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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
Dagenham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Institution. Type of case treated.
Papworth Hall Colony Men—pulmonary.
Preston Hall Colony Men—pulmonary.
Royal National Sanatorium,
Ventnor Men and women—pulmonary.
St. Anthony's Hospital, Cheam Men and women—mixed cases.
St. Joseph's Hospice, Hackney Men and women—pulmonary
(advanced).
Victoria Park Hospital, London Men, women and children—
pulmonary.
King Edward VII Sanatorium,
Midhurst Men—pulmonary.
The following are the numbers of persons admitted from this district during the year :—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Adult ... | 49 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 78 |
| Children | 6 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
Hospitals for General Cases.
(1) Hospitals for Medical and Surgical Cases.
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford.—See page 14 of 1930 Annual
Report.
King George Hospital, Ilford.—See page 15 of 1930 Annual
Report . By the end of the year, there were in use, 132 beds at
this hospital.
The local Out-Patient Department was opened on 3/1/31. the
hospital service provided at the outset being nursing treatment
ot minor ailment cases. This service was supplemented by a
casualty officer attending at required times. The work in time
grew so that this officer now attends one session each day.
It is hoped that more use will be made of this building for
providing treatment, and so obviate the inconvenience to the
local residents of making time-consuming journeys to more distant
hospitals. Additional services which could be provided at tin
Out-Patient Department are operative treatment of tonsils an
adenoids, massage treatment and a consultant service carried out
by the visiting physicians and surgeons of the main hospital-