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Hospital Accommodation for Diphtheria Oases.—In October, on account of
the want of hospital accommodation for Diphtheria cases, an enquiry was made
as to the accommodation provided by general and special hospitals in and
near St. Pancras for this purpose. A circular was sent which elicited
replies to the following effect:—
University College Hospital, Gower Street. Seven beds are
reserved for Diphtheria cases, but only patients requiring
tracheotomy are admitted.
Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road. No beds are set apart, but
urgent cases requiring tracheotomy are admitted to an isolation
ward.
Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road. Cases requiring tracheotomy
are admitted to isolation ward.
North-West London Hospital, Kentish Town Road. No accommodation.
New Hospital for Women, Euston Road. No accommodation.
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road. (No
answer.)
Middlesex Hospital, Goodge Street, W. No accommodation.
Charing Cross Hospital, W.C. No special beds, but cases are
admitted when tracheotomy is urgently required.
King's College Hospital, Lincoln's Inn, W.C. Infectious cases to
the number of twelve are admitted on payment of a guinea a
week towards maintenance.
French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. No accommodation.
Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, N. Urgent
cases are received provided there is room, in small special wards
and two isolation wards, each containing one bed.
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, W.C. Twelve
beds are set apart for Diphtheria, eight for acute cases, and four
serving as a convalescent ward.
Samaritan Free Hospital for Women, Marylebone Road, N.W.
No accommodation.
London Throat Hospital, Great Portland Street, W. (No answer.)
Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square, W. No
accommodation.
Hospital Accommodation for Infectious Diseases Generally.—On Tuesday,
December 3rd, a Conference of Delegates of the Metropolitan Vestries and
District Boards, invited by the Vestry of St. Marylebone, was held at the
Court House, Marylebone, W., to consider the position of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board in regard to its inability to provide sufficient accommodation
for the infectious sick, and to discuss the following, among other points:—