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Hospitals for General Gases.
(1) Hospitals for Medical and Surgical Cases.
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford.—See page 13 of 1930 Annual
Report.
King George Hospital, Ilford.—See page 15 of 1930 and page
14 of 1931 Annual Reports.
The extent to which use is made of this hospital is shown by
the fact that whereas the bed complement is 142, the average
number of beds occupied daily was, for the year, 147.2; the average
stay in hospital was 18.63 days. The total number of out-patient
attendances at the Ilford Hospital was 39,618 and at the live
Elms Out-Patient Department 50,644, these attendances being
made by 7,696 patients. During the year, the services provided
at the iocal out-patient department were increased by the provision
of a massage clinic, at which 160 patients made 4,023
attendances. Negotiations are in progress for the provision ot
a clinic for operative treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids.
(2) Hospitals for Maternity Cases.
The arrangements which covered the admission of maternity
cases to Oldchurch Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford,
have been extended to provide for those cases admitted under the
care of the Consultant Gynaecologist to Charing Cross Hospital.
Cases of puerperal infection are admitted to Oldchurch Hospital or
to Rush Green Isolation Hospital.
(3) Hospitals for Children.
Most cases requiring operative treatment for Tonsils and
Adenoids are now treated as in-patients at King George Hospital,
though a small number are, at the parents' election, treated as
out-patients. Other hospitals with which agreements are in
force for the treatment of this condition include Oldchurch and
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford. Cases of ophthalmia neonatorum
are admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital, Hampstead, and
to the Isolation Hospital; and cases of pemphigus either to Oldchurch
Hospital or to the Isolation Hospital.