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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1911
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911
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(a) Early cases
Borough Council.
Maitland Sanatorium,
Peppard Common,
Oxon.
Three, and
occasionally
an extra
one.
By M.O.H., and submitted
to Public
Health Committee,
Yes.
30/- per week
and 20/-
when empty.
-
Yes, as in previous
columns.
Yes.
Three wooden
shelters.
-
-
-
(b) Intermediate cases
-
-
No.
-
Central Fund and
Voluntary Subscriptions.
62, Riley Street, as
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Table XVI—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 portable open-air Shelters or Tents ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Early cases | Borough Council. | Maitland Sanatorium, Peppard Common, Oxon. | Three, and occasionally an extra one. | By M.O.H., and submitted to Public Health Committee, | Yes. | 30/- per week and 20/- when empty. | – | Yes, as in previous columns. | Yes. Three wooden shelters. |
| (b) Intermediate cases | Central Fund and Voluntary Subscriptions. | 62, Riley Street, as Tuberculosis Dispensary. | – | – | – | – | – | – | No. |
| (c) Advanced cases | Bermondsev Board of Guardians. | Rotherhithe Infirmary. | – | By Poor Law M.O.s. | Yes. | – | – | – | No. |