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HOSPITALS
Smallpox. Arrangements for the prompt isolation of any
ease 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.
General and Maternity.
1. The Nelson Hospital. The accommodation of this
hospital, which serves Wimbledon, Merton and Morden and
parts of Wandsworth, remained unchanged during the year
at a total of 121 beds, 47 in the maternity unit and 74 for
general medical and surgical patients. The total number of
in-patients admitted to the general medical and surgical beds
was 1,741, of which 316 were residents of Merton and
Morden. With regard to maternity services, 195 patients were
admitted from our area out of a total of 1,111.
2, Other Hospitals. Among other hospitals available
for use of our residents are St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton,
and the Epsom and Kingston Hospitals. St. Helier is used
to a very great extent, and a large percentage of our births
take place there every year as will be seen from study of
Table II on page 13.
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