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Hospitals.
General Hospitals.
The District is served by Oldchurch County Hospital, Romford;
Victoria Hospital, Romford; King George Hospital, Ilford; also
general hospitals in London.
In addition there are E.M.S. blocks at the Harold Wood
Hospital, Hornchurch; and the Isolation Hospital, Rush Green,
Romford.
Infectious Diseases.
The Romford Joint Hospital Beard, constituted in the year
1899, is formed by the Dagenham Borough Council with 6 representatives,
the Hornchurch Urban District Council with 5
representatives, and the Romford Borough Council with 4
representatives.
The hospital is situated at Rush Green and is now functioning
as a combined Fever and E.M.S. Hospital, having 120 beds for fever
cases and 120 beds for E.M.S. purposes. There is a modern wellequipped
theatre and also a bacteriological laboratory. Two
ambulances are stationed at the hospital for the removal of patients.
The hospital is recognised by the General Nursing Council for
England and Wales as a complete training school for fever nurses.
Probationer nurses are accepted at the age of 17 years.
The medical staff consists of a Resident Medical Superintendent,
a Senior Assistant Medical Officer, and three E.M.S.
Surgeons.
The total area of land owned by the Joint Hospital Board is
approximately 35.5 acres, of which 12 acres are still unenclosed.
During the year 113 persons notified to be suffering from
infectious diseases and 84 observation cases needing hospital treatment
were admitted to the Isolation Hospital from this District.
The average weekly number of patients from this District in
the hospital was 13.
Smallpox.
The Essex County Council is the Authority for the provision
of hosptial 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.
No case of smallpox occurred in Hornchurch during the
year 1947.
Tuberculosis.
Cases of tuberculosis from this District requiring institutional
treatment are normally admitted to the following County Council
Sanatoria:—
Essex County Council Hospital, Broomfield.
Essex County Council Hospital, Black Notley.
Harold Court Sanatorium (within this Urban District).