Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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(a) Voluntary.
St. Thomas's Hospital, Albert Embankment, S.E.I, contains
640 beds and large out-patients' departments. A Maternity
and Child Welfare Centre is included in the latter to which
a grant is made by the Council.
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5, contains 384
beds and general and special out-patient departments.
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
hospital, 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.