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Hampstead 1911
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Phthisis : Sanatorium and Hospital Accommodation.
| Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a Resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the use of Beds ? | Do the Sanitary Authority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis ? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so. how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portab'e open-air Shelters or Tents ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Early cases | Mount Vernon Hospital | Hampstead | 70—75 (for early and intermediate cases) | By the Hospital Regulations | Yes | None | |||
| (b) Intermediate cases | Hampstead Guardians | Hampstead Workhouse | 32 (for early, intermediate, and advanced cases) | By Poor Law Regnlations; according to their needs | No | No fixed charge, but the Board expect patients to contribute according to their means, up to 10s. weekly | The Authority has no such hospital | The Hampstead Corporation have endowed twobedsinthe Mount Vernon Hospital | No |
| (c) Advanced cases | Friedenlieim Hospital | Avenue Road, Hampstead | 20—30 (for advanced cases) | By the Medical Officer of the Hospital | No | Varying amounts up to £2 2s. Od. weekly | |||
| Have the Council, or any Private Body, provided }No.a Dispensary ? If so, give particulars. | |||||||||