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Closet Accommodation.
All the buildings are provided with water closets connected
to a proper sewerage system excepting a few cases of houses and
bungalows situate in remote positions, in which the sewage goes
to cesspits. Owing to topographical reasons, certain large houses
in Upper Norwood have their own sewage purification plants.
Scavenging.
Complete and up-to-date methods are in operation for
scavenging and refuse disposal. There are two Refuse Destructors,
and at one of these a new Salvage Plant has been constructed for
separating paper, tins, etc., before passing to the furnaces.
Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local Auffiority.
(1) Tuberculosis.
Borough Sanatorium, North Cheam.
93 beds are provided for the treatment of early, intermediate
and advanced cases.
(2) Maternity.
St. Mary's Maternity Hospital, St. James' Road, Croydon.
This Hospital is conducted under the auspices of the Croydon
Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association. Thirty-two beds
(with cots attached) are provided. The Hospital receives an
annual subsidy of £4,500 from the Council as 30 of the beds are
reserved for cases referred by them. The Local Authority collects
patients' fees which amounted approximately to £1,700.
(3) Children.
(a) Observation Nursery, Lodge Road.
These premises occupy the upper storey of the buildings erected
by the Council. Accommodation is provided for 14 sick children
under 5 years of age, and a ward for the reception of two nursing
mothers.
(b) Coombe Cliff Convalescent Hospital.
This Home is for the reception of infants and children convalescing
from acute illnesses. It is available for any child resident
in the Borough and approved as suitable. The majority of the
cases are referred from the Public Health and School Medical
Departments, but cases are also admitted from Mayday and other
Hospitals and at the request of private medical practitioners.