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Hospitals
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 treatment
and other work under the scheme at the end of 1937 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; Great Ormond Street
(children); Mothers' hospital (Salvation Army), Lower Clapton-road, E.; Children's
Medical Home, Waddon.
Clinics with all-day medical and intermediate treatment have been provided at
St. Thomas's hospital; Guy's hospital; West London hospital; the London
County Council (Whitechapel) clinic (see page 39); 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.
St. Paul's hospital was included in the scheme up to March 31st, 1937.
The number of new patients attending the hospitals during the year 1937 was
25,825, of whom 2,927 were suffering from syphilis, 9,952 from gonorrhoea, and 219
from soft chancre, while 12,727 were diagnosed as not suffering from these diseases.