The Archive · 1937

London Hospitals Progress

London, Feb, 4.

In a statistical review of the work and finance of London voluntary hospitals. in 1935 issued last night, it was shown that the bespits's have not only fully made up the yround Jost In "war time bul have expanded, ith in beds and equipment. at on unprecedented rate.

In 1921 there were 1300 beds, whereas by 1935 this figure had jvisen to 18,000. In regard to the out-patient sie of the hospital work, Feview says the figures suggest that the number of new out-patients: was nearing its maximum for, though, during the fifteen years under review the number of onl-patients increased, by 320,000 to 1,872,000 a greater proportion of the Increase took place in the first ten years, the increase since 1930 being "only" $2,000.

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