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Acton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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B. Tuberculosis.—For patients suffering from this disease Institutional accommodation is
provided through the London County Council.
C. General, Children's and other Hospitals.—

The under-mentioned are situated within the Borough. The St. Pancras and Highgate Hospitals are extensively used by residents of the Borough. St Margaret's Hospital admits cases of the kind specified from the whole of the metropolitan area. The use of the various general and special voluntary hospitals is by no means confined to residents either of this Borough or of the metropolitan area. On the other hand, hospitals situated outside the Borough are largely used by St. Pancras residents.

Hospital.Number of Beds.
. London County Council General Hospitals.
St. Pancras Hospital, King's Road (Tel. Euston 1617)380
Highgate Hospital, Dartmouth Park Hill (Tel. Archway 2681)546
London County Council Special Hospital.
St. Margaret's Hospital, Leighton Road (for ophthalmia neonatorum and congenital syphilis in children) (Tel. Gulliver 2483)85
General and Special Voluntary Hospitals.
University College Hospital, Gower Street (Tel. Euston 5050)Private77
General414
Obstetric85
Roval Ear41
Royal Free Hospital. Gray's Inn RoadGeneral256
Obstetric45
(Tel. Terminus 4331) ...Ear, Nose and Throat2'i
National Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road (Tel. Museum 5206)153
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Euston Road (Tel. Euston 2501)105
West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Regent's Park (Tel. Welbeck 1260)76
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Endsleigh Gardens (Tel. Museum 3326)76
Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road (Tel. Terminus 4311)78
Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street (Tel. Euston 2543151
Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fitzroy Square (Tel. Museum 6188)22
St. Saviour's Hospital, Osnaburgh Street (Tel. Museum 2770)21
North-West London Hospital, Bayham Street (Tel. Gulliver 1734)Out- patients only.
St. Pancras Dispensary, Oakley Square (Tel. Euston 1882)
London Skin Hospital, Fitzroy Square (Tel. Museum 1411)
Western Skin Hospital, Hampstead Road (Tel. Museum 1464)
British Dentists' Hospital, Camden Road (Tel. Gulliver 1977)
London Foot Hospital, Fitzroy Square (Tel. Museum 0091)
British Hospital for Nervous Disorders, Camden Road (Tel. Gulliver 2041)
British Red Cross Society Clinic for Rheumatism, Peto Place (Tel. Welbeclc 1133)