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Lambeth 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Royal Waterloo Hospital, Waterloo Road, S.E.I. For women
and children, 130 beds and out-patient department.
Belgrave Hospital, 1 Clapham Road, S.W.9. For children,
76 beds and out-patient department.
General Lying-In Hospital, York Road, S.E.I. For women, 76
beds. A Maternity and Child Welfare Centre is attached to
the out-patient department, to which a grant is made by the
Borough Council.
" Annie McCall " Maternity Hospital, Jeffreys Road, S.W.8.
For women, 50 beds and an out-patient department.
(b) County Council.
Lambeth Hospital, Brook Street, S.E.I 1. This is a general
ho. pital, fully equipped for all types of cases especially for the
treatment of cancer by radium and X-rays.
South Western Hospital, Landor Road, S.W.9. A hospital
for infectious diseases, containing 323 beds.
Ambulance Facilities.
There are no ambulances belonging to the Borough Council.
By arrangement with the County Council, ambulances are available
for the conveyance of women to institutions for confinement at all
hours free of charge.
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme
The Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme was
inaugurated by the Council on the 13th April, 1916, and, in connexion
therewith, for administrative purposes, the Borough is
now, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, sub-divided
into 11 administrative welfare areas—each area administered by
a voluntary welfare centre committee, of which the Medical Officer
of Health is a member, as follows :—
1. North Marsh, 120 Cornwall Road, S.E.I.
2. Barley Mow, 52 Oakley Street, S.E.I.