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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
The provision of treatment and investigation of Tuber
miosis is undertaken by the Regional Hospital Board. The
County Council are responsible for the preventive side of the
work, the Health Visitors and Almoners working in the Chest
Clinic at the St. Helier Hospital being employed by the
County Council. Three-elevenths of the Tuberculosis Officer's
time is allocated to the. preventive side of the work and is also
the responsibility of the County Council.
The sessions held at the Chest Clinic for Merton and
Morden patients are as follows:—
Mondays at 2.ft p.m.
Wednesdays at 9.30 a.m.
Fridays at 2.0 p.m.
1st Monday in the month at 5.0 p.m. (old cases only).
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.
Clinics are held at these hospitals as follows: —
St. Helier Hospital,
Wrythe Lane,
Carshalton
Males — Mondays 5-7 p.m.
Females — Wednesdays 5-7 p.m.
Fridays 1.30-3.30 p.m.
Croydon General
Hospital
Males — Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Saturdays at 10.45
a.m.
Females — Wednesdays at 2.30
p.m.
Thursdays at. 11 a.m.
Fridays at 5.30 p.m.
Kingston Hospital,
Wolverton Avenue,
Kin gston-on-Thames
Females — Thursdays 5-7 p.m.
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