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SECTION G
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES OTHER THAN
THOSE PROVIDED BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL
1. (a) Laboratory Facilities
Bacteriological examinations are carried out by the Public
Health Laboratory Service (directed by the Medical Research
Council for the Ministry of Health) at the laboratory, County
Hall, S.E.1.
This laboratory is available for- both medical and sanitary
bacteriology A stock of specimen outfits is maintained at the
Public Health Department and these are issued to medical
practitioners upon request.
(b) Ambulance Facilities
The London County Council which undertook responsibility for the
provision of ambulance transport within the administrative County of
London on the coming into force of the National Health Service Act,
1946, continued to provide this service during 1958.
2. Hospitals
The following Hospitals in the Borough continued to be administered
by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board:-
Total bed complement
Bethnal Green Hospital 301
Mildmay Mission Hospital 56
Queen Elisabeth Hospital for Children
(with branches at Shadwell and Banstead) 287
These figures do not necessarily
represent beds staffed and in use.
The London Chest Hospital designated a Teaching Hospital and
under the control of a Board of Governors, is also situated within
the Borough and the Tuberculosis Dispensary established at this
Hospital, which serves Bethnal Green and part of the Borough of
Hackney, continued to function during the year.
The Little Folks Home at Bexhill, which is associated with the
Queen Elisabeth Hospital for Children, has a complement of 40 beds.