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London County Council 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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CONTENTS
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Introduction 5
Grouping of hospitals and institutions 9
Classification of patients and inmates 10
General Hospitals—
Admissions 14
Ceremonial openings of new blocks 14
Special units at hospitals 15
Maternity 15
Mental observation wards 17
Epileptics 18
Venereal disease 18
Treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoids 19
Artificial pneumothorax refills 19
Oxygen therapeutic service19
X-ray and radium treatment 20
Electro-medical apparatus 20
Electro-cardiographs 20
Out-patients 21
Dental services 21
Dietaries 21
Hours of rising, retiring and meals of inmates 23
Boarded-out cases 23
District medical work 24
Casual wards 30
Adoption of Children Act, 1926 32
Institutional care of healthy children under three years of age 32
Medical education 33
British Postgraduate Medical School 34
Medical research 34
Legacy 34
Window cleaning 35
List of hospitals 36
Statistical tables (see p. 3) 13, 45
Special Hospitals—
Infectious hospitals—Fever hospitals 73
„ „ Smallpox hospitals 101
„ „ Medical instruction104
„ „ Hospital for ophthalmia neonatorum and vulvovaginitis
104
„ „ Hospital for venereal diseases 104
Hospitals for tuberculosis 105
Children's hospitals 112
List of hospitals 115
Statistical tables (see pp. 3 and 4) 73,119
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