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General Provision of Health Services for the Area
1. Nursing in the Home
(a) For midwifery and nursing in the homes Local Nursing
Associations have maintained two district nurse-midwives, one in
the Village and one in Harold Wood, and supplied by the Essex
County Nursing Association, to the funds of which the County
Council contributes.
(b) No home nursing of Infectious cases is provided by the
Council.
2. Midwives
There are 10 midwives living in and engaged in practice in
the District. The Essex County Council is the Local Supervising
Authority.
3. Laboratory Facilities
Under arrangements made by the Essex County Council
sputum, swabs and other pathological material are examined by Dr.
Beale, the County Pathologist, at the Laboratories, 96 Queen
Victoria Street, London, E.C.4. Reports are sent to the Doctors
submitting the sample, and a copy is forwarded to the Medical
Officer of Health.
Water, milk, and other foodstuffs may also be examined in
the Laboratories on the instructions of the Local Council.
4. Legislation in Force
For details of the Special Orders, adoptive Acts, and Byelaws
in force in the District, see page 5 of the Annual Report for the
year 1930.
5. Hospitals
There are no hospitals within the area of the Council. The
Victoria Cottage Hospital, Romford, is available for persons living
in the District.
Public Assistance cases are admitted to Oldchurch Hospital,
Romford.
Infectious Diseases.
The Romford Joint Hospital Board, which is the responsible
authority, has provided an Isolation Hospital at Rush Green,
Romford, containing 150 beds, where cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet
Fever, Enteric Fever and other infectious diseases are treated.
A resident medical Superintendent was appointed in 1929.