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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

Kensington 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]

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Table: "For Fever and Diphtheria patients the Board's existing accommodation is as follows :—

"For Fever and Diphtheria patients the Board's existing accommodation is as follows :—

Acute Cases—Beds.
Eastern Hospital410
North-eastern Hospital400
North-western Hospital456
Western Hospital390
South-western Hospital370
Fountain Hospital426
South-eastern Hospital431
Brook Hospital576
3,459
Convalescent Cases—
Northern Hospital955
Gore Farm Hospital752
(Built for Small-pox convalescents)-
1,707
5,166*

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* "N.B.—These figures include the 'emergency beds' placed in various hospitals
during the recent pressure for accommodation.'

Table: In addition to the above-named Hospitals, the Board have in course of erection :—

In addition to the above-named Hospitals, the Board have in course of erection :—

The Park Hospital, at Hither Green, for548 patients.
The Grove Hospital, at Tooting, for520 „
1,068 „

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"The Board have also secured a site for a Convalescent Hospital
at Carshalton, on which they propose to provide for 700 convalescent
fever and diphtheria patients.
"It is anticipated that the Park Hospital will be opened about
next July, and the Grove Hospital sometime in 1898.

Table: "For Small-pox patients, the existing accommodation is as follows:—

"For Small-pox patients, the existing accommodation is as follows:—

Hospital Ships300
Gore Farm, Upper Hospital (At present occupied by Scarlet Fever patients).1,000
Gore Farm, Lower Hospital (Wooden buildings).192
1,492