First report of the committee of management of the Stockwell Fever and Smallpox Hospitals, 1871-2.

  • Stockwell Smallpox Hospital.
Date:
1872
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Credit: First report of the committee of management of the Stockwell Fever and Smallpox Hospitals, 1871-2. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    METROPOLITAN ASYLUM DISTRICT. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR STOCKWELL FEVER AND SMALLPOX HOSPITALS, FOR THE TEAR ENDING 1st FEBRUARY, 1872. Twelve months having1 elapsed on the 1st of February last since the opening of these Hospitals, your Committee requested Dr. McCann, the Medical Superintendent of the Smallpox Hospital, to prepare and submit to them a report of the medical work of that Hospital, and they have thought that it would not be uninteresting to the Managers to have this laid before them, together with a brief summary of the Committee’s proceedings for the year. On the 31st January, 1871, the Smallpox Hospital was opened with its original number of 102 beds; but so rapidly were Patients sent in, that on the 3rd February it was found necessary to raise the accommodation to 130 by placing beds in the day rooms; and, having regard to the pressure for space, the Committee increased the number of beds in the Fever Hospital from 176 to 224, and, at the request of the b 2