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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
Woolwich 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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PHTHISIS : SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
| Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total Number of Beds. | How are Patients selected ? | Are Patients under the care of a Resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any is made for the use of Beds ? | Do the Sanitary Authority use—(1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital for cases of Phthisis ? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium ; if so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide poitable open-air Shelters or Tents ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Early cases | Maitland Cottage Sana t o ri u m Committee, paid for by Borough Council | Peppard, Oxon. | 6 or 7 | By the Medical Officer of Health | Yes | 25/- children and 30/- adults weekly | |||
| Poor Law Guardians (many go to the London Consumptive Hospitals & various charitable sana-toriums | Infirmary | 23 Beds on open air balconies | Guardians | Yes | According to means | There is none | Yes —see under early cases | Yes—9 provided all in use | |
| (c) Advanced cases. | Poor Law Guardians. A few go to the two or three London Homes for the Dying | Plumstead | Average 35-40 None in this Borough | Do. No organised selection | Yes | Do. |
Have the Council, or any Private Body, provided a Dispensary. If so, give particulars ?
Yes—Central Fund for London. One Doctor and one Nurse employed. Commenced Sept., 1911. 236 patients
now under treatment.