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Hammersmith 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Name :—St. John's Hospital for Skin Diseases.
Situation:—262, Uxbridge Road, W.12.
Purpose:—For Skin Diseases.
No. of available beds:—40.
If used, by persons resident outside the area, in what
proportion:—Mostly outside area.
Management:—Voluntary Agency.
No. of beds available for each sex for the following services:—
M. F.
Skin Diseases 19 21
Facilities available for:—
(1) Operative Surgery.—Nil.
(2) X-Ray. — X-Ray Out-patients' Department at
Leicester Square. Artificial Sunlight
Room here.
(3) Dental.—Hon. Dental Surgeon.
(4) Ophthalmic.—Sent to various hospitals.
(5) Massage.—Not necessary.
Arrangements for pathological work.—At Out-Patients'
Department, 49, Leicester Square, W.C.2.
No. of patients during 1931:—218 in-patients, 11,971 outpatients.
Is the hospital provision for the area adequate?—No.
The In-patients' Department has recently been enlarged
and now serves the purpose.
INSTITUTION TREATMENT FOR UNMARRIED
MOTHERS.
St. Margaret's Hostel, 466, Uxbridge Road, W.12.—
Accommodation for 10 mothers and their infants. This
hostel is conducted by a voluntary society towards which
the Ministry of Health contributes.
Hammersmith and Chiswick Refuge for Friendless
Girls, 36, Glenthorne Road, W.6.—Accommodation for 8
mothers and their infants. Supported by voluntary subscriptions.