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Hackney 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Dispensary Treatment of Tuberculosis.—The Council's scheme
for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is carried out at
two Tuberculosis Dispensaries, situated upon the premises of
(a) the Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, E.8, and (b) the
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs,
Victoria Park, E.2. The Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary serves
the Stamford Hill, West Hackney, Kingsland and Downs Wards
of the Borough, whilst the City of London Hospital Dispensary
provides for those persons living in the Clapton Park, Homerton,
South Hackney and Hackney Wards.
The Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary also serves the Borough
of Stoke Newington and the City of London Hospital Dispensary
the Borough of Bethnal Green.
The estimated population of the areas of the two Dispensaries is as follows:—
| 91,560 | |||
| Stamford Hill | 35,270 | ||
| West Hackney | 17,560 | ||
| Kingsland | 20,080 | ||
| Downs | 18,650 | ||
| Estimated population (mid-1936). Borough of Stoke Newington | 50,350 | 141,910 | |
| Clapton Park Homerton | 39,140 31,790 | 117,540 | |
| South Hackney | 21,630 | ||
| Hackney | 24,980 | ||
| Estimated population (mid-1936), Borough of Bethnal Green | 96,900 | 214,440 | |
| Estimated population (mid-1936), Hackney | 209,100 | ||