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(d) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority:—
(i) Small-pox:—By arrangement with the West Ham
Authorities, small-pox cases occurring within the Council's
area are treated at Orsett Hospital, but in the event of that
hospital having its full complement of small-pox patients,
provision would be made for these cases to be sent to the
Dagenham Small-pox Hospital, which is now used by
West Ham as a Sanatorium and which can be vacated
at short notice.
Orsett Small-pox Hospital is situated at Stifford, in the
Orsett Rural District, and has accommodation for
twenty-two patients.
(ii) You, as a corporation, have provided two hospitals. They
are both situated in the Upney Lane, one for the isolation
and treatment of infectious diseases and the other for
maternity cases.
(e) Ambulance Facilities :—
(i) A motor ambulance is provided for the removal of
infectious cases to the Isolation Hospital, Upney Lane.
(ii) For non-infectious and accident cases, two motor
ambulances are kept at the Fire Station, the ambulance
and fire services being run in conjunction under the
Chief Fire Officer.
On September 19th, 1929, you took delivery of a Du Cros
Ambulance, similar to that used by the M.A.B., except that the
following structural differences had been incorporated, namely :—
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]. That the ends of the stretchers to which the spring
mattresses are attached had been curved in accordance
with modern hospital practice, and