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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 II. HOSPITAL S SERVICES, showing the number of beds for each purpose, and other facilities available.
| Name of Hospital | Other facilities available | Arrangements for pathological work | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | Chest (non-tub.) & Heart | Children | Chronic Sick | Dental | Dermatological | Ear, Nose & Throat | General Medical | General Surgical | Genito-urinary | Gynaecological | Infectious Diseases | Isolation & Observation | Maternity | Mental | Neurological | Ophthalmic | Orthopaedic | Radium | Septic | Small-pox | Tuberculosis | Venereal Diseases | ||||
| Operative surgery, Dental, Nursing of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia. | Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 † | Maternity Ward, Municipal Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2† | Municipal Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, Dental, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic, Maternity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | |
| Brentwood Mental Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1770 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. | |
| 4 | Brookfield Orthopaedic | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | Operative Surgery. Ultra-violet light Dental,Massage, X-rays, Ophthalmic | No information. |
| 5 | City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs | – | 72 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 101 | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 6 | East Ham Memorial | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 40 | 36 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Electrical, Mas- | Carried out at Clinical Research Association. |
| 7 | East London for Children | – | – | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 8 | Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear | – | – | – | – | – | – | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light,. Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium. | Carried out by a Pathologist outside the Institution. |
| 9 | Guy's | 58 | – | 14 | – | 4 | 6 | 33 | 179 | 150 | 10 | 24 | – | 40 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 8 | – | – | – | 9 | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
| 10 | Hospital for Sick Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 106 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 11 | Joyce Green Hospital | (Isolation of Smallpox). No information available from the London County Council. | (No information available from the L.C.C.) | No information avail- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | King George Hospital | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as casualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium, Gynaecological, Neurological, Dermatological. | Own Laboratory. |
| 13 | The London | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 306 | 338 | – | 28 | – | 94 | 21 | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
| 14 | London Lock Hospital | – | – | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 77 | Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Own Pathologist. |
| 15 | London Skin Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Skin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays. | Own Laboratory. |
| 16 | Orsett Joint Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | – | Small-pox only. | |
| 17 | Poplar Hospital for Accidents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental. Massage, Radium by arrangement with the London Hospital. | Own Laboratory. |
| 18 | Public Assistance Hospital | – | – | 100 | 141 | – | – | – | 120 | 120 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 32 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 68 | – | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. | Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.4. |
| 19 | Queen's Hospital for Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 20 | Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | 4 | 66 | 61 | – | 3 | – | – | 50 | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 21 | Royal London Ophthalmic (Moorfields) Eye Hospital) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Operative surgery, Massage and Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 22 | Royal National Orthopaedic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 460 | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Massage. | Own Pathologist. |
| 23 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | – | – | 18 | – | – | 6 | 24 | 232 | 250 | – | 44 | – | 10 | 17 | – | – | 22 | 18 | – | 55 | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
| 24 | St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 33 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, | Part-time Pathologist in conjunction with other Hospitals. |
| 25 | Severalls Mental Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1830 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery-, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic. | Own Laboratory. |
| 26 | Westminster Hospital | 10 | – | 13 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | 56 | 77 | – | 10 | – | 8 | 12 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 15 | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
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| Maternity Ward | Municipal Hospital | |
|---|---|---|
| Number and classification of Medical Staff | The Medical Officer of Health is also the Medical Supt. and is assisted in this work by the Assistant M.O.'s H. | |
| Number and classification of Nursing Staff: Matron | – | 1 |
| Sister | 1 | – |
| Assistant Nurses | — | 6 |
| Midwives | 2 | – |
| Probationer Nurses | 4 | 9 |
| Arrangements for the employment of consultants | Consultants are engaged when necessary. | |
In addition to the above Institutions, there are a number of Sanatoria 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.