[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In 1968, as in previous years fluctuations in hotel and hospital population accounted for most of the changes in the ward totals compared with 1967. The only changes of any consequence were the closure of the Carnival Ground in Mile-end and the opening in February of a new 120-bed Geriatric hospital on the site of the former Lightburn Infectious Diseases Hospital, Carntyne. The institutional population, as at 30th June, 1968, was accom- modated as follows :— 1968 1967 General Hospitals ... 2,148 2,312 Infectious Diseases Hospitals 788 901 Mental Hospitals 2,770 2,760 Sanatoria and Others* 5,354 5,031 Nursing and Maternity Homes ... 376 407 Children’s Homes ... 199 260 Hotels and Guest Houses 3,011 3,409 Hostels 644 973 Homes for aged Persons 1,673 1,774 Common Lodging Houses 1,114 1,134 Special Institutions 3,456 3,109 Total 21,533 22,070 * including Geriatric Hospitals. Acreage.—The area of the City remains unaltered at 39,725 acres. The following table shows the progress of the City’s expansion since the beginning of the century :— Acres 1901 12,681 1911 12,975 1921 19,183 1931 29,511 1951 39,725 The 37 wards of the City vary considerably in size, from the smallest, Woodside, with 170 acres, to Pro van with 4,846 acres. Cowcaddens, Woodside and Gorbals are the only three wards which have remained unchanged in area throughout the various extensions to the City and alterations in ward boundaries which have taken place since the wards were first “ recast ” in 1920. Density.•—The aveiage density of the City remained unchanged at 24 persons per acre in 1968. Three of the oldest wards of the City Townhead, Gorbals and Woodside, were till recently the most densely