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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

Kensington 1897

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897

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Table: "Returnshowing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation existing and projected—

"Returnshowing the permanent Fever Hospital Accommodation existing and projected—

(i.) Accommodation existing—Beds.
Eastern Hospital356
North-Eastern Hospital406
North-Western Hospital470
Western Hospital330
South-Western Hospital368
Fountain Hospital402
South-Eastern Hospital463
Park Hospital548
Brook Hospital568
Northern Hospital652
Total4,563
(ii.) Accommodation projected—Beds.
Eastern Hospital (1)6
North-Eastern Hospital (2)128
Western Hospital (3)104
Grove Hospital520
Northern Hospital12
Southern Hospital(say) 700
Total1,470
Grand total6,033

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(1) Isolation block now being erected.
(2) Additional beds when re-constructed.
(3) Extension buildings approaching completion.
N.B.—The Western extension and the Grove Hospital
will be ready in a few months.

Table: For Small-Pox Patients the existing accommodation is as follows:—

For Small-Pox Patients the existing accommodation is as follows:—

Hospital Ships300
Gore Farm, Upper Hospital1,000
(At present occupied by Scarlet Fever patients) Gore Farm, Lower Hospital (Wooden buildings)192
Total1,492