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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
City of Westminster 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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(b) The distribution of beds in the hospitals in the area is asked for
under the following heads.
Gene ral Medical.
General Surgical.
Children
Maternity.
Venereal Disease.
Tuberculosis.
Chronic Sick.
Mental.
Mental Deficiency.
Orthopaedic.
Ear, Nose and Throat.
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia.
Ophthalmia Neonatorium.
Other.
There are no beds for mental or mental deficiency cases in the hospitals
in the City. Provision for ophthalmia and for puerperal fever and
pyrexia is made by the L.C.C. in their hospitals in other districts. Cases
of this sort may be retained occasionally and temporarily in the hospitals
in the City. The same applies to tuberculosis and to the chronic sick.
There are 38 beds for venereal cases in the Lock Hospital in Dean Street
for males only, and for pregnant women with venereal disease there are
52 beds in the L.C.C. Hospital at Sheffield Street, W.C. 2.
| Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Hospital | 25 | 33 | (There are also 16 beds (medical and surgical) for middle-class paying patients and 14 beds in private wards.) |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 43 | 58 | (Also 14 children's beds). |
| St. George's Hospital | 49 | 53 | |
| Queen Alexandra Military Hospital | Army Hospital. | ||
| King Edward VII Hospital | 22 | — | |
| Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Hospital | 45 | 51 | (Including casualty beds.) |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 56 | 71 | (Also 2 children's beds.) |
| St. George's Hospital | 59 | 69 |
| Westminster Hospital | 21 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 20 |
| St. George's Hospital | 19 |
| Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square | 50 |