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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
Hackney 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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| Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the. use of Beds? | Do the Sanitary Authority use-(1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Early cases | The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Mr. P. Harold Jones, Sanatoria at Sandgate. | *7 | By grant of Indoor relief by Guardians and subsequent classification by Medical Officer. | Yes. | None to destitute persons. Liable relatives pay according to ability. | (1) No. | No. | No. |
| (2) No. | |||||||||
| The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Hackney Union Infirmary, Homerton. | *1 | By grant of Indoor relief by Guardians and subsequent classfication by Medical Officer. | Yes. | None to destitute persons. Liable relatives pay according to ability. | No. | No. | No. | |
| (b) Intermediate cases. | The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Hackney Union Infirmary, Homerton. | *15 | By grant of Indoor relief by Guardians and subsequent classification by Medical Officer. | Yes. | None to destitute persons. Liable relatives pay according to ability. | No. | No. | No. |
| (c) Advanced cases. | The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Hackney Union Infirmary, Homerton. | *46 | By grant of Indoor relief by Guardians and subsequent classification by Medical Officer. | Yes. | None to destitute persons. Liable relatives pay according to ability. | No. | No. | No |
| Total | Infirmary | *62 | |||||||
| Sandgate | *7 |
* These numbers are for the 18th April, 1914, and the number of beds available for Phthisical cases in the Hackney Union Infirmary is 88,
but the number of beds available at Sandgate varies, as they are alloted as required.