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HOSPITALS IN THE BOROUGH OF FULHAM
DETAILS SUPPLIED BY COURTESY OF THE FULHAM AND
KENSINGTON HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
(1) Fulham. Hospital St. Dunstan's Road, W. 6.
A general hospital for acute medical and surgical cases; mental observation
unit; 87 beds for Chronic Sick; 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 S.W.6.
A hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases of all kinds;
poliomyelitis unit; rehabilitation unit; pulmonary tuberculosis wards, 58 beds.
Number of staffed beds 209.
(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 and other chest conditions.
(5) Hurlingham Lodge Hurlingham Road, S.W.6.
London County Council Hostel for homeless infective tuberculous men. 28 beds
(6) There is one Home registered by the London County Council in the Borough:-
94, Sedlescombe Road, S.W.6. which is a private
home for blind men and women (6 residents).
REPORT ON THE SOUTH WEST LONDON MASS X-RAY SERVICE
SUPPLIED BY COURTESY OF DR. F. A. NASH, MEDICAL DIRECTOR,
S.W. LONDON MASS X-RAY SERVICE
The South West London Mass X-Ray Service, at its Headquarters in the Western
Hospital, Seagrave Road, continued to operate, throughout 1957, the Mass X-Ray Centre
which was opened there in September, 1956, and which is available to members of the
public without appointment in addition to patients referred by general practitioners.
contacts, special groups, and pre-arranged parties from local firms and organisations.
From January to March a successful campaign was organised to publicise the Centre,
and this included a house-to-house delivery of leaflets which was carried out with
great efficiency by the Fulham troops of the Boy Scouts Association. Efforts were
continued to persuade men in the over-45 age group to attend for a chest x-ray and a
further 4,000 personal letters of reminder were sent out, making a total of 9,680
letters despatched From April to June several thousand appointments were sent out to
householders in the wards adjacent to the Western Hospital.
The total numbers x-rayed at the Western Hospital centre during the year, were
18,661, which is an average of 350 per week. Of the total examined, 5,156 were
referred by general practitioners.
In addition to the x-ray examinations carried out at the Static Centre, the mobile
mass x-ray units visited eleven firms, St. James' Hall, Moore Park Road and two garden
fetes. These visits resulted in a total of 2,073 examinations.