[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Woking U.D.C.
- Woking (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Woking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. (a) Laboratory Facilities. The Surrey County Council is responsible for the administration of the 'ood and Drugs Act, 1938. Clinical material (sputum, swabs, etc.) in the ordinary course of events > sent to The Royal Surrey County Hospital Laboratories, Guildford, Dr examination. Samples of milk for bacteriological examination are sent to the labora- Dries of The Public Health Laboratories, Epsom. Samples of water for bacteriological and chemical examination are sent o the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, London. (b) Ambulance Facilities. The ambulance facilities are as follows:— British Red Cross Ambulance, Ambulance Station, Boundary Road, Poking (Telephone 2369), for accident cases and removal of cases to and om hospitals. Surrey County Council Public Assistance Committee Ambulance, harrard House, Woking (Telephone 2295), for removal of cases to and iom Public Assistance Institutions. Ottershaw Joint Isolation Hospital Board, Ottershaw (Telephone tttershaw 30), used for removal of cases of infectious disease to and from ^e Hospital. (c) Nursing in the Home. • I County Council Health Visitors undertake home visits required under ]<e various schemes of the Surrey County Council, including Ante-Natal kd Post-Natal supervision. District Nurses who are affiliated to the Queen’s Institute of District i arsing and the Surrey County Nursing Association, are provided by the 1 oking Health Society in the parts of the Urban District known as Woking, I d Woking, Horsell, Sutton Green, Mayford Green and Anthony’s, mring 1947 the number of cases attended was 784 (12,319 visits). 'The Council pays a grant of £50 per annum to the Woking Health ■ iciety for the services of the District Nurses in cases of infectious illness fong children, viz.. Measles, Whooping Cough, Epidemic Diarrhoea, and antile Paralysis, as required by the Medical Officer of Health. [d) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority. There have been no changes or developments with regard to the hospital t angements in the District. They are as follows: > Woking and District Victoria Hospital. General Hospital supported by c iuntary contributions. There is a Clinic for the treatment of Tuberculosis at Woking Dispensary, 1 Lrence Avenue, Woking.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3042107x_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
