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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 summarised as follows :—a Dispensary
for the examination of persons suspected to be suffering
from tuberculosis is established in Maxey Road, Plumstead,
where arrangements are made for the diagnosis of doubtful
cases, for out-patient treatment and for institutional
treatment. Briefly, the Borough Council is responsible
for preventive work and for local and out-patient treatment,
and the County Council is 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 has made arrangements with
two local hospitals for the reservation of maternity beds :
(i.) The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies and (ii.) The
War Memorial Hospital. Detailed information regarding
this service will be found in the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section (No. IX.) of the report.
(e) Children. There is no special hospital for children in
the Borough, but there is a children's ward in the War
Memorial Hospital.
(f) Others. The Woolwich War Memorial Hospital,
which was formally opened in November, 1927, admitted its