Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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General Hospitals—
Table II (a)—
Hospital. | Average accommodation. | Beds occupied. | Average duration of stay in days. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum. | Minimum. | Average. | ||||
Number. | Per cent. | |||||
Archway | 568 | 518 | 240 | 351 | 61.8 | 37.0 |
Bethnal Green | 666 | 636 | 388 | 490 | 73.6 | 34.0 |
Duhwich | 749 | 782 | 579 | 686 | 91.6 | 38.8 |
Fulham | 574 | 531 | 396 | 466 | 81.2 | 40.3 |
Hackney | 798 | 792 | 594 | 682 | 85.5 | 30.2 |
Hammersmith | 378 | 374 | 143 | 264 | 69.8 | 32.8 |
Highgate | 556 | 558 | 342 | 445 | 80.0 | 50.0 |
Lambeth | 1,342 | 1,380 | 1,033 | 1,179 | 87.9 | 39.3 |
Lewisham | 716 | 718 | 562 | 638 | 89.1 | 33.6 |
Mile End | 583 | 504 | 309 | 410 | 70.3 | 24.6 |
New End | 279 | 267 | 182 | 226 | 81.0 | 35.8 |
Norwood children's | 221 | 191 | 126 | 154 | 69.7 | 32.8 |
Paddington | 623 | 553 | 439 | 503 | 80.7 | 32.7 |
Queen Mary's, Sidcup | 500 | 531 | 361 | 471 | 94.2 | 47.2 |
St. Alfege's | 680 | 667 | 461 | 558 | 82.1 | 27.4 |
St. Andrew's | 656 | 585 | 371 | 492 | 75.0 | 22.4 |
St. Benedict's | 320 | 316 | 270 | 301 | 94.1 | 59.1 |
St. Charles' | 752 | 629 | 415 | 531 | 70.6 | 34.2 |
St. George-in-the-East | 435 | 367 | 263 | 313 | 72.0 | 26.9 |
St. Giles' | 862 | 816 | 633 | 722 | 83.8 | 28.7 |
St. James' | 953 | 992 | 794 | 891 | 93.5 | 25.4 |
St. John's | 637 | 614 | 494 | 554 | 87.0 | 179.7 |
St. Leonard's | 595 | 590 | 403 | 474 | 79.7 | 39.4 |
St. Luke's, Chelsea | 391 | 368 | 226 | 298 | 76.2 | 35.5 |
St. Mary Abbots | 606 | 491 | 325 | 409 | 67.5 | 25.9 |
St. Mary, Islington | 878 | 920 | 635 | 777 | 88.5 | 35.0 |
St. Nicholas' | 353 | 351 | 267 | 320 | 90.7 | 29.3 |
St. Olave's | 711 | 701 | 539 | 623 | 87.6 | 29.4 |
St. Pancras | 406 | 342 | 224 | 282 | 69.5 | 21.8 |
St. Peter's | 427 | 342 | 194 | 268 | 62.8 | 29.7 |
St. Stephen's | 744 | 710 | 503 | 605 | 81.3 | 35.3 |
Brentwood colony | 437 | 367 | 303 | 362 | 82.8 | 887.0 |
Edmonton colony | 328 | 327 | 288 | 309 | 94.2 | 313.0 |
Total | 19,724 | 18,830 | 13,302 | 16,054 | 81.4 | 34.1* |
* Excluding the two colonies and St. John's hospital, the average is 32.3 days.