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HOSPITAL TREATMENT AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDICAL
RELIEF.
17. Poor-law cases requiring hospital treatment are admitted
to either the Woolwich or the Lewisham Infirmary—
those from the parishes of Woolwich and Plumstead to the
Woolwich Infirmary and those from Eltham to the Lewisham
Infirmary.
Other Institutions receiving sick persons in the district
are as follows:—
Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital, 12 beds and
2 cots.
Eltham and Mottingham Cottage Hospital, 22 beds.
Royal Arsenal Hospital, for Arsenal employees.
The Auxiliary Hospital, for soldiers and their dependants.
There is no general hospital in Woolwich and considerable
use is in consequence made of the London General Hospitals,
but no actual figures showing the extent are available. It is
proposed however, to erect a general hospital as a War memorial.
Reference is made in the Maternity and Child Welfare
Section (q.v.) to four other Institutions dealing with that
aspect of hospital work, namely:—
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies.
Woolwich and Plumstead Maternity Home.
Woolwich Home for Ailing Babies.
Convalescent Home, Brent Road.