Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the London County Council.—
Name and Situation. | | By whom provided. | |
---|---|---|
(1) Tuberculosis | St. Joseph's Hospice for the Dying (33 beds for Tuberculosis), Cambridge Lodge, Mare Street | This is a Religious Institution, but beds are obtainable by Local Authorities. In London residential treatment of tuberculosis is provided by the London County Council. |
(2) Maternity | Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road, and (see below) City of London Lying-in Hospital, City Road | Agreement with these two Institutions to pay sum of one guinea in respect of each necessitous case admitted from the Borough. A necessitous case is defined on page 96. |
(8) Children | Agreement with the Invalid Children's Aid Association whereby this Association arranges convalescent aid undor the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. There is no Hospital for Children in the Borough. | |
(4) Fever | Eastern Fever Hospital, The Grove, Homerton | This Hospital is the property of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. |
(5) Other Hospitals | Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road | A General Hospital supported by voluntary contributions. It has accommodation for in- and out-patients. |
German Hospital, Ritson Road, Dalston Hackney Infirmary, High Street, Homerton Mission of Help to the Suffering Poor, Upper ClaDton | Ditto. Maintained by the Hackney Board of Guardians. Assistance to aged and infirm. Medical and dental treatment in hosDital. |
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the
London County Council.—
Name and Situation. |
By whom provided.
(1) Tuberculosis
St. Joseph's Hospice for
the Dying (33 beds for
Tuberculosis), Cambridge
Lodge, Mare
Street
This is a Religious Institution,
but beds are obtainable by
Local Authorities. In London
residential treatment of tuberculosis
is provided by the
London County Council.
(2) Maternity
Salvation Army Mothers'
Hospital, Lower Clapton
Road, and (see below)
City of London Lying-in
Hospital, City Road
Agreement with these two Institutions
to pay sum of one
guinea in respect of each
necessitous case admitted
from the Borough.
A necessitous case is defined
on page 96.
(8) Children
Agreement with the Invalid
Children's Aid Association
whereby this Association arranges
convalescent aid undor
the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme. There is no
Hospital for Children in the
Borough.
(4) Fever
Eastern Fever Hospital,
The Grove, Homerton
This Hospital is the property of
the Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
(5) Other
Hospitals
Metropolitan Hospital,
Kingsland Road
A General Hospital supported
by voluntary contributions. It
has accommodation for in- and
out-patients.
German Hospital, Ritson
Road, Dalston
Hackney Infirmary, High
Street, Homerton
Mission of Help to the
Suffering Poor, Upper
ClaDton
Ditto.
Maintained by the Hackney
Board of Guardians.
Assistance to aged and infirm.
Medical and dental treatment
in hosDital.
In, eitutional Provision for Unmarried mothers, illegitimate infants
and homeless children.—
The following; institutions are subsidised by the Ministry of
Health, but not by the Borough Council, with the exception of