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II. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
Fever.—The isolation hospitals of the London County Council
receive cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup,
Enteric, Typhus and Continued Fevers, Relapsing Fever, Anterior
Poliomyelitis, Encephalitis Lethargica, Cerebro-Spinal Fever,
Puerperal Fever, Puerperal Pyrexia, Malaria, Dysentery, Ophthalmia
Neonatorum, and cases of Measles and Whooping Cough.
Smallpox.—The Special Isolation Hospitals of the London
County Council.
Tuberculosis.—The London County Council accept cases for
admission to their hospitals and sanatoria on the recommendation
of the Tuberculosis Officer.
Maternity.—The number of births in hospitals to Stoke
Newington residents given below, shows the popularity of these
institutions :—
Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital 57
City of London Maternity Hospital 77
Mildmay Maternity Nursing Home 48
Royal Free Hospital 45
Home Hospital for Women 14
Hackney Hospital (L.C.C.) 122
Jewish Maternity Hospital 23
Royal Northern Hospital 13
University College Hospital 16
St. Leonard's Hospital 17
Middlesex Hospital 13
14 Other Hospitals 45
5 Nursing Homes 25
Total 515
Thus 69 per cent, of the total births took place in institutions as
compared with 70 per cent, the previous year.
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