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City of Westminster 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA.
The provision of hospital accommodation for the isolation and treatment
of patients suffering from Infectious Diseases is organized and
maintained for the County of London as a whole by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board. The Board's hospitals, 14 in number, are situate in
various parts of London and neighbouring districts as follows:—
Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, Woolwich, S.E.
Eastern Hospital, Brooksby's Walk, Homerton.
Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, S.W.
North Eastern Hospital, St. Ann's Road, N.15.
North Western Hospital, Lawn Road, Hampstead.
Park Hospital, Hither Green, S.E.
South Eastern Hospital, Avonley Road, S.E.
South Western Hospital, Landor Road, Stockwell.
Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham, S.W.
Joyce Green, Dartford.
Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, N.21.
Southern Hospital, Dartford.
Long Reach Hospital, Dartford.
Orchard Hospital, Dartford.
Since the passing of the National Insurance Act, 1911, and other
measures enabling public authorities to provide treatment for diseases
other than those scheduled in Sec. 55 (8) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, the Board has provided the following hospitals and sanatoria
for tuberculosis and beds at certain of its hospitals for certain specified
diseases as under:—
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary (Adults).
King George V Sanatorium, Godalming, Surrey (Males).
Pinewood, Wokingham, Berks. (Females).
Colindale Hospital, Hcndon (Males).
St. George's Home, Chelsea (Females).
Grove Park Hospital, Lee (both sexes).
Children (both sexes).
Millfield, Rustington, Sussex.
High Wood Hospital for Children, Brentwood, Essex.