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The advantages to be gained by this step were (a) the nursing and domestic staff could then
be housed in temporary quarters on the upper floors of the two blocks and (b) the two ward units
on the ground floor would provide from thirty to thirty-six beds instead of fifteen.
The erection of this second block commenced in July and will cost £13,000. Great encouragement
to the Building Fund Campaign was afforded by the gracious promise that, provided all
liabilities are met by May, 1928, their Majesties the King and Queen would perform the formal
opening ceremony
Their Majesties the King and Queen opened the Hospital on May 21st, 1928.
Pending the erection of the new Hospital, out-patient work was carried on at St. Mark's
Church Institute, St. Mark's Road, North Kensington, At this institution, from January 1st to
December 6th, 1927, 2,896 patients were dealt with and 12,983 attendances recorded. The lack of
was acutely felt and many cases which were urgently requiring in-patient treatment were
unable to be dealt with at these premises. In spite of these drawbacks, the number of patients
attending was much higher than during the last few years in Church Street, and has shown a
steady increase, thus affording further proof of the need, known so well by those who live or work
in North Kensington and its neighbourhood, for a properly equipped hospital with accommodation
for a large number of patients.
The staff engaged at the St. Mark's Road temporary out-patient department was as follows :—
Honorary Medical Officers 5
Resident Medical Officer 1
Dispenser 1
Sister-in-Charge 1
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
Dr. Menzies, the County Medical Officer, has kindly made it possible for me to give the
following particulars of the routine medical examination of elementary school children carried out
in 1927 in Kensington