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Similarly, in the area of a County Council, the duty of burial or cremation
rests with the County Council where the deceased person had been provided
with accommodation under Part III of the Act.
The burial of six persons were dealt with during the year. They were :—
(1) A male, 60 years, lived alone in one room.
(2) A male, 78 years, lived in lodgings.
(3) A male, 28 years, hanged himself.
(4) A female, 84 years, lived alone in one room.
(5) A female, 64 years, who died in a local nursing home.
(6) A female, 71 years, lived in lodgings.
(vi) Hospitals, Etc.
Isolation Hospital.— 188 beds are provided.
Maternity Hospital.— 51 beds for the reception of maternity cases are
maintained at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.

The above three hospitals are included in the Ilford and Barking Group.
(Group 12 N.E, Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.)
Mental Hospitals.— There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district,
the Goodmayes Hospital, with 1,276 patients (males 584, females 692), and
Claybury Hospital, with 2,234 patients (males 990, females 1,282) in residence
on 30th June, 1951. (These Hospitals are included in Groups 21 and 20
respectively of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.)
Other Institutions.— Girls' Village Homes, one of the late Dr. Barnardo's
Institutions, with 80 beds in the Hospital on 30th June, 1951.
Maternity and Nursing Homes.— On the 1st January there were 2 private
registered Nursing Homes in the district, 1 for medical and senile cases and
1 for medical and surgical cases. These two homes were still functioning on
31st December, 1951.
All Nursing Homes in the district are visited by the Medical Officer of
Health and the Chief Sanitary Inspector (or his deputy) quarterly and at other
times when necessary.
A letter was sent calling attention to sanitary defects at one of the
homes.
(vii) Ambulance Facilities : County Ambulance Service.
A Central Ambulance Control has now been established by the Essex
County Council at Ilford to deal with all requests for Ambulance transport
arising in the whole of the Metropolitan area of Essex. The Control is manned
continuously, is in direct contact with all Ambulance Stations in the Metropolitan
area and is able to contact all other Ambulance Stations in the County.
In cases of emergency it is only necessary to dial 999. All other requests
for ambulance transport should be made, preferably in writing, to the
Controller, Ilford Ambulance Control, High Road, Ilford, or in cases of
urgency by telephone (Ilford 3311).
Requests for Ambulance transport, other than emergency requests, are
only accepted from Doctors, Midwives, Duly Authorised Officers and the
medical staff of hospitals.