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15
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local
Authority or by the County Council.
a. (1) Fever.
Rush Green Isolation Hospital is maintained by the
Romford Joint Hospital Board, which consists of
representatives of the Urban District Councils of
Dagenham, Hornchurch and Romford.
Building operations are well in hand for extending
the accommodation at Rush Green Hospital. Several
cases of Measles were nursed at this hospital, and it is
hoped that when the extension has been completed,
beds will be allocated in times of measles epidemics for
the treatment of complicated or severe cases of this
disease.
Cases of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia and
Ophthalmia Neonatorum are now normally admitted
to this Hospital. When the building operations above
referred to are completed, it should not be necessary to
send any infectious cases to other hospitals under
ordinary conditions.
Reference to Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and other
infectious diseases is made later in the report.
(2) Smallpox.
In 1936 the County Council assumed responsibility
for the hospital treatment of this condition and it has
been arranged that for the greater part of the county,
hospital accommodation will be available at Colchester.