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The Local Government Board, in due course, signified its approval of the scheme
which came into operation on 1st January, 1917, and is known as the London and
Home Counties Scheme.
The general and special hospitals undertaking in-patient or out-patient treat- Hospitals,
ment and other work under the scheme at the end of 1936, were as follows:—
General Hospitals.— St. Thomas's; Seamen's; Royal Free (women); Guy's;
West London; Royal Northern; St. Mary's; St. George's; University College;
Metropolitan; King's College; Albert Dock; Miller General; St. John's (Lewisham);
Westminster.
Special Hospitals.— South London hospital for Women; St. Paul's; Great
Ormond-street (Children); Mothers' hospital (Salvation Army), Lower Claptonroad,
E.; Children's Medical Home, Waddon.
Clinics with all-day medical and intermediate treatment have been provided at
St. Thomas's hospital; St. Paul's hospital; Guy's hospital; West London hospital;
the London County Council (Whitechapel) clinic (see page 34) and the Royal
Free hospital (women).
In addition the following hospitals provide facilities for all-day intermediate
treatment: Miller General; Royal Northern; St. John's (Lewisham); St. Mary's;
Seamen's; University College.
The number of new patients attending the hospitals during the year 1936 was
26,077, of whom 2,921 were suffering from syphilis, 10,043 from gonorrhœa, and 296
from soft chancre, while 12,817 were diagnosed as not suffering from these diseases.
A summary of the work done by the hospitals for each of the areas in the joint
scheme during the year 1936 is shown in the following table:—