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Hackney 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Name and Situation.Mature of Accommodation.By whom provided.
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, E.8Treatment ClinicLondon County Council
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the London County Council.—
Name and Situation.By whom provided.
(1) TuberculosisSt. Joseph's Hospice for the Dying (43 beds for Tuberculosis), Cambridge Lodge, Mare StreetThis 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) MaternitySalvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road, and (see below) City of London Lying-in Hospital, City RoadAgreement 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 93.
(3) ChildrenAgreement with the Invalid Children's Aid Association whereby this Association arranges convalescent aid under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. There is no Hospital for Children in the Borough.
(4) FeverEastern Fever Hospital, The Grove, HomertonThis Hospital is the property of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
(8) Other HospitalsMetropolitan Hospital, Kingsland RoadA General Hospital supported
by voluntary contributions. It has accommodation for in- and out-patients.
1German Hospital, Ritson Road, DalstonDitto.
Hackney Hospital, High Street, HomertonMaintained by the Hackney Board of Guardians.
Mission of Help to the Suffering Poor, Upper ClaptonAssistance to aged and infirm. Medical and dental treatment in hospital.

Institutional 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