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At the War Memorial Hospital the Council reserve twelve beds for children
under five years, and sufficient accommodation as may be necessary for 66 maternity
cases per annum. In addition, the hospital authorities are under contract to provide
emergency treatment as occasion arises for such cases of midwifery as require it.
At the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, such accommodation as may
be necessary for 144 confinements per annum, and for their ante-natal treatment, is
reserved for cases sent by the Borough Council.
The following figures, taken from the joint survey of the medical and surgical
services in London, prepared partly by the London Voluntary Hospitals Committee
and partly by the County Medical Officer, show where Woolwich residents requiring
institutional treatment during the year 1931 obtained it in London and in institutions
outside London, belonging to the London County Council.
Voluntary Hospitals.
London Teaching Hospitals:— Guy's, 156; St. Thomas's, 51; St. Bartholomew's,
41; Charing Cross, 33; Westminster, 33; London, 30; King's College, 26;
University College, 24; St. George's, 18; Royal Free, 6; Middlesex, 3; St. Mary's, 3.
London General Hospitals (over 100 beds):— Woolwich War Memorial,
1,192; Miller, 585; St. John's (Lewisham), 102; Homœopathic, 25; Jewish, 1.
London General Hospitals (under 100 beds):— Eltham, 538; Blackheath, 12;
Mildmay Mission, 4; Mildmay Memorial, 3; French, 2; Italian, 2.
Special Hospitals:— British, for Mothers (Maternity), 511; Hospital for Consumption,
77; Hospital for Sick Children, 46; Cancer (Free), The, 36; Royal
Westminster Ophthalmic, 32; Royal London Ophthalmic, 30; Evelina (Children), 28;
South London (Women), 24; Golden Square, Throat, Nose and Ear, 23; Royal Eye,
22; Royal Waterloo (Children and Women), 16; National, Queen Square (Nervous),
15; East London (Children), 12; Gordon (Fistula, etc.), 12; West End (Nervous),
11; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Women), 10; Royal National Orthopædic, 10; St.
Peter's (Stone), 9; Children's, Hampstead, 8; Grosvenor (Women), 8; Royal Dental,
7; St. Mark's (Fistula, etc.), 7; City of London (Heart and Lungs), 6; East End,
Maternity, 6; Marie Curie (Radium), 6; Central London, Throat, Nose and Ear, 4;
General Lying-in, 4; Hospital for Women, 3; London Lock (Male and Female), 3;
National Heart, 3; Paddington Green (Children), 3; St. John's (Skin), 3; Seamen's
Hospital Society (Tropical Diseases), 3; Chelsea (Women), 2; Clapham Maternity, 2;
London Fever, 2; St. Columba's (Advanced Cases), 2; St. Paul's (Genito-Urinary),
2; Baby Hospital, Kensington, 1; Central London Ophthalmic, 1; Hospital for
Epilepsy and Paralysis, 1; Hostel of St. Luke (Clergy), 1; Mothers' (Salvation Army),
1; Princess Louise, Kensington (Children), 1; Queen Charlotte's Maternity, 1; St.
Thomas's (Babies), 1; Western Ophthalmic, 1; Winifred House (Children), 1.