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Surbiton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For Infectious Cases.—A motor ambulance
is provided by the Joint Hospital Board.
(b) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.—
A motor ambulance is provided by the Council
which is available at any time, night or day, in cases
of accident or sudden illness in the street, irrespective
of boundaries.
The ambulance is also available, within certain
limits, for the removal of private cases at any time
upon the production of a medical certificate and
evidence of accommodation having been arranged
at the Hospital, etc., to which the patient is to be
taken, and upon payment of the prescribed fee.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
Combined Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre and School Clinic (provided by Surrey
County Council), South Place, Surbiton.
Tuberculosis Dispensary (provided by Surrey
County Council), South Place, Surbiton. Sessions
twice weekly or more often if required.
Venereal Diseases.
Arrangements are made by the County Council
for the treatment of these diseases at various
Hospitals and Centres.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.
The Surbiton and District Nursing Association,
which is affiliated to the Queen's Institute of
District Nursing, has a superintendent nurse, three