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Barking 1934

[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.AccidentChest (non-tub.) & HeartChildrenChronic SickDentalDermatologicalEar, Nose & ThroatGeneral MedicalGeneral SurgicalGenito-urinary |GynaecologicalInfectious DiseasesIsolation & ObservationMaternityMentalNeurologicalOphthalmicOrthopaedicRadiumSepticSmall-poxTuberculosisVenereal DiseasesOther facilities availableArrangements for pathological work
Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking.
1†Upney (Maternity) Hospital26Operative surgery, Dental, Nursing ofCarried out at the Counties' Laboratory, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4.
2†Barking (Isolation) HospitalNot controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking.58Operative surgery, Dental, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic, Maternity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
3Brentwood Mental Hospital1801All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratory.
4Brookfleld Orthopaedic30Operative Surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental,Massage,X-rays,Ophthalmic.No information available.
5City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs728101Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium.Own Laboratory.
6East Ham Memorial343736844Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Electrical, Massage.Own Laboratory.
7Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear84Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium.Carried out by a Pathologist outside the Institution.
8Guy's58_14_46331791501024_40214924198__9All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratories.
9Hospital for Sick Children_18106121____7All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratory.
10Joyce Green Hospital(Isolationof Smallpox)Noinformation availablefromtheLondon CountyCouncil.(No information available from the L.C.C.)No information available.
11King George Hospital223468Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as casualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, GynaeOwn Laboratory.
12London Hospital2830633828972224cological, Neurological, Dermatological. All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratories.
13London Lock Hospital1562231Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Own Pathologist.
14London Skin HospitalSkin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays.Own Laboratory.
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16Poplar Hospital for Accidents—-3478—-Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Radium by arrangement with the London Hospital.Own Laboratory.
17Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children135All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratory.
18Public Assistance Hospital12416012012030326003All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium.Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.t.
19Queen's Hospital for Children160All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium.Own Laboratory.
20Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End472465435032All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratory
21Royal London Ophthalmic (Moorfields Eye Hospital)135All specialised treatment available with the exception of Operative surgery, Massage and Radium.Own Laboratory.
22Royal National Orthopaedic460Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Massage.Own Pathologist.
23St. Bartholomew's Hospital1862423225044101718_All specialised treatment available.Own Laboratories.
24St. Mary's Hospital for Women & Children223784Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic. Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic. All specialised treatment available.Part-time Pathologist in conjunction with other Hospitals.
Severalls Mental Hospital1886Own Laboratory.
26Westminster Hospital10_135_276485_10_812__6416Own Laboratories

+ Inthe case oj Hospitals under the control of the Borough of Barking :—

Upney (Maternity)Barking (Isolation)
HosbitalHospitaL
Number and classification of Medical StaffThe Medical Officer of Health is also the Medical Supt. and is assisted in this work by the Assistant M.O.'s H.
Number and classification of Nursing Staff:
Matron1
Sisters14
Assistant Nurses4
Midwives4
Probationer Nurses421