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6. Nursing and Maternity Homes.
There are 7 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 27, of whom 7 are employed by
the County Council, 6 are District Nurse Midwives, and 14 work
independently.
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 Board constituted in the year
1899 is formed by the Boroughs of Dagenham and Romford, and
the Urban District of Hornchurch. The hospital is situated at
Rush Green, contains 235 beds, and is administered by a Resident
Medical Superintendent with two Resident Assistant Medical
Officers.
During the year, 342 patients from this District were treated
in the hospital, including 59 admitted as Diphtheria, 173 as Scarlet
Fever, 32 as Measles, 15 as Erysipelas, 8 as Mumps, 6 as Puerperal
Pyrexia, 6 as Chickenpox, 5 as Whooping Cough, 3 as Enteric
Fever, and 35 miscellaneous.
SMALLPOX.
The Essex County Council is the Authority for the provision
of hospital accommodation for cases of Small pox in the administrative
County. By agreement the Small pox Hospital provided
and maintained by the Borough of Colchester is available for cases
occurring in the County. Under a former arrangement cases
occurring in the southern part of the County could be sent to
London County Council hospitals but this has now lapsed.
No case of Small pox occurred in Hornchurch during the year
1938,