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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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| Name and Situation. | Purpose. | No. of Beds. | Proportion used by Hackney Residents. | Special Departments. | Arrangements for | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Males. | For Females, | Operative Surgery. | Pathological Work. | |||||
| Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, Dalston, E .8 (Voluntary Hospital) | General | Medical | 30 | 30 | 33 per cent. | Gynaecological | 1 Theatre 5 Surgeons for general work and 1 in each special department | A laboratory is provided in which all pathological work is carried out. |
| Surgical | 37 | 36 | Aural | |||||
| Children | Total 17 | Ophthalmic | ||||||
| Venereal disease | As required | Dental | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | Do. | X-Ray, Massage and Electrical | ||||||
| Orthopaedic | Do. | |||||||
| Aural | Do. | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||
| and Pyrexia | Do. | |||||||
| Ophthalmia | ||||||||
| Neonatorum | Do. | |||||||
| 150 | ||||||||
| Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road, E.5 (The Salvation Army) | Maternity | .. | .. | 90 | 25 to 30 per cent. | Ante-Natal V.D. Ante-Natal Post-Natal Dental Infant Welfare | 1 Theatre 4 Surgeons | Mostly carried out at Royal Free Hospital. Specimens from V.D. Dept. are sent to Charing Cross Hospital. Remaining specimens are examined at the Hospital. |
| St. Joseph's Hospice for the Dying, Mare Street, E.8 (Voluntary Institution) | Hospice for the Dying | Tuberculosis General | 16 | 22 | 33 per cent. | None | None | None |
| 21 | 16 | |||||||
| 37 | 38 | |||||||
| 75 | ||||||||