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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, II ford. 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 eases ; 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.
During 1937, 1,168 patients were admitted from
Dagenham against 1,211 for the previous year, whilst
at the main hospital 7,038 out-patients residing in
•Dagenham received treatment, and at the Five 'Elms
Out-Patient Department there were 7,031 attendances.
(2) Hospitals for Maternity Cases.
The majority of normal cases are admitted to the
Fast End Maternity Hospital ; this arrangement
continues to work satisfactorily. Cases discovered by
the Consultant Gynaecologist to requite special