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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: General Hospitals— continued.Table II (b)— Institutions.—Accommodation.—Sick inmates, 1934.(Including cots in maternity wards and infants in maternity cots.)

General Hospitals— continued.

Table II (b)— Institutions.—Accommodation.—Sick inmates, 1934.

(Including cots in maternity wards and infants in maternity cots.)

Institution.Average accommodation.Beds occupied.Average duration of stay in days.
Maximum.Minimum.Average.
Public Health Institutions—
City of London446461380445218
Constance-road681633560605313
Fulham76767476290
Hackney464462415436436
Hammersmith1121125173371
Holborn and Finsbury484435374396142
St. Alfege's488470422445145
St. Mary Abbots273264181235515
St. Pancras3561438912154
South Grove280275226263218
Total3,6603,3312,7723,095229
Public Assistance Institutions —
Chelsea13914546126266
Islington487508450490163
Ladywell308304287297254
Newington23822319020565
Poplar253269233251149
St. Marylebone15522017819332
Waterloo House255219181201126
Westminster25204139
Total1,8601,9081,5691,776114
Grand Total5,5205,2394,3414,871167

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Note.—Owing to changes in the classification of accommodation for sick inmates made during the year,
the above figures, particularly those for St. Pancras and St. Marylebone, are approximate.