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Fulham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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HOSPITALS HI THE BOROUGH OF FULHAM
Details supplied by courtesy of the Fulham & Kensington
Hospital Management Committee.
(1) Fulham Hospital; St. Dunstan's Road, W.6.
An acute general hospital for medical and surgical cases;
mental observation unitj chronic sick wards; out-patient
department. Number of staffed beds - 384.
(2) Fulham Maternity Hospital: 5-7, Parsons Green, S.W.6.
Number of staffed beds - 30.
(3) Western Hospital: Seagrave Road, SeW. 6.
A hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases of all
kinds; poliomyelitis unit; pulmonary tuberculosis wards. Number
of staffed beds - 182.
(4) Fulham Chest Clinic: 114, New King's Road, S.W. 6.
Various types of clinic sessions held for the out-patient
treatment of tuberculosis.
There are 2 Registered Homes in the Borough:
The Glazbury Nursing Home, 20, Glazbury Road, W.14,
and
94, Sedlescombe Road, S.W.6, which is a home for
blind men and women.