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Venereal Diseases.
The treatment, both in-patient and out-patient, of venereal
disease is the responsibility of the Hospital Board and for our
area this treatment is mainly carried out at the St. Helier Hospital,
although both Kingston and Croydon General Hospitals
are near enough to serve the area as well. The preventive side
of the work, domiciliary visiting of contacts, etc., remains the
responsibility of the local health authority and the County
Council have appointed two health visitors especially for this
purpose.

HOSPITALS.
Smallpox. No change has been made in the arrangements
for the prompt isolation of any case of smallpox discovered in
the district. The arrangement is that the South-East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board would provide accommodation
at the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, where there has always
been an experienced medical and nursing staff accustomed to
the handling and treatment of this disease.
Infectious Disease Hospitals. Cases of infectious disease
are admitted to hospitals now under the Regional Boards. Cases
from our area mainly go still to the Wandle Valley Hospital, but
some go to The Grove, Tooting. As will be seen from the tabular
statement on page 25 (Table VIII), Scarlet Fever provides
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