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with voluntary agencies throughout the City, serves the needs of this
branch of public health work.
Maternity Beds.—Maternity beds are provided at the three general
hospitals in the City, viz.: Westminster, 15; St. George's, 11; Charing
Cross, 15.
(Fuller reference in Maternity and Child Welfare Section.)
Hospitals for Children.— A part from the Infants' Hospital, Vincent
Square, with 50 beds for children up to five years of age, there are no
hospitals devoted exclusively to diseases of children. The three general
hospitals have special pediatric departments in charge of specialist
physicians. Accommodation for in-patient children is as follows:
Westminster, 21 beds; St. George's, 19 beds ; Charing Cross, 22 beds.
Orthopaidic:—Orthopedic departments exist at the general hospitals
mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
Other hospitals of a special character in the City are the following:—
All Saints' Hospital, 49, Vauxhall Bridge Road. Genito urinary
diseases.
Golden Square, Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.
Gordon Hospital, 126, Vauxhall Bridge Road. Rectal diseases.
Grosvenor Hospital for Women, Vincent Square, S.W.
Hospital for Women, Soho Square, W.
King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, 17, Grosvenor Crescent, S.W.
London Lock Hospital, 91, Dean Street, W.
Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank.
Royal Dental Hospital, 32, Leicester Square, W.C.
St. John's Hospital, Leicester Square. Diseases of the skin.
St. Peter's Hospital, Henrietta Street, W.C. Diseases of the bladder,
etc.
Sheffield Street Hospital, Clare Market (Female). Under the control
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The City Council does not subscribe to the funds of any of the voluntary
hospitals except where contribution is in respect of some direct service,
e.g., to Westminster Hospital for maternity cases sent from the Council's
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
Hospitals in areas near to or adjoining the City which are available
to Westminster patients as they are to patients from any part of London
or beyond include :—
The Middlesex Hospital.
St. Thomas' Hospital.