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Hospitals for General Cases.
(1) Hospitals for Medical and Surgical Cases.
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford.—This was originally a Poor
Law Hospital of the Romford Union, but has now been acquired
by the Public Assistance Committee of the Essex County Council
and functions as a general hospital. On page 15 of the Annual
Report for 1930, a table is given setting out the allocation of the
beds available. Since then, however, the hospital has been enlarged
and its scope widened. A fuller report of the accommodation
now offered will be given in the survey report for 1935.
King George Hospital, Ilford.—This hospital received its
Charter early in the year 1930; it is a modern well-equipped
building and serves a thickly populated district. The Out-Patient
Department at Five Elms, Dagenham, is administered from the main
hospital and deals with casualties and minor ailments chiefly.
The main hospital has special departments for dealing with
gynaecological, ophthalmic, ear, nose and throat cases; there is
also a massage and X-ray department. Patients who are found
to be in need of treatment at these special departments may be
referred from the Out-Patient Department to the central hospital.
The survey report for 1930 may be referred to for fuller details
of this hospital.
(2) Hospitals for Maternity Cases.
Most of the maternity cases for whom the Council arranges
institutional treatment are now admitted to the East End Maternity
Hospital. A few patients are still admitted to Oldchurch Hospital
and Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, whilst a number are
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.
Situated as Dagenham is within easy reach of the Metropolis,
most of the special hospitals in that area are readily accessible.
For treatment of such conditions as Tonsils and Adenoids, a large
number of patients are referred to King George Hospital, Ilford.
I may say in passing, that operative treatment for this condition
is less favoured by surgeons than was formerly the case.