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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE I.
Hospital Services, Public or voluntary within the District, which are used by the inhabitants of the Borough of Harking.
| Name of Hospital. | Situation. | Purpose. | Total number of beds available. | Management. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | |||||
| 1 | Maternity Ward, Municipal Hospital | Upney Lane, Barking, Essex | Maternity | — | 12 | — | Borough of Barking |
| 2 | Municipal Hospital | Upney Lane, Barking, Essex | Isolation of general infectious diseases (excluding small-pox) | 38 | Borough of Barking | ||
| 3 | Brentwood Mental Hospital | Brentwood, Essex | Mental | 716 | 1054 | — | Essex County Council |
| 4 | Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital | Hale End, Woodford Green, Essex | Orthopaedic | — | 30 | Voluntary | |
| 5 | City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs | Victoria Park, E.2 | Heart and Lung Diseases | 85 | 88 | 8 | Voluntary |
| 6 | Last Ham Memorial Hospital | Shrewsbury Road, E.7 | General Medical and General Surgical | 34 | 34 | 20 | Voluntary |
| 7 | Hast London Hospital for Children | Glamis Road, Shadwell, E.1 | Children | — | — | 135 | Voluntary |
| 8 | Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital | Golden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.1 | Ear, Nose and Throat | 33 | 32 | 11 | Voluntary |
| 9 | Guy's Hospital | London Bridge, S.E.1 | General Medical and General Surgical, etc. | 299 | 287 | 63 | Voluntary |
| 10 | Hospital for Kick Children | Great Ormond Street, W.C.1. | General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only) | — | 252 | Voluntary | |
| 11 | Joyce Green Hospital | Dartford, Kent | Isolation of Small-pox | (Information not available) | London County Council | ||
| 12 | King George Hospital | Ilford, Essex | General Medical and General Surgical | 39 | 43 | 22 | Voluntary |
| 13 | London Hospital | Whitechapel Road, E.1 | General Medical and General Surgical | 377 | 373 | 89 | Voluntary |
| 14 | London Lock Hospital and Home | 283, Harrow Road, W.9 | Maternity, Genito-Urinary and Venereal Diseases | 36 | 78 | 44 | Voluntary |
| 15 | London Skin Hospital | 40, Fitzroy Square, W.1 | Skin. (No in-patients) | — | — | — | Voluntary |
| 16 | Orsett Joint Small-pox Hospital | Stifford Long Lane, Grays, Essex | Small-pox | 11 | 11 | West Ham County Borough Council | |
| 17 | Poplar Hospital for Accidents | East India Dock Road, E.14 | General Medical and General Surgical | 56 | 30 | 26 | Voluntary |
| 18 | Public Assistance Hospital | Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex | General Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic | 260 | 311 | 100 | Essex County Council |
| 19 | Queen's Hospital for Children | Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, E.2 | Children | — | — | 160 | Voluntary |
| 20 | Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | Stratford. E.15 | General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity | 61 | 111 | 45 | Voluntary |
| 21 | Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) | City Road, E.C.1 | Ophthalmic | 66 | 50 | 19 | Voluntary |
| 22 | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex | Orthopaedic | 45 | 70 | 345 | Voluntary |
| 23 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | Smithfield, E.C.1 | General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity, etc., Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, and Septic, etc. | 287 | 344 | 65 | Voluntary |
| 24 | St. Mary s Hospital for Women and Children | Upper Road, Plaistow, E.l3 | General Medical and Surgical, Children, etc. | — | 27 | 44 | Voluntary |
| 25 | Severalls Mental Hospital | Mile End, Colchester | Mental | 717 | 1113 | — | Essex C.C. and Colchester B.C. |
| 26. | Westminster Hospital | Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.1 | General Medical and Surgical, Maternity, Ear, Nose and Throat, etc. | 95 | 126 | 20 | Voluntary |
In addition to the above Institutions, there are a number of Santoria to which tuberculous persons resident in Barking are admitted at the instance of the Essex County Council, under their scheme for the
treatment of tuberculosis. ^
In the case of isolation and small-pox hospitals the bed accommodation has been given on the basis of 454 square feet per bed.