Kiyose Hospital

...The population increased due to the influx of evacuees during World War II, repatriates after the war, and the construction of metropolitan housing complexes from the 1950s onwards, with a particularly remarkable increase from the 1960s onwards. Taking advantage of its moderate location 25km northwest of the city centre, vast pine forests, fresh air and quiet environment, many medical institutions have gathered here, mainly tuberculosis sanatoriums, since the opening of Tokyo Prefectural Kiyose Hospital in 1931. Currently, there are more than 10 hospital and sanatorium areas on the south side of the Seibu Line, including the National Tokyo Hospital Sanatorium and the Sanatorium attached to the Tuberculosis Research Institute. [Iuchi Noboru] ...

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…第2次大戦中の疎開者，戦後の引揚者の流入，さらに昭和30年代以降の都営住宅団地の建設などで人口がふえ，とくに昭和40年代以降の増加がめざましい。また都心から北西へ25kmという適度の距離，広大な松林や新鮮な空気，静かな環境という条件を生かし，1931年の東京府立清瀬病院の開設以来，結核療養所を中心に多くの医療機関が集まり，現在は西武線南側に国立療養所東京病院，結核研究所付属療養所など10をこえる病院･療養所地区が形成されている。【井内 昇】。…

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