View report page

17
The following are the numbers of persons admitted
from this district during the year:-
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Male. Female. Male. Female. Total.
Adults 44 43 9 6 102
Children 3 1 23 8 35
Hospitals for General Cases.
(1) Hospitals for Medical and Surgical Cases.
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford.—This Hospital,
formerly a Poor Law Hospital of the Romford Union,
has been taken over by the County Council, and now
receives patients suffering from all conditions other
than infectious and venereal diseases. Considerable
alterations have been made as have also improvements
in staffing and equipment. The Hospital now possesses
modern X-ray and other electrical installations for
diagnostic and therapeutic uses. It serves a wide area
in which Dagenham is included. Recently the staffing,
both resident and consulting, has been reconsidered, and
there is now a specialist staff, many of the members of
which hold appointments at the teaching hospitals in
London.
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.