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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Council's hospital | Voluntary hospital | Particulars of association |
|---|---|---|
| Brook Hospital | Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. | (a) Secondment of student nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital for a period of two months at a time for training in nursing of infectious diseases. |
| (b) Accommodation of the preliminary training school of Great Ormond Street Hospital at Brook Hospital owing to lack of accommodation at Great Ormond Street. | ||
| Archway Group of Hospitals. | Royal Free Hospital | |
| "Post" of six medical students from Royal Free Hospital attached to the medical wards at Archway Hospital for three months at a time. | ||
| Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Car-shalton. | South-Eastern Hospital for Children, Sydenham. | |
| Secondment of student nurses from Queen Mary's Hospital for Children. Carshalton, to staff a ward at South-Eastern Hospital for Children, Sydenham, to give more experience in acute medical and surgical work. | ||
| Fulham Hospital | West London Hospital | |
| Dean of West London Hospital Medical School assumed clinical control of 32 beds (16 male and 16 female) on the medical side of Fulham Hospital. Students from West London Hospital attend Fulham Hospital to receive medical teaching |
Besides the foregoing associations, mention should be made of the ophthalmic
department which has functioned at Lambeth Hospital since 1943 in the clinical
charge of medical staff from the Royal Eye Hospital, and of the arrangements made
for accommodating 39 nurses from Guy's Hospital at Lambeth Hospital and for
seconding six senior nurses from Guy's Hospital for duty at St. Olave's Hospital.
The possibility of extending the co-operation between the Council's hospitals
and voluntary hospitals is under active consideration and many schemes are being
discussed.
Works of
improvement
The reports for the years 1944 and 1945 indicated that, with certain exceptions,
rebuilding of destroyed or damaged hospitals and the overtaking of six years' arrears
of works of improvement had had to be deferred in conformity with the policy to
give priority to housing. While this need remained of paramount importance, it was
decided that the more urgent requirements of the hospital service should be met, so
as to prevent the marked lowering of hospital standards. With this aim, attention
was drawn, during the year, to the most pressing needs for repairs, etc., and certain
urgent works were approved.
A request (circular 185/45) from the Ministry of Health for particulars of estimated
capital expenditure for the three years 1946/49 necessitated the preparation
of a programme of major building works at hospitals, group laboratories, etc. A
priority list of works has been prepared and authority obtained for the preparation
of sketch plans in respect of 35 major building works at 28 hospitals.
During the year re-instatement of air-raid damage at a number of hospitals
was continued. In addition, certain works were carried out under arrangements
made by the Ministry of Works.
The works necessary for re-opening Princess Mary's Hospital, Margate (closed
during the war period), as a convalescent home for women, were completed.