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Refraction and dental clinics are held at the Centres in Westland
Avenue and Rainham, school clinics for minor ailments at
Westland Avenue and Rainsford Way School and Orthopaedic
clinics at Westland Avenue.
6. Nursing and Maternity Homes.
There are 11 registered Nursing and Maternity Homes in the
District.
7. Midwives.
The number of midwives practising in the District and registered
by the County Council is 47.
8. Hospitals.
GENERAL HOSPITALS.
The District is served by Oldchurch County Hospital, Romford;
Victoria Hospital, Romford; King George Hospital, Ilford; also
general hospitals at Plaistow, Poplar and Stratford.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The Romford Joint Hospital District constituted in the year
1899 is formed by the Borough of Romford and the Urban Districts
of Hornchurch and Dagenham, with a population of over 240,000.
The Hospital which is situated at Rush Green contains 235 beds
and is administered by a Resident Medical Superintendent with
one Resident Assistant Medical Officer.
During the year, 300 patients from this District were treated
in the hospital, including 70 admitted as Diphtheria, 198 as Scarlet
Fever, 5 as Enteric Fever, 3 Measles, and 24 miscellaneous.
6 cases of Scarlet Fever were sent to the London Fever Hospital
owing to lack of accommodation in the Romford Isolation Hospital.
SMALLPOX.
The Essex County Council is the authority for the provision of
hospital accommodation for cases of Smallpox in the administrative
County. By agreement the Smallpox Hospital provided and maintained
by the Borough of Colchester is available for cases occurring
in the County, but it is anticipated that cases occurring in the
southern part of the County will be sent to London County Council
hospitals.
No case of small pox occurred in Hornchurch during the year
1937.