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Bethnal Green 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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dependent upon the courtesy of these agencies for any
information as to their activities. A brief list of them
is appended:—
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
There are 38 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. The friendly relations
with local practitioners reported in previous years
continues.
NURSES.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District
Nursing Association has its headquarters just outside
the Borough, but undertakes a great deal of nursing in
the Borough, which occupies the services of approximately
4 full-time nurses. Address: 80, Nichols Square,
E.2. Telephone: Bis. 5287. An account of the
Council's arrangements with the Association for nursing
services will be found in the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section of this report.
HOSPITALS.
Public.
London County Council: Bethnal Green Hospital,
Cambridge Road.
The County Medical Officer has kindly permitted
Dr. W. P. Greenwood, the Medical Superintendent, to
furnish me with the following statistics concerning the
work of the Bethnal Green Hospital for the year.

Information as to the Midwifery work of the hospital is given in a later paragraph in this report.

No. of admissions5,563
Operations performed906
(including; 683 under general anaesthesia and 170 abdominal sections.)
Out-patients' (4,482) Attendances18,259