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London County Council Institutions.
General Hospitals.— St. Nicholas', 3,246; Lewisham, 670; St. Alfege's, 196;
Lambeth, 22; St. Stephen's, 10; Dulwich, 5; St. James's, 5; St. Olave's, 5; St.
Charles', 4; Archway, 1; Fulham, 1; St. Pancras, 1; St. Andrew's, 1; St. Leonard's,
1; New End, 1; St. Mary Abbots', 1; St. Peter's, 1.
General Convalescent Hospital.— Queen Mary's (Sidcup), 41.
Public Health Institutions (with sick beds).— St. John's (Hospital), 2; St.
Alfege's (Hospital), 3.
Public Assistance Institutions (with sick beds).— Ladywell, 2.
Special Hospitals:—
(a) Fever and Smallpox.— Brook, 654; Park, 78; Southern (Upper), 30;
North-Eastern, 21; North-Western, 21; South-Eastern, 17; Southern (Lower),
17; Northern, 16; Grove, 10; Western, 7; Eastern, 4; South-Western, 4;
South Wharf, 2; Joyce Green, 1.
(b) Tuberculosis.— Grove Park, 39; High Wood, 37; Colindale, 28; King
George V Sanatorium, 22; Pinewood Sanatorium, 15; St. George's Home, 14;
Princess Mary's, 8; Millfield, 7; St. Luke's, 7.
(c) Children.— Queen Mary's, 34; The Downs, 15; Goldie Leigh, 12; St.
Anne's Home, 11; Norwood, 7.
(d) Epileptic.— Brentwood Colony, 3; Edmonton Colony, 5.
(e) Others.— St. Margaret's, 8; Thavies Inn, 2.
(f) Mental.— The allocation of cases to mental hospitals is not given. As far
as possible cases from Woolwich are admitted to Bexley Mental Hospital, Kent,
but in times of pressure this cannot be observed.
The number of cases admitted to Maudsley Hospital, four certified institutions
for the mentally defective and five mental institutions transferred to the County
Council from the Metropolitan Asylums Board, are not classified geographically.
The total number of cases, excluding mental cases, admitted to hospitals in that
year was 9,283. 5,499 of these obtained treatment in Woolwich, 1,450 in Greenwich
and 891 in Lewisham. Woolwich patients received treatment in hospitals situated in
every Borough in London except Battersea and Stoke Newington.