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Children's Diseases; Diseases of the Eye, of the Ear, Nose and
Throat, and of the Skin; Orthopaedics, Neurology, Genito-Urinary
Diseases, etc. The Post-Mortem Room has recently been rebuilt, and
new Clinical Laboratories have recently been completed.
This hospital is largely used by the inhabitants of Southwark,
roughly a fifth of the in-patients are from this Borough, and a very
much larger proportion of the out-patients.
Evelina Hospital, Southwark Bridge Road.
For children, 80 cots.
Royal Eye Hospital (London School of Ophthalmic Surgery), St. George's
Circus, Southwark.
40 beds, 2 cots.
St. Thomas's Hospital.
This hospital is situated about J mile beyond the Southwark
boundary, and contains 640 beds and a large well organised Outpatient
Department. It is made considerable use of by Southwark
patients who live adjacent to it or who find facilities for access easy.
Its open situation makes it well known and adds to its popularity.
Special Departments.—Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, Skin,
Teeth, and of Children, Nervous Diseases, Mental Diseases, Tuberculosis,
Venereal Disease, Orthopaedic, Electrocardiographic,
Massage, Electro-Therapeutic, Remedial Exercises, Radiology, also
a Maternity Ward.
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill.
Special and General Hospital, with 384 beds. Midwifery cases
are attended at their own homes, and there is a Special Maternity
Ward which is utilised by a few Southwark patients.
Royal Waterloo Hospital, Waterloo Road.
For Women and Children, 130 beds.
Belgrave Hospital, 1. Clapham Road.
For Children, 76 beds.
General Lying-in Hospital, York Road.
For Women, 45 beds. 255 Southwark mothers were treated at
this hospital during 1931. Our Health Visitors are responsible for
the supervision of the homes of these cases and the preparation for