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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
This District is one of the constituent Authorities forming
part of the Wandle Valley Joint Isolation Hospital
Board, the other Authorities being the Coulsdon and
Purley, Merton and Morden, and Mitcham Urban District
Councils.
The Hospital, which was established by the Croydon
Rural District Council, was first opened for the reception of
patients at the beginning of March, 1899. The accommodation
then provided was 10 beds for Scarlet Fever cases,
10 beds for Diphtheria cases, 4 beds for Typhoid Fever
cases, and 4 beds for doubtful cases.
The nominal number of beds is now 78, but on many
occasions a much larger number of patients have been under
treatment at the same time.
The enlargements and additions made to the Hospital
since its first erection have been:—
1904. Scarlet Fever pavilion for 22 beds, which was
opened in June, 1905.
Additional dormitory to administrative block.
Hand laundry converted to a steam laundry.
1910. Cubicle block for 12 beds.
Quarters for Resident Medical Officer.
1922. Cubicle block for 16 beds.
1925. Electric lighting installed.
By arrangement with the Surrey County Council, cases
of Tuberculosis have been admitted, but in November,
owing to the large number of cases of ordinary infectious
diseases being under treatment, it was deemed advisable to
suspend the admittance of cases of Tuberculosis.
Since the Hospital was opened, 9,909 patients have been
under treatment.