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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
Harrow 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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PHTHISIS: SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
| Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the use of Beds ? | Do the Sanitary Authority use — (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospitai, for cases of Phthisis ? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable Open-air Shelters or Tents ? |
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| (a) Early cases. | The Mount Vernon Hospital, 7, Fitzroy Square, London, W. | Hampstead and North wood. | 2 | By the Medical Officer of Health. | Yes. | The Council pay 30/-per week per patient. | No. 1. No. No. 2. The L.G.B. have approved of an Order for the Joint Small-pox Hospital Board to treat Consumption cases from this District. | The Mount Vernon Hospital have arranged to take three cases at one time. | Not at present, but a local Relief Committee do so. |
| (b) Intermediate cases. | No. | No. | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c) Advanced cases. | No. | No. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Have the Council, or any Private Body provided a Dispensary. If so, give the necessary Particulars i No.