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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
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 12.—Admissions to special hospitals and convalescent homes during 1934.
| Hospital or home. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheuma. tism and/or chorea with no apparent cardiac involvement | Rheumatism or chorea with cardiac disease | Rheumatism and/or chorea with no apparent cardiac involvement | Rheumatism or chorea with cardiac disease. | Total | ||
| Queen Mary's hospital, Carshalton High Wood hospital | 167 21 | 115 14 | 195 73 | 141 58 | 618 166 | |
| Downs hospital | 60 | 34 | 97 | 45 | 236 | |
| Lower Southern hospital | 15 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 52 | |
| Holy Cross convent | 5 | — | 19 | — | 24 | |
| Total | 268 | 166 | 416 | 246 | 1,096 | |
Table 13.—
| Hospital. | P.D. school. | Elementary school. | Totally unfit. | Over school age | Removals from L.C.C. area. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Marv's, Carshalton | 127 | 540 | 5 | 92 | 17 | 781 |
| High Wood | 24 | 110 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 188 |
| Downs | 47 | 183 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 257 |
| Total | 198 | 833 | 28 128 | 39 | 1,226 | |
Table 14.—
| Name of rheumatism supervisory centre. | Number of children attending during 1934. | Number of new cases. | Attendances of old cases. | Total attendances. | Average number per session. | Number of children from the centre who received hospital treatment or convalescence under the rheumatism scheme. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermondsey Medical Mission | 191 | 166 | 189 | 355 | 11.8 | 18 |
| Downham | 340 | 131 | 499 | 630 | 14.3 | 20 |
| "Elizabeth Bullock" | 270 | 103 | 450 | 553 | 13.2 | 15 |
| Eltham | 226 | 88 | 381 | 469 | 11.4 | 12 |
| Hammersmith | 322 | 122 | 587 | 709 | 17.3 | 10 |
| Hospital for Sick Children (Great Ormond-street) | 368 | 138 | 1,824 | 1,962 | 6.5 | 7 |
| King's College hospital | 417 | 166 | 862 | 1,028 | 19.8 | 16 |
| Lewisham | 393 | 155 | 482 | 637 | 13.6 | 18 |
| Princess Elizabeth of York hospital (Shadwell) | 419 | 176 | 703 | 879 | 17.9 | 25 |
| Putney | 189 | 82 | 266 | 348 | 15.1 | 11 |
| Queen's hospital | 570 | 158 | 1,342 | 1,500 | 19.2 | 28 |
| Royal Free hospital | 261 | 170 | 1,561 | 1,731 | 38.5 | 35 |
| Royal Waterloo hospital | 754 | 232 | 2,430 | 2,662 | 31 .0 | 9 |
| St. George's hospital | 203 | 81 | 303 | 384 | 9.1 | 1 |
| St. Maiylebone dispensary | 88 | 38 | 429 | 467 | 11.1 | 2 |
| Stoke Newington | 173 | 67 | 537 | 604 | 13.7 | 7 |
| Woolwich | 282 | 114 | 308 | 422 | 9.8 | 7 |
| Total 1934 | 5,466 | 2,187 | 13,153 | 15,340 | 14.6 | 241 |
| 1933 figures | 5,093 | 1,973 | 12,907 | 14,880 | 14.9 | 297 |