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Section II.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA.
(1) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Urban
District Council or by the Surrey County Council.
(a) Fever Hospital.
An Isolation Hospital has been provided by the Barnes District
Council for the treatment of cases of infectious disease occurring
in the District. The Hospital is situated in South Worple Way,
Mortlake.
The extent and nature of the accommodation is as follows: —
(i) a Scarlet-fever Block (12 beds) consisting of a male ana female
ward, each accommodating 6 patients; (ii) a Diphtheria Block (13
beds) consisting of a male and female ward, each accommodating
6 patients, and a side-ward for 1 patient; (iii) an Isolation Block
(14 beds) consisting of 4 small wards, two of which accommodate
4 patients each, the other two accommodating 3 patients each.
An extension of the Hospital is now being made to provide
increased accommodation both for patients and staff.
Further reference to the Isolation Hospital will be found on
page 43 under the heading of 'Control over Infectious Diseases."
(b) Small-pox Hospital.
Hospital accommodation for cases of small-pox arising in this
District is provided, by arrangement with the Surrey County
Council, at the Small-pox Isolation Hospital, Clandon, Surrey.
The removal of cases to the Hospital by ambulance is undertaken
by the Surrey County Council at the cost of the Barnes
District Council.
(c) Tuberculosis.
Patients suffering from tuberculosis who need institutional
treatment are admitted to various Sanatoria and Special Hospitals
under the County Tuberculosis Scheme. There is a small Tuberculosis
Pavilion situated in the grounds of the District Council's
Isolation Hospital, Mortlake, providing accommodation for 12
patients—6 male and G female.