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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LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE.—
Table VII—
Class of hospital. | 1930-31. | 1931-32. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voluntary hospitals | 21,551 | 20,076 | 18,956 | 19,127 | 18,447 |
Military hospitals | 40 | 53 | 42 | 31 | 38 |
Children's hospitals | 72 | 81 | 104 | 108 | 127 |
Lying-in hospitals | 1,916 | 1,944 | 1,690 | 1,648 | 1,703 |
*Council hospitals and institutions | 15,881 | 16,552 | 16,286 | 18,021 | 20,771 |
Other hospitals | 56 | 78 | 109 | 85 | 82 |
Outside county | 54 | 69 | 75 | 47 | 57 |
Patients' homes | 3,445 | 3,039 | 2,485 | 2,363 | 2,362 |
Mortuaries | 49 | 47 | 40 | 62 | 61 |
* Includes hospitals or institutions of late boards of guardians.
Table VIII—
Whence removed. | 1930-31. | 1931 | -32. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients' homes. | Other institutions. | Patients' homes. | Other institutions. | Patients' homes. | Other institutions. | Patients' homes. | Other institutions. | Patients' homes. | Other institutions. | |
Voluntary hospitals | 1,147 | 1,387 | 1,080 | 1,093 | 1,139 | 753 | 1,115 | 640 | 1,271 | 608 |
*Council hospitals and institutions | 618 | 24 | 630 | 15 | 689 | 17 | 551 | 21 | 525 | 52 |
Out-county hospitals | 49 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 29 | — | 64 | 9 | 96 | 11 |
Total | 1,814 | 1,413 | 1,768 | 1,113 | 1,857 | 770 | 1,730 | 670 | 1,892 | 671 |
3,227 | 2,881 | 2,627 | 2,400 | 2,563 |
* Includes hospitals or institutions of late boards of guardians.