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Detailed information regarding the use made of the
Asylums Board's hospitals by Woolwich residents is set out
in the section dealing with the prevention and control
of infectious diseases. A small number of infectious cases
are admitted to the London Fever Hospital, an institution
where fever patients are received on payment, either in
general or private wards.
(c) Tuberculosis. The arrangements for the treatment
of Tuberculosis are set out in full in Section VIII. of the
report. These may be summarized as follows:—A Dispensary
for the examination of persons suspected to be suffering
from tuberculosis is established in Maxey Road, Plumstead.
All forms of treatment for this disease in individual cases
originate there. Arrangements are made for the diagnosis
of doubtful cases, for out-patient treatment and for institutional
treatment. Briefly, the Borough Council are responsible
for preventive work and for local and out-patient treatment,
and the County Council are responsible for institutional
treatment. No institutional treatment is provided in Woolwich
except under the Board of Guardians in the Plumstead
and District Hospital.
(d) Maternity. The Council have made arrangements with
two local hospitals for the reservation of maternity beds:
(i.) The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; (ii.) The
War Memorial Hospital.
The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, formed by
the amalgamation of the British Lying-in Hospital, Endell
Street, and the Home for Mothers and Babies, was established
in new premises in 1922. Unfortunately, owing to lack of
money, only part of the Hospital was completed at that
time, and only 42 beds are available. Since then the Board
of Management have been actively engaged in collecting
funds and have been so far successful that they were able to