Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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HOSPITAL SERVICES, public or voluntary, within or without the District, which are used by the inhabitants of the Harking Town Urban District.
Name of Hospital. | Situation. | Purpose. | Total number of beds available. | Management. | ||
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Men | Women | Children | ||||
1. Maternity Ward, Municipal Hospital | Upney Lane, Barking, Essex | Maternity | — | 12 | — | Barking Town U.D.C. |
2. Municipal Hospital | Upney Lane, Barking, Essex | Isolation of general infectious diseases (excluding smallpox) | 38 | Barking Town U.D.C. | ||
3. Brentwood Mental Hospital | Brentwood, Essex | Mental | 716 | 1054 | — | Essex County Council |
4. Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital. | Hale End, Woodford Green, Essex. | Orthopaedic | — | — | 30 | Voluntary |
5. City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and I ungs | Victoria Park, E.2 | Heart and Lung Diseases | 85 | 88 | 8 | Voluntary |
6. East Ham Memorial Hospital | Shrewsburv Road, E. 7 | General Medical and General Surgical. | 38 | 38 | 20 | Voluntary |
7. East London Hospital for Children | Glamis Road, Shadwell, E.l | Children | — | — | 140 | Voluntary |
8. Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital | Golden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.l. | Ear, Nose and Throat | 33 | 32 | 11 | Voluntary |
9. Guy's Hospital | London Bridge, S.E. 1 | General Medical and General Surgical, etc. | 299 | 285 | 64 | Voluntary. |
10. Hospital for Sick Children | Great Ormond Street, W.C.1 | General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only). | — | — | 252 | Voluntary. |
11. Joyce Green Hospital | Dartford, Kent | Isolation of Smallpox | (information not available) | London County Council | ||
12. King George Hospital | Ilford, Essex | General Medical and General Surgical. | 16 | 20 | 22 | Voluntary |
13. London Hospital | Whitechapel Road, E.l | General Medical and General Surgical. | 377 | 373 | 89 | Voluntary |
14. London Lock Hospital and Home | 283, Harrow Road, W. 9 | Maternity, Genito-Urinary and Venereal Diseases. | 38 | 123 | 44 | Voluntary |
15. London Skin Hospital | 40, Fitzroy Square, W.l | Skin. (No in-patients.) | — | — | — | Voluntary |
16. Orsett Joint Smallpox Hospital | Stifford Long Lane, Grays, Essex. | Smallpox | 11 | 11 | — | West Ham County Borough Council |
17. Poplar Hospital for Accidents | East India Dock Road, E.14 | General Medical and General Surgical. | 56 | 30 | 26 | Voluntary |
18. Public Assistance Hospital | OldChurch Road, Romford, Essex. | General Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic. | 260 | 311 | 100 | Essex County Council |
19. Queen's Hospital for Children | Hackney Road Bethnal Green, E.2. | Children | — | — | 160 | Voluntary |
20. Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | Stratford, E.15 | Geneial Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity. | 61 | 111 | 45 | Voluntary |
20. Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moor-fields Eye Hospital) | City Road, E.C.1 | Ophthalmic | 66 | 50 | 19 | Voluntary |
21. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex. | Orthopaedic. | 45 | 70 | 345 | Voluntary |
22. St. Bartholomew's Hospital | Smithfield, E.C.1 | General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity, etc., Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, and Septic, etc. | 287 | 344 | 65 | Voluntary |
23. St. Hospital for Women and Children | Upper Road, Plaistow, E.13 | General Medical and Surgical, Children, etc. | — | 27 | 44 | Voluntary |
24. Sever??? Mental Hospital | Mile End, Colchester | Mental | 717 | 1064 | Essex C.C. and Colchester B. C. | |
25. Westminister Hospital | Broad Sanotuary, West minister, S.W.1. | Genera! Medical and Surgical. Maternity. Ear, Nose and Tho??? | 109 | 132 | 26 | Voluntary |