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St Pancras 1931
[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 Small Pox.—Hospital accommodation is provided by the London County
Council, who now control the various institutions previously provided by the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
B. Tuberculosis.— For patients suffering from this disease Institutional accommodation is
provided through the London County Council.
C. General, Children's and other Hospitals.—
The following are situated within the Borough. The St. Pancras and Ilighgate
Hospitals are primarily intended for residents of the Borough, St Margaret's
Hospital admits cases of the kind specified from the whole of the metropolitan
area, but the use of the various general and special voluntary hospitals is by no
means confined to residents either of this Borouoh or of the metroDolitan area.
| Hospitals. | Number of Beds. | |
|---|---|---|
| London County Council General Hospitals. | ||
| St. Pancras Hospital, King's Road | 384 | |
| Highgate Hospital, Dartmouth Park Hill | *554 | |
| London County Council Special Hospital. | ||
| St. Margaret's Hospital, Leighton Road (for ophthalmia neonatorum and marasmus) | 60 | |
| General and Special Voluntary Hospitals. | ||
| University College Hospital, Gower Street | General | 414 |
| Obstetric | 85 | |
| Royal Ear | 41 | |
| Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road | 280 | |
| National Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road | 134 | |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Euston Road | 105 | |
| West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Regent's Park | 78 | |
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Endsleigh Gardens | 76 | |
| Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road | 76 | |
| Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street | 51 | |
| Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fitzroy Square | 22 | |
| St. Saviour's Hospital, Osnaburgh Street | 21 | |
| North-West London Hospital, Bayham Street | Out-patients only. | |
| St. Pancras Dispensary, Oakley Square | ||
| London Skin Hospital, Fitzrov Square | ||
| Western Skin Hospital, Hampstead Road | ||
| British Dentists' Hospital, Camden Road | ||
| London Foot Hospital, Fitzroy Square | ||
| British Hospital for Nervous Disorders, Camden Road | ||
*Average of 531 only available, owing to reconstruction.