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Destination.
The hospitals to which most of the cases were removed are
shown in the following table:—
Oldchurch Hospital, Romford 993
King George Hospital, Ilford 58
Victoria Hospital, Romford 24
London Hospital 31
Other destinations 182
Times at which calls were received:—
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 881
From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. 407
4. Nursing in the Home.
There are three District Nursing Associations:—
(1) The Hornchurch Nursing Association maintains two private
nurses, one in the Town Ward and one in the North West
Ward.
(2) The Upminster and Cranham Nursing Association maintains
two private nurses.
(3) The Rainham Nursing Association maintains one private
nurse in Rainham.
All of the local associations are affiliated to the Essex County
Nursing Association.
5. Treatment Centres and Clinics.
The County Council, which is the Welfare Authority, opened
during the year a new building planned and designed for Maternity
and Child Welfare and for school medical work.
There are now three of these Health Centres in the Urban
District, viz., at Westland Avenue, Hornchurch; Abbs Cross Lane,
Hornchurch, and Upminster Road, Rainham, and at each, clinics
are held for expectant and nursing mothers, infants, minor ailments
of school children, dental treatment, refraction, and
orthopaedics.
Ante-natal and baby clinics are also held at Malvern Hall,
St. Lawrence Hall, and the Memorial Institute, and clinics for
school children at Rainsford Way School and the Memorial
Institute,