London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Holborn 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Hospitals Situated in the Borough of Holborn—Not Subsidised by the Local Authority.
| Name. | Situation. | Purpose. | Number of Beds. | Management. | Special Departments. | Arrangements forPathological Work. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Ray. | Dental. | Ophthalmic. | Massage. | Other. | ||||||
| French Hospital | Shaftesbury Avenue | Genera1—for all poor who speak French | 70 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visiting masseuse | Genito-urinarydept. gynæcological dept. | Honorary Pathologist and Assistant Pathologist work daily in the department for this special purpose |
| Hospital for Sick Children | Great Ormond Street | For treatment of sick children | 252 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pathological laboratories; research laboratories for Rheumatism and Asthma | |
| Italian Hospital | Queen Square | Genera1—for people of Italian extraction especially, but all nationalities treated | 58 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gynæcologicaldept. ear, nose & throat dept. | Slides and microscopic by House Surgeon ; sectioning and bacteriological work by arrangement with Hospital for Sick Children |
| National Hospital ... | Queen Square ... | Nervous system, paralysis and epilepsy | 265 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Remedial exercises, electrical, aural, psychiatric, orthopaedic, pathological research. | Large laboratory with a number of research workers. Pathologist and Assistant Pathologist. Bio-chemical examinations are carried out |
| Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital | Broad Street ... | Eye | 86 | Voluntary body | Yes | No | Yes | No | Artificial light dept. | Laboratory for bacteriology and pathology |
| London Homœopathic Hospital | Great Ormond Streetand Queen Square | General | 172 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | Yes | Skin; throat, nose and ear; orthopaedic ; ultra-violet light | Laboratory under a pathologist and two lay assistants | |
| St. Paul's Hospital | Endell Street | Genito- urinary and skin (includes venereal disease) | 33 | Voluntary body | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Ultra-violet light... | The "Pickett-Thomson" Laboratory (St. Paul's Hospital) does all pathological work |
N.B.—The use of the above hospitals extends to residents outside the Holborn Borough area.