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St Pancras 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Section II.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Hospital Accommodation.
A. Fever and Smallpox.—Hospital accommodation is provided by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
B. Tuberculosis.—For patients suffering from this disease Institutional accommodation is
provided through the London County Council.
C. Maternity, Children's and other Hospitals— The following are situated in the Borough, but with the exception of the two hospitals of the St. Pancras Guardians, the use of these hospitals is by no means confined to residents of the Borough. On the other hand, hospitals situated outside the Borough are largely used by St. Pancras residents.
| Hospitals. | Number of Beds. |
|---|---|
| St. Pancras Poor Law Hospitals. | |
| St. Pancras Hospital, King's Road | 404 |
| Highgate Hospital, Dartmouth Park Hill | 554 |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital. | |
| St. Margaret's Hospital, Leighton Road (for ophthalmia neonatorum) | 51 |
| General and Special Voluntary Hospitals. | |
| University College Hospital, Gower Street | 414 |
| Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road | 240 |
| London Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road | 120 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Euston Road | 75 |
| West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Regent's Park | 80 |
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Endsleigh Gardens | 58 |
| Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road | 43 |
| Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street | 40 |
| Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fitzroy Square | 22 |
| St. Saviour's Hospital, Osnaburgh Street | 21 |
| North-West London, Bayham Street | — |
| St. Pancras Dispensary, Oakley Square | — |
| London Skin Hospital, Fitzroy Square | — |
| Western Skin Hospital, Hampstead Road | — |
| British Dentists' Hospital, Camden Road | — |
| London Foot Hospital, Charlotte Street | — |
The Borough Council pays a subsidy to certain hospitals, some of which are situated
outside the Borough, for the admission of necessitous or abnormal cases to their Maternity
wards. A subsidy is also paid to the Maternity Nursing Association for cases attended in the
patients' own homes.