London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Hospital for Post Encephalitis Lethargica—
Northern, YVinchmore Hill, N. 21 (part of) 271 beds.
10 Sanatoria and Hospitals for Tuberculous Patients
containing beds as follows : 739 (Children), 210 (Women),
581 (Men), 632 (Men and Women). In all 2,162 beds.
20 Mental Hospitals containing 32,539 beds.
Children's Hospitals and Homes—
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey 1,274 beds.
The Down's Hospital for Children, Sutton, Surrey 360 beds.
St. Anne's Home, Heme Bay, Kent (Convalescent Children) 127 beds.
Contagious Diseases of the Skin and Scalp—
Goldie Leigh Homes, Abbey Wood, S.E. 2 248 beds
Ophthalmia—
White Oak, Swanley Junction, Kent 364 beds.
Venereal Disease Clinics accessible from Shoreditch—
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, W.C.I (male and female children)
Daily treatment (Sunday excepted) 9 to 10 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday 2 to 4 p.m.
London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, E.l. Gonorrhoea {Clap)—male and female,
Daily treatment between 9.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Syphilis—male and female :
Monday 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday 10 a.m. tc
12 noon. Thursday 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon. Patients can also be seen daily
at other times.
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, E.8 (male and female). Monday and
Friday 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday noon to 1 p.m.
Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, W.C.I (females and children). Daily treatment
between 7 a.m. and 9.30 p.m.
Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields), City Road, E.C.I. Male : Monday
and Friday 5.30 p.m. Female ; Wednesday 1.30 p.m.
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