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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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HOSPITALS.
As desired by the Minister of Health, a statement is given below of the Hospital services within the
Borough:—
| Name and Situation. | Purpose. | No. of Beds. | Proportion used by Hackney Residents. | Special Departments. | Arrangements for | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Males. | For Females. | Operative Surgery. | Pathological Work. | |||||
| German Hospital, Ritson Road, Dalston, E.8 (Voluntary Hospital) | General | Medical | 23 | 23 | 75 per cent. | X-Ray Dental Ophthalmic Aural Artificial Sunlight Diathermy | 3 Theatres, 1 for major operations 1 for septic cases 1 for Ophthalmic cases 5 Surgeons for general work & leach in Dental, Ophthalmic and Aural Departments | A laboratory is provided in which pathological work is carried out. |
| Surgical | 35 | 23 | ||||||
| Children | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| Chronic sick | — | 8 | ||||||
| Aural | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Ophthalmic | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Paying patients | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| 81 | 79 | |||||||
| 160 | ||||||||
| Hackney Hospital, High Street, Homerton, E.9 (London County Council General Hospital) | Information not yet available | |||||||
| Eastern Hospital, Homerton, E.9 (London County Council Fever Hospital) | Ditto. | |||||||