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One death, from Pulmonary Oedema occurred of a patient with
Tuberculosis Adenitis and Iritis with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
who had required excision of one eye.
The organs involved in the 13 cases admitted were as follows:—
Genito-urinary, 1; knee joints, 3; spine 4; hip, 4; ulcer over
ankle, 1.
The patients have, as in previous years, been treated by
exposure to natural sun in the summer and by artificial sunlight
lamps in the winter, with excellent results. The Sanatorium has
been visited once a month by Sir Henry Gauvain.
Training of Probationer Nurses.—During 1929, four nurses
passed Part I of the examination of the General Nursing Council,
and 10 obtained the Certificate by completing Part II.
HOSPITAL EXTENSIONS.
On the 7th February, 1929, a public enquiry was held by the Minister
of Health regarding the Council's application for sanction to borrow £5,750
for the purchase of 16.7 acres of additional land, as shown in the layout
plan, for Hospital Extension purposes. The application was approved.
The evidence given was that the area of the Borough (without watercourses)
is 8,470 acres, of which approximately one-half has been developed,
chiefly by the erection of private dwelling-houses. A portion of the
Becontree Housing Estate of the London County Council is situate in the
Borough.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population to the middle of
1927 was 108,310. The estimated population at the time was 130,000.
The site of the present Hospital, comprising an area of approximately
11 acres, is situate at Grove Road, Chadwell. The original building was
opened in 1898, when the population of the district was only approximately
20,000, with accommodation for 20 patients. From time to time, extensions
to the Hospital have been made, and as recently as last year it was found