Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1944.

  • Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease (London, England)
Date:
1944
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Credit: Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1944. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with Hip Disease (In connection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital). OBJECTS OF THE HOSPITAL. The Hospital is for the reception, maintenance, treatment and education of children suffering from tuberculous disease of the bones and joints, and other orthopaedic conditions. RULES FOR ADMISSION. Girls and boys are received up to the age of sixteen. A weekly contribution is required. No child suffering from any infectious disease, or coming from an infected house, can be admitted to the Hospital. All children should have been vaccinated before admission. Application for admission should be made to the Secretary, to whom cheques, crossed and to order, should be made payable. Children living near the Hospital may be brought to be examined there by appointment with the Medical Superintendent. Patients unable to come to the Hospital for examination may obtain from the Secretary a form of medical certificate, to be filled in by their Medical Attendant, which, when completed, should be returned to the Secretary. The collection of Letters of Recommendation for individual patients is not permitted.