Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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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? |
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(a) Early cases | The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Queen Mary's Hospital for Children (M A.R ) Carshalton. | *2 | 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. |
The Guardians of the Hackney Union. | Mill field Home for Children (M A B.), Rustington. | *2 | By grant of Indoor relief by Guardians and subsequent classfication by Medical Officer. | No. | None to destitute persons. Liable relatives pay according to ability. | No. | No. | No. | |
(b) Intermediate cases. | The Guardians 01 the Hackney Union. | Queen Mary's Hospital tor Children (M.A.B.), Carshalton. | *2 | 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. |
The Guardians of the Hackney Union | Grosvenor Sanatorium, Ltd.. Kennington, Ashford, Kent. | *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. | No. | No. | No |