Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The total accommodation comprises 63 beds as
follows :
General Ward (Male) 13 beds
Small General Ward (Male) 2 beds
General Ward (Female) 13 beds
Small General Ward (Female) 2 beds
Twelve Private Wards 12 beds
Children's Ward 7 cots
Children's Ward 3 beds
Four Isolation Wards 4 beds
Two Maternity Wards 6 beds
Maternity Isolation Ward 1 bed
There is an operating theatre, also X-Ray and
Casualty Departments, and a Nurses' Home with
accommodation for twenty nurses.
The new Hospital replaces the old Hospital
which building has been taken over by the Surrey
County Council and is used as an annexe to the
Kingston and District Hospital.
The accommodation at the old Hospital was
as follows : —
General Ward—Male 6 beds
General Ward—Female 7 beds
Children's Ward 4 beds
Five Private Wards 5 beds
Institutional provision for unmarried mothers,
illegitimate children and homeless children—Nil,
but provision is made for the admission of such
cases into the Kingston and District Hospital.
Institutional provision for the care of Mental
Defectives.— Surrey County Council Homes at
Ottershaw and Bletchingley, and Hospitals at
Netherne and Brookwood.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For Infections Cases.—A motor ambulance
is provided by the Joint Hospital Board.