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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE II. HOSPITAL SERVICES, showing the number of beds for each purpose, and other facilities available.
| Name of Hospital | Number of beds for the following purposes :— | Other facilities available | Arrangements for pathological work | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | Chest (non-tub.) & Heart | Children | Chronic Sick | Dental | Dermatological | Ear, Nose & Throat | General Medical | General Surgical | Gen i to-urinary | Gynaecological | Infectious Diseases | Isolation & Observation | Maternity | Mental | Neurological | Ophthalmic | Orthopaedic | Radium | Septic | Small-pox | Tuberculosis | Venereal Diseases i | ||||
| Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1† | Upney (Maternity) Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, Dental, Nursing of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia. | Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4. |
| 2† | Barking (Isolation) Hospital Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, Dental, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic, Maternity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | |
| 3 | Brentwood Mental Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1801 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 4 | Brookfield Orthopædic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative Surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Massage ,X-rays,Ophthalmic. | No information. |
| 6 | City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs | — | 72 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 101 | — | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 6 | East Ham Memorial | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 37 | 36 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Electrical, Massage. | Own Laboratory. |
| 7 | Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium. | Carried out by a Pathologist outside the Institution. |
| 8 | Guy's | 58 | — | 14 | — | 4 | 6 | 33 | 179 | 150 | 10 | 24 | — | 40 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
| 6 | Hospital for Sick Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 106 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 10 | Joyce Green Hospital | (Isolation of Smallpox). No information available from the London County Council. | (No information available from the L.C.C.) | No information available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | King George Hospital | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 68 | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as casualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynaecological, Neurological, Dermatological. | Own Laboratory |
| 12 | London Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 306 | 338 | — | 28 | — | 97 | 22 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. |
| 13 | London Lock Hospital | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Own Pathologist. |
| 14 | London Skin Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays. | Own Laboratory. |
| 16 | Orsett Joint Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Small-pox only. | — |
| 16 | Poplar Hospital for Accidents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Radium by arrangement with the London Hospital. | Own Laboratory. |
| IV | Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. | |
| 18 | Public Assistance Hospital | — | — | 124 | 160 | — | — | — | 120 | 120 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 32 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | 68 | — | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. | Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.4. |
| 19 | Queen's Hospital for Children | – | – | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 20 | Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | 2 | 46 | 54 | — | 3 | — | — | 50 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratory. |
| 21 | Royal London Opthhalmic (Moorfields Eye Hospital) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | All specialised treatment available with the exception of Operative surgery, Massage and Radium. | Own Laboratory. |
| 22 | Royal National Orthopaedic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Massage. | Own Pathologist. |
| 23 | St. Bartholomew's Hospital | — | — | 18 | — | — | 6 | 24 | 232 | 250 | — | 44 | — | 10 | 17 | — | — | 22 | 18 | — | 55 | — | — | — | All specialised treatment available. Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic. | Own Laboratories. Part-time Pathologist in conjunction with other Hospitals. |
| 24 | St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 37 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 25 | Severalls Mental Hospital | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic. | Own Laboratory. |
| Westminster Hospital | 10 | — | 13 | 5 | — | 2 | 7 | 64 | 85 | — | 10 | — | 8 | 12 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | | — | All specialised treatment available. | Own Laboratories. | |
t In the case of Hospitals under the control of the Borough of Bar kins :—
Number and classification of Medical Staff
Number and classification of Nursing Staff :
Matron
Sisters
Assistant Nurses
Midwives
Probationer Nurses
Arrangements for the employment of consultants
Upney (Maternity)
Hnstiital
Barking (Isolation)
Hospital.
The Medical Officer of Health is also the Medical Supt.
and is assisted in this work by the Assistant M.O.'s H.
1
3
3
1
3
14
10
Consultants are engaged when necessary.
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