham, Beddington and Wallington and
Coulsdon and Purley. The hospital has accommodation for 196
patients, including cubicle isolation for 38.
During the year 160 patients from our district have been
treated in the hospital. Reference to Table VI shows in detail
the conditions for which admission was necessitated.
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