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In addition, the assistance of the Metropolitan Police in reporting cases
of breach of the byelaw has been authorised.
HOSPITAL SERVICES.
The Borough is singularly well provided with facilities for hospital
treatment, both general and special. In addition, several important
general and special hospitals are situated in the immediate neighbourhood.
Over 80 per cent, of the inhabitants suffering from serious illness or
disease seek and obtain in-patient hospital accommodation.
In the case of all patients suffering from notifiable infectious disease,
it is the practice of the Department to advocate admission to an appropriate
hospital for isolation and treatment.
The following Hospitals and Institutions are located within the Borough.
None of these are controlled or supported wholly or in part by the Borough
Council.
Brompton Hospital for Consumption.
Cancer Hospital.
Chelsea Hospital for Women.
Cheyne Hospital for Children.
Freemasons' Hospital.
Royal Hospital for Pensioners.
St. George's Home for Tuberculosis.
St. Luke's Hospital and Institution.
St. Stephen's Hospital and Institution.
Victoria Hospital for Children.
The following table No. 23 shows, in the form required by the Ministry
of Health, particulars of the hospitals, public and voluntary, within and
without the Borough, which are utilised by inhabitants of the Borough.