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London County Council 1934

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

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St. Leonard's hospital.
Provision of babies' bathroom.
St. Pancras hospital.
Adaptation ot a side ward as ward kitchen.
(c) Venereal wards.
St. Stephen's hospital.
Enlargement of female V.D. unit by provision of a day room.
(d) Chronic wards.
City of London institution.
Reconditioning of three wards including reflooring, plastering, rewiring, improving the
ventilation, which owing to the windows being fixed was very inadequate, and improving the
sanitary fittings.
Hackney institution.
Rewiring and replacement of obsolete sanitary fittings in sick block.
St. Pancras institution.
Reconditioning annexes of institution day rooms to provide accommodation for 36 sick
patients.
(e) Convalescent wards.
St. Benedict's hospital.
Erection of two shelters in grounds for patients.
2. Special departments.
(а) Receiving and caeualty departments.
Fulham hospital.
Erection of two casualty treatment rooms, one attached to each receiving ward.
St. Charles' hospital.
Improvement of receiving ward bathrooms.
St. Mary, Islington, hospital.
Adaptation and extension of male receiving ward by the erection of a one-storey building.
(б) X-ray departments.
Fulham hospital.
Erection of dark room for X-ray department.
Lambeth hospital.
Extension of deep X-ray therapy unit.
St. John's hospital.
Adaptation of disused store as X-ray developing room.
(c) Dental departments.
Lewisham hospital.
Improvement of dental accommodation.
St. Charles' hospital.
Provision of dental surgery and orthopaedic room by conversion of a day room.
St. Pancras hospital.
Provision of dental surgery by adaptation of receiving ward.
(d) Mortuaries.
Constance Road institution.
Enlargement of the mortuary especially to provide better accommodation for relatives to
view the dead.
Edmonton colony (now St. David's hospital).
Adaptation of an existing building as a mortuary.
3. Staff accommodation.
(a) Medical staff.
St. John's hospital.
Erection of two additional sitting rooms and bedrooms for assistant medical officers.
(b) Nursing staff.
Constance Road institution.
Reconditioning and tiling of sanitary accommodation and provision of an additional bathroom.
Replacement of gas lighting by electric.