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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Special Hospitals—
Name of hospital. | Where situated. | Date of opening. | Acreage (approx.) | Accommodation (31st December, 1934). | Medical superintendent. | Matron. | Steward. | ||
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Number of beds in special wards (isolation, separation . discharge etc.). | Number of beds in ordinary wards. | Total number of beds. | |||||||
St. George's home | Milman's -street Chelsea, S.W.10. | 14th May, 1914 | — | — | 50 | 50 | (Under control of medical superintendent, Colindale.) | Miss E. Worden. | — |
St. Luke's hospital | Lowestoft, Suffolk | 9th May, 1922 | — | — | 210 | 210 | h. j. A. Colvin, m.b., ch.b. | Miss E. M. Edmunds. | A. S. Martin. |
Princess Mary's hospital for children. | Cliftonville, Margate, Kent. | 26th June, 1898 (Reconstructed 1914-1919 and reopened October, 1919.) | 4 | - | 271 | 271 | J. G. Johnstone, o.b.e., m.c., m.b., ch.b. | Vacant | K. Belsham. |
High Wood hospital for children. | Brentwood, Essex | 26th July, 1904 (Used for ophthalmia until 1918, then for sane epileptics from Aug., 1918, until November, 1919.) | 35 | - | 426 | (e)426 | A. G. L. Reade, o.b.e., m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p. | Miss Q. C. J. Shaw. | H. C. Self. |
Millfield | Rustington, Little-hampton, Sussex. | 6th April, 1904 | 7 | - | 98 | 98 | C. E. Last, m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p. (visiting medical officer). | Miss B. G.Vivian | J. F. Morgan. |
Northern hospital (part of) | Winchmore Hill, N.21 | See above | — | — | 100 | (f)100 | See above. | ||
Children's Institutions. | |||||||||
Queen Mary's hospital for children (sick children). | Carshalton, Surrey | 29th January, 1909 | 136½ | - | 1,284 | 1,284 | W. T. Gordon Pugh, m.d., f.r.c.s. (Eng). | Miss M. A. Cole | J. R. Earnshaw. |
The Downs hospital for children (sick children). | Sutton, Surrey | 26th February, 1903 (Used as ringworm school until 1913, then as sanatorium for tuberculosis until 1922.) | 42¾ | - | 360 | 360 | C. Price, m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p. | Miss A. M. Pugh | C. E. Lee. |
St. Anne's home (seaside convalescent home). | Heme Bay, Kent | 26th December, 1897 | 2½ | - | 127 | 127 | Malcolm Foster, m.b., ch.b. (visiting medical officer). | Miss G. Fox | C. A. F. Davies. |