Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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Table VI (o)—continued. General Hospitals—continued.
Principal disease
or condition
treated.
Archway.
Bethnal Green.
Dulwich.
Fulham.
Hackney.
Hammersmith.
Highgate.
Lambeth.
Lewisham.
Mile End.
New End.
Norwood
children's.
Paddington.
Queen Mary's,
Sidcup.
St. Alfege's.
St. Andrew's.
St. Benedict's.
St. Charles'.
St. George-inthe-East.
St. Giles'.
St. James'.
St. John's.
St. Leonard's.
St. Luke's,
Chelsea.
St. Mary Abbots.
St. Mary, Islington.
St. Nicholas'.
St. Olave's.
St. Pancras.
St. Peter's.
St. Stephen's.
Brentwood colony.
Edmonton colony
Total.
Abscess
24
48
36
29
56
14
19
50
60
61
7
21
32
9
85
67
6
52
47
88
121
—
45
21
27
52
31
89
30
15
25
—
—
1277
Ulcer, bedsore
10
17
15
6
25
9
28
17
10
3
4
2
20
9
34
10
3
32
10
22
75
1
24
8
13
28
7
30
25
16
31
—
—
544
Eczema
19
12
26
14
14
3
3
11
11
28
7
16
21
4
13
29
2
31
16
44
4
—
21
9
6
21
7
22
10
13
24
—
—
461
Scabies
41
46
14
13
14
1
15
85
7
34
3
25
70
2
49
16
—
57
19
26
48
—
34
29
31
40
47
20
15
36
50
—
—
887
Other diseases
of skin and
cellular tissue
195
191
120
122
122
69
157
299
113
201
43
117
170
40
180
281
33
228
117
230
348
2
136
81
92
235
94
193
105
109
139
—
—
4562
Dis. of bones,
joints and
muscles
29
48
71
58
84
56
34
133
80
56
35
10
54
64
102
89
37
64
60
89
120
4
47
20
65
87
76
111
27
51
48
—
—
1909
Neo-Natal diseases, etc.
Congen. malformations
(ages
under 1 year)
(a)-
1
3
3
4
1
—
1
8
4
2
—
4
—
3
2
—
—
2
5
3
—
2
—
2
4
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
56
(b) 4
1
1
3
2
4
8
4
10
5
1
1
6
—
11
1
—
3
—
5
10
—
1
2
3
4
3
2
1
—
2
—
—
97
Congen. debility
sclerema icterus
(ages
under 1 year)
(a)-
1
9
3
11
1
—
3
—
1
2
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
5
3
—
1
—
1
9
1
7
1
—
2
—
—
63
(b) 6
3
13
10
8
6
9
8
11
9
2
5
14
—
24
2
—
16
7
21
12
2
4
2
4
27
3
8
7
—
1
—
—
244
Prem. birth
(ages under 3
months)
(a) 1
7
22
13
14
2
1
36
13
11
6
—
17
—-
11
9
—
2
4
26
26
—
14
2
32
14
7
11
28
3
11
—
—
343
(b) 1
—
1
2
5
1
—
2
2
1
1
—
4
—
2
—
—
3
—
4
3
—
2
1
3
3
2
2
6
—
—
—
—
51
Injury at birth
(ages under 3
months)
(a)-
—
—
2
—
—
—
2
2
2
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
3
2
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
2
1
1
—
—
23
(b) 1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
Other diseases
peculiar to
early infancy
(a)-
—
5
3
1
1
—
6
1
7
1
—
2
—
13
4
—
—
—
3
9
—
—
—
19
—
2
26
1
1
1
—
—
107
(b) 2
5
—
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
—
2
—
9
2
—
4
—
10
5
—
2
—
13
1
—
1
3
—
—
—
—
74
Other—
Senile decay
9
16
173
7
19
12
11
6
72
14
3
—
8
2
83
7
13
36
20
27
172
—
48
24
50
33
59
22
116
3
55
—
—
1120
Senile dementia
5
2
15
41
4
1
6
44
1
2
3
—
3
—
33
—
4
16
6
4
64
73
—
1
16
6
28
22
42
3
11
—
—
456
Violence
148
467
497
425
658
333
253
607
705
280
228
35
541
201
566
482
84
421
405
614
1167
10
550
271
397
398
383
745
621
333
534
—
—
13359
Other or ill-defined
diseases
44
54
96
29
83
54
38
118
47
46
32
19
68
78
92
45
110
107
64
37
78
3
57
95
71
90
20
66
85
28
112
1
—
1967
No disease—
(i) Born in hospital
288
505
327
755
139
—
590
915
600
302
'
438
416
652
~~—
8
261
905
1040
1
451
—
793
470
332
464
473
140
424
—
—
11689
(ii) Other
38
36
72
99
98
81
20
80
74
341
27
210
80
6
82
244
23
75
53
110
305
2
104
24
63
116
22
77
79
22
47
—
—
2710
Grand Total
3567
6479
6821
5082
8305
3209 3381
8972
7185
6274
2462
1373
5190
(c)
3656
7274
7726
(c)
1946
5641
4296
9386
13027
1226
4835
2888
6106
8040
3876
7376
4877
3365
5962
112
109
169024
(a) Born in hospital. (b) Born outside hospital. (c) Convalescent cases.