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Whipps Cross Hospital.
This hospital is one of the institutions transferred from the
late West Ham Board of Guardians, under the Local Government
Act 1929 (see page 174). It is situated within the Borough of
Leyton.
The registered accommodation of 741 beds is for acute cases,
a few shelters for male tuberculous cases are also available.
On the same site there is Forest House, with 396 beds, for
aged men and mental cases, also Forest House Cottages with 90
beds, for aged married couples, at present occupied by aged
women.
This institution is situated in the County Borough of West
Ham, and was transferred from the late West Ham Board of
Guardians, under the Local Government Act 1929. The certified
accommodation is 500 beds, to accommodate maternity patients,
mental cases, and chronic sick. Additional accommodation for
200 beds has recently been provided.
The new buildings are of a temporary character, built with
steel frame work, and brick filling, rendered outside with rough
cast, and plastered inside; the ceilings are of asbestos.
There are four wards containing 48 beds each, and 4 isolation
wards each containing 2 beds. All these beds are being used
for chronic sick cases.
The administrative block is comprised of kitchen, scullery,
nurses' dining and recreation room, office and cloak rooms.
The Institution is approved by the Board of Control for 75
mental defectives, as under:—
Forest Gate Hospital.
Adult Males
Adult Females
Males under 16 years
Females under 16 years
20
30
10
15
35
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