London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough.
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Hospitals.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the London County Council.
Fever and Smallpox.—Hospitals for patients suffering from these diseases are provided
by the London County Council. One of the hospitals of the Council (St Margaret's) is also
available for cases of Marasmus and Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Tuberculosis.—Residential institutional treatment for tuberculosis is provided by the
Liondon County Council. The Borough Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary is situated at, and
linked up with, the University College Hospital.
Maternity.—The Borough Council has arranged for beds to be available for maternity
cases at the University College Hospital.
Contributions towards cost of maternity service are paid by the Council to:
University College Hospital;
City of London Maternity Hospital;
Royal Free Hospital;
and other hospitals providing maternity service for Holborn mothers.
| Name | Situation | Purpose. | Number of Beds. | Management. | Remarks. |
| French Hospital and Dispensary | Shaftesbury Avenue | General—for all poor who speak French | 70 | Voluntary body | |
| Hospital for Sick Children | Great Ormond Street | A general hos-pital for the treatment of sick children from birth up to 12 years of age | 256 | Voluntary body | |
| Italian Hospital | Queen Square. | General — for people of Italian ex-traction es-pecially, but all nationali-ties treated | Voluntary body | • | |
| National Hospital | Queen Square | Nervous sys-tem, paralysis and epilepsy | 186 | Voluntary body | |
| Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hos-pital | Broad Street | Eye | 88 | Voluntary body | |
| London Homoeo-pathic Hospital | Great Ormond Street & Queen Square | General | 200 | Voluntary body | |
| St. Paul's Hospital | Endell Street | For diseases (in-cluding cancer) of the genito-urinary organs and skin | 33 | Voluntary body |
N. B —The use of the above hospitals extends to residents outside the Holborn Borough area.