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Willesden 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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HOSPITAL REPORT for 1904
To the Chairman and Members of the Willesden Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you the
Hospital Report for the year 1904.
The year just completed has been possibly a
more arduous one than any of its predecessors, and
this I think will be allowed, if it is remembered
that with the somewhat inadequate accommodation
which has existed here of recent years, an even
larger number of patients were dealt with than was
the case on any previous occasion.
The work entailed in consequence of this increased
number of patients was moreover greatly added to
by reason of the fact that the accommodation referred
to was still further diminished on account of the
Nursing and Domestic Staff having to be housed in
certain of the wards for several months, during the
time their own quarters in the Adminstration Block