Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898
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"Return showing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation existing and projected—
(i.) Accommodation existing— | Beds. |
---|---|
Eastern Hospital | 362 |
North-Eastern Hospital * | 406 |
North-Western Hospital | 460 |
Western Hospital | 454 |
South-Western Hospital | 366 |
Fountain Hospital | 402 |
South-Eastern Hospital † | 435 |
Park Hospital | 548 |
Brook Hospital | 568 |
Northern Hospital | 652 |
Total | 4653 |
(ii.) Accommodation projected— | |
Beds. | |
128 | |
520 | |
12 | |
700 | |
Total | 1,360 |
Grand total | 6,013 |
For Small-Pox Patients the existing accommodation is as follows:— | |
Hospital Ships | 300 |
Gore Farm, Upper Hospital | 1,000 |
(At present occupied by Scarlet Fever patients) Gore Farm, Lower Hospital (Wooden buildings) | 192 |
Total | 1,492" |
* One ward of 20 beds is in use as a temporary discharge room.
† a temporary hut which contained 28 beds has been demolished.
‡ Additional beds when reconstructed.
** Isolation block approaching completion,