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During the year under review, 419 of the 880 births (live and still)
notified occurred in St. Helier Hospital. This represents 47.6% of the
total.
3. Infectious Disease. Cases of infectious disease from this area
are admitted mainly to the Wandle Valley Isolation Hospital, although
use is occasionally made of Cuddington and Tolworth Isolation Hospitals.
Forty-one patients were admitted from this area to the Wandle Valley
Hospital during the year, although only six were notifiable infectious
diseases. There have been no further extensions of the bed complement
at this hospital and the number available remains at 160.
4. 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 Long Reach Hospital, Dartford,
where there is an experienced medical and nursing staff accustomed
to handling the treatment of this disease.
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