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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† Opened 10th June, 1938.
* Excluding figures for the hospitals for chronic sick.
‡ Valvo-vaginitis unit (33 cots) temporarily closed pending structural improvements.
§ Increased to 658 beds (1.11.1938). || Includes infants in maternity cots.
General Hospitals
| Hospital | Fixed accommodation at 1.4.1938 | Admissions during the year | Confinements during the year | Discharges during the year | Deaths during the year | Average percentage of occupation of fixed accommodation | Average duration of stay in days | Operations performed during the year | Xdepartments | Massage or physio-therapeutic departments | Out-patients | Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Ante-natal clinics | Out-patients (excluding ante-natal clinic cases) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Inpatients | Outpatients | No. of films | No. of patients | No. of treatments | Inpatients | Outpatients | No. of treatments | |||||||||||||||
| No. of expectant mothers seen | No. of attendances | No. of persons seen | No. of these who had previously received in-patient treatment | No. of attendances | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archway | 564 | 4,386 | 1 | 3,545 | 758 | 68.8 | 32.2 | 719 | 2,454 | 77 | 3,83??? | - | - | 509 | 17 | 6,162 | — | — | 359 | 157 | 2,081 | Archway. |
| Bethnal Green | 650 | 6,181 | 715 | 5,698 | 565 | 79.5 | 35.6 | 1,375 | 3,256 | 2,683 | 11,23??? | - | - | 317 | 590 | 24,127 | 741 | 4,644 | 9,197 | 3,926 | 53,037 | Bethmal Green. |
| Dulwich | 723 | 7,671 | 1,130 | 6,688 | 982 | 96.0 | 33.0 | 2,049 | 4,045 | 754 | 10,53??? | - | - | 535 | 245 | 13,519 | 1,135 | 8,743 | 4,404 | 1,230 | 10,018 | Dulwich. |
| Fulham I | 567 | 5,260 | 327 | 4,608 | 612 | 83.2 | 32.5 | 1,254 | 2,099 | 1,227 | 9,50??? | - | - | 303 | 312 | 15,527 | 488 | 3,379 | 5,839 | 890 | 21,008 | Fulham I. |
| Hackney I | 772 | 7,753 | 899 | 6,895 | 964 | 80.5 | 29.1 | 2,391 | 4,659 | 4,293 | 12,57??? | 45 | 356 | 496 | 956 | 40,744 | 962 | 5,964 | 16,582 | 754 | 110,491 | Hackney I. |
| Hammersmith I | 458 | 6,643 | 1,909 | 6,363 | 278 | 92.4 | 23.5 | 3,898 | 4,648 | 3,936 | 17,19??? | 2,657 | 4,772 | 562 | 1,333 | 46,099 | 1,857 | 10,547 | 11,148 | 2,238 | 47,091 | Hammersmith I. |
| Highgate | 545 | 3,223 | 2 | 2,836 | 380 | 74.9 | 46.0 | 1,175 | 2,180 | 450 | 4,27??? | - | - | 499 | 55 | 16,230 | — | — | 314 | 148 | 3,091 | Highgate. |
| Lambeth I | 860 | 9,043 | 1,006 | 7,905 | 1,167 | 91.8 | 36.3 | 1,553 | 4,102 | 1,184 | 7,43??? | 835 | 18,275 | 714 | 338 | 57,030 | 1,012 | 5,743 | 8,104 | 609 | 29,405 | Lambeth I. |
| Lewisham | 781 | 8,965 | 1,443 | 7,942 | 1,016 | 99.7 | 34.6 | 3,524 | 4,599 | 4,573 | 15,20??? | - | - | 336 | 1,129 | 59,519 | 1,660 | 10,880 | 13,553 | 4,522 | 56,883 | Lewisham. |
| Mile End | 466 | 6,145 | 991 | 5,652 | 513 | 75.8 | 22.7 | 1,373 | 2,953 | 2,198 | 8,665??? | - | — | 328 | 676 | 23,128 | 930 | 6,300 | 17,856 | 1,390 | 56,763 | Mile End. |
| New End | 260 | 2,701 | 483 | 2,471 | 252 | 86.2 | 29.0 | 1,344 | 1,546 | 1,072 | 4,84??? | - | - | 94 | 213 | 5,530 | 552 | 2,757 | 2,023 | 307 | 13,012 | New End. |
| Paddington | 567§ | 5,706 | 724 | 4,974 | 686 | 83.9 | 30.7 | 1,154 | 2,441 | 2,301 | 10,046 | - | - | 695 | 816 | 22,736 | 774 | 5,287 | 7,766 | 4,613 | 37,531 | Paddington. |
| St. Alfege's I | 622 | 7,603 | 872 | 6,767 | 848 | 87.0 | 26.5 | 3,385 | 3,877 | 4,284 | 10,979 | - | - | 320 | 405 | 19,454 | 1,051 | 6,425 | 7,360 | 1,393 | 36,238 | St. Alfege's I. |
| St. Andrew's | 626 | 8,291 | 1,115 | 7,584 | 776 | 86.7 | 23.4 | 2,198 | 3,347 | 3,062 | 11,710 | - | - | 630 | 1,104 | 45,198 | 1,099 | 5,176 | 10,706 | 1,979 | 70,098 | St. Andrew's. |
| St. Charles' | 752 | 5,551 | 1 | 4,819 | 805 | 75.9 | 37.0 | 1,245 | 2,600 | 1,002 | 6,610 | — | — | 352 | 146 | 19,073 | — | - | 5,045 | 702 | 9,889 | St. Charles'. |
| St. George-in-the-East | 410 | 4,065 | 365 | 3,829 | 300 | 68.0 | 24.3 | 1,277 | 2,811 | 2,643 | 8,116 | - | - | 687 | 1,312 | 28,973 | 257 | 1,544 | 10,632 | 841 | 48,700 | St. George-in-the-East. |
| St. Giles' | 810 | 9,826 | 1,175 | 8,595 | 1,304 | 96.4 | 28.9 | 2,737 | 5,194 | 2,248 | 14,280 | - | - | 899 | 232 | 21,788 | 1,241 | 11,671 | 9,682 | 1,218 | 26,226 | St. Giles'. |
| St. James' | 898 | 14,324 | 1,682 | 12,767 | 1,488 | 98.9 | 22.5 | 5,815 | 6,112 | 3,572 | 17,465 | - | - | 908 | 588 | 32,031 | 1,997 | 13,169 | 6,542 | 2,074 | 34,237 | St. James'. |
| St. Leonard's I | 549 | 5,411 | 671 | 4,775 | 648 | 89.6 | 32.6 | 1,386 | 2,957 | 2,056 | 9,856 | — | — | 434 | 673 | 24,883 | 709 | 4,344 | 7,584 | 1,088 | 37,667 | St. Leonard's I. |
| St. Luke's, Chelsea | 390 | 3,118 | 2 | 2,766 | 389 | 83.1 | 40.7 | 771 | 1,824 | 996 | 4,281 | - | - | 195 | 224 | 8,128 | — | — | 2,373 | 227 | 16,086 | St. Luke's, Chelsea. |
| St. Mary Abbots I | 547 | 6,849 | 1,041 | 6,420 | 434 | 77.0 | 21.6 | 3,435 | 5,223 | 1,196 | 15,148 | - | - | 1,221 | 821 | 50,730 | 1,185 | 6,355 | 4,923 | 1,513 | 24,800 | St. Mary Abbots I. |
| St. Mary, Islington | 838 | 8,164 | 1,511 | 7,454 | 918 | 86.0 | 33.0 | 1,903 | 4,214 | 152 | 8,751 | — | — | 523 | 222 | 17,479 | 1,703 | 11,408 | 3,142 | 911 | 10,416 | St. Mary, Islington. |
| St. Nicholas' | 331 | 3,967 | 419 | 3,521 | 476 | 86.4 | 27.0 | 2,109 | 2,370 | 3,709 | 9,341 | — | — | 313 | 755 | 40,164 | 798 | 5,571 | 6,545 | 1,043 | 44,836 | St. Nicholas. |
| St. Olave's | 688 | 6,557 | 949 | 5,988 | 631 | 82.4 | 31.5 | 2,075 | 2,960 | 3,525 | 11,359 | - | - | 215 | 2,991 | 30,060 | 1,098 | 6,396 | 7,138 | 509 | 48,030 | St. Olave's. |
| St. Pancras I | 380 | 4,876 | 886 | 4,347 | 492 | 77.6 | 21.9 | 617 | 2,407 | 676 | 5,870 | - | - | 548 | 238 | 21,003 | 977 | 9,096 | 1,383 | 229 | 9,668 | St. Pancras I. |
| St. Peter's | 408 | 4,274 | - | 3,842 | 432 | 79.1 | 29.7 | 620 | 1,734 | 825 | 4,149 | — | — | 331 | 322 | 17,513 | — | — | 5,665 | 642 | 28,008 | St. Peter's. |
| St. Stephen's | 748 | 7,243 | 612 | 6,460 | 828 | 91.4 | 33.5 | 1,392 | 4,434 | 809 | 9,628 | — | - | 1,943 | 968 | 32,428 | 529 | 3,125 | 3,838 | 764 | 11,067 | St. Stephen's. |
| Total | 16,210 | 173,796 | 20,831 | 155,511 | 18,942 | 85.5 | 29.7 | 52,774 | 91,046 | 55,503 | 263,391 | 3,537 | 23,403 | 14,907 | 17,681 | 735,894 | 22,755 | 148,524 | 189,703 | 36,917 | 896,305 | |
| Norwood | 210 | 1,037 | — | 1,045 | 11 | 79.5 | 54.3 | 106 | — | - | — | — | — | 204 | - | 2,168 | - | - | - | - | - | Norwood. |
| Queen Mary's, Sidcup | 530 | 3,164 | 3,202 | 84 | 83.8 | 49.2 | 10 | - | - | - | _- | - | 352 | — | 11,326 | - | - | - | - | - | Queen Mary's, Sideup. | |
| Princess Mary's Convalescent Home, Margate | 236 | 1,534 | — | 1,454 | - | 64.0 | 20.3 | 1 | 15 | - | 25 | — | — | 191 | - | 1,293 | - | - | - | - | - | Princess Mary's Con valescent Home, Margate |
| Total | 766 | 4,698 | - | 4,656 | 84 | 77.7 | 40.4 | - | - | - | - | — | — | 543 | - | 12,619 | - | — | — | — | — | |
| St. David's | 328 | 141 | - | 120 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | St. David's. | |
| St. Faith's | 427 | 96 | — | 87 | 2 | 84.8 | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | St. Faith's. |
| Total | 755 | 237 | — | 207 | 5 | 87.9 | - | - | - | - | -_ | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | — | — | — | |
| St. Margaret's | 48‡ | 458 | — | 440 | 11 | 72.9 | 28.8 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | St. Margaret's. | |
| Grand total | 17,989 | 180,226 | 20,831 | 161,859 | 19,053 | 85.2 | 30.1 | 52,897 | 91,061 | 55,503 | 263,416 | 3,537 | 23,403 | 15,654 | 17,681 | 750,681 | 22,755 | 148,524 | 189,703 | 36,917 | 896,305 | |
| Grand total, 1937 | 17,936 | 178,829 | 19,665 | 159,184 | 20,486 | 86-9|| | 30.3 | 47,928* | 86,473* | 47,319* | 232,728* | 964 | 21,550 | 14,242* | 14,995* | 693,585* | 21,510 | 132,270 | 161,952* | 33,551* | 764,680* | |