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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 :—The Board of Management for St. John's
Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.
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.
(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 1933:—336 in-patients.
Is the hospital provision for the area adequate?—
Yes.
Name —Royal Masonic Hospital.
The Royal Masonic Hospital provides accommodation for
paying patients, primarily of limited means, being Freemasons,
their wives and dependent children.
The number of beds available will be 180—200, one-third
being for General Medical and two-thirds for General Surgical
services. Approximately one-third for females.
There are two sections for children of 20 beds in all.
The Hospital is being opened up gradually and 150 beds
will be in use in June, 1934.
Four theatres have been provided for operative Surgery.
Facilities are also available for X-Ray, Dental, Ophthalmic
and Surgery.
Special arrangements have been made for pathological
work.