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With the vaccine made available by the Ministry of Health, by the end
of the year 104 children had received two injections and thus completed
the coarse, while a further 16 children had received one injection, and
were awaiting the second in 1957.
No cases of illness associated with the vaccination were recorded, and
it can confidently be expected that in future years, the acceptances will be
much higher.
School Clinics
With the coming into operation of the 1944 Education Act, the
Medical Officer of Health was appointed in September, 1945, Divisional
Medical Officer for the Beddington and Wallington half of the MidEastern
Divisional Executive of the County of Surrey. School clinics
continue to be conducted at The Grange Mansion, Wallington, Rochester
Road and Phoenix Flats, Carshalton The services provided at these
clinics are now general medical inspection and treatment, dental treatment,
speech therapy and physiotherapy.
Venereal Diseases Clinics
The Surrey County Council was, until the 5th July, 1948, responsible
for the control and treatment of venereal diseases in the area, and was a
member of the London and Home Counties Scheme This service was
taken over on the 5th July, 1948, by the Regional Hospital Board, who
continue to provide free diagnosis and treatment at the Croydon General
Hospital, at clinics established at St. Helier Hospital, the Royal Surrey
Hospital, Guildford, the East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, and at hospitals
previously under the London and Home Counties Scheme.
Cleansing of Persons
During 1956 the Corporation Cleansing Station, situated near the
Grange Mansion, continued to provide facilities for cleansing infested
persons.
The general standard of cleanliness, as shown by the examinations
conducted by Health Visitors in schools and clinics, is at an extremely
high level, a very small number of people having been treated. It is
now rare to find a child in school suffering from pediculosis of the head
or body.
Special attention paid by Health Visitors and Public Health Inspectors
during their routine visits and through their contact with the public at
the Town Hall, together with a higher standard of personal hygiene,
makes real uncleanliness a rare condition.
During the year no treatments were carried out at the Cleansing Stations.
HOSPITALS
Infectious Cases. The South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board make provision for the admission and treatment of cases of
infectious disease in hospitals under their control. Most of the cases
from Beddington and Wallington continue to be admitted to the Wandle
Valley Isolation Hospital.
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