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Barking 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: TABLE 1.HOSPITAL SERVICES, public or voluntary, within or without the District, which are used by the inhabitants of the Borough of Barking.

TABLE 1.

HOSPITAL SERVICES, public or voluntary, within or without the District, which are used by the inhabitants of the Borough of Barking.

Name of Hospital.Situation.Purpose.Total number of beds available.Management.
MenWomenChildren
Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking—
1Upney (Maternity) HospitalUpney Lane, Barking, EssexMaternity—26—Borough of Barking
2Barking (Isolation) HospitalUpney Lane, Barking, EssexIsolation of general infectious diseases (excluding smallpox)58Borough of Barking
Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking—
3Brentwood Mental HospitalBrentwood, EssexMental7641037—Essex County Council
4Brookfield Orthopaedic HospitalHale End, Woodford Green, Essex.Orthopaedic-—30Voluntary
5City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and LungsVictoria Park, E.2Heart and Lung Diseases85888Voluntary
6East Ham Memorial HospitalShrewsbury Road, E.7General Medical and General Surgical343420Voluntary
7Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear HospitalGolden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.IEar, Nose and Throat363711Voluntary
8Guy's HospitalLondon Bridge, S.E.IGeneral Medical and General Surgical, etc.29928763Voluntary
9Hospital for Sick ChildrenGreat Ormond Street, W.C.I.General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only)252Voluntary
10Joyce Green HospitalDartford, KentIsolation of Smallpox(Information not a vailable )London County Council
11King George HospitalIlford, EssexGeneral Medical and General Surgical416122Voluntary
12London HospitalWhitechapel Road, E.IGeneral Medical and General Surgical37937589Voluntary
13London Lock Hospital and Home283, Harrow Road, W.9Maternity and Venereal Diseases103016Voluntary
14London Skin Hospital40, Fitzroy Square, W.ISkin. (No in-patients)———Voluntary
15Orsett Joint Smallpox HospitalStifford Long Lane, Grays, EssexSmallpox1111—Orsett Joint Hospital Board
16Poplar Hospital for AccidentsEast India Dock Road, E.14General Medical and General Surgical563026Voluntary
17Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for ChildrenGlamis Road, Shadwell, E.IChildren__135Voluntary
18Public Assistance HospitalOldchurch Road, Romford, EssexGeneral Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic288302124Essex County Council
19Queen's Hospital for ChildrenHackney Road, Bethnal Green, E.2 ..Children——160Voluntary
20Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End . .Stratford, E.15General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity5410647Voluntary
21Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moor-fields Eye Hospital)City Road, E.C.IOphthalmic665019Voluntary
22Royal National Orthopsedic HospitalBrockley Hill, Stanmore, MiddlesexOrthopaedic .. ..4570345Voluntary
23St. Bartholomew's HospitalSmithfield, E.C.IGeneral Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity, etc., Ophthalmic, Orthopedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, and Septic,28734465Voluntary
24St.Mary's Hospital for Women and ChildrenUpper Road, Plaistow, E.13etc. General Medical and Surgical, Children, etc.—3338Voluntary
25Severalls Mental HospitalMile End, ColchesterMental7171169—Essex C.C. and Colchester B.C.
26Westminster HospitalBroad Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.IGeneral Medical and Surgical, Maternity, Ear, Nose and Throat, etc,9212822Voluntary

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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.
In the case of isolation and smallpox hospitals, the bed accommodation has been given on the basis of 144 square feet per bed.