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Venereal Diseases.
The treatment, both in-patient and out-patient, of venereal
disease is the responsibility of tlie 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. Arrangements for the prompt isolation of any
case of smallpox discovered in the district continued unchanged.
Should the necessity arise, the South-East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board would provide accommodation at
the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, where there is an experienced
medical and nursing staff accustomed to handling the
treatment of this disease.
Other infectious disease. Cases from our area are admitted
mainly to the Wandle Valley Hospital, the overflow going
to The Grove, Tooting; a few other cases are admitted to
outlying hospitals including Cuddington and Tolworth Isolation
Hospitals. Table VIII on page 25 shows details of the
cases concerned, the greatest number of admissions, as usual,
being Scarlet Fever.
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