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G. Children.— No Hospital provided or subsidised.
H. Orthopædic.— Arrangements with Brookfields Orthopaedic
Hospital, Hale End, for the admission of children requiring
orthopaedic treatment.
I. Other.— The Whipps Cross Hospital is within the Borough
area, and has accommodation for 760 patients. In addition, Leyton
is well served by many hospitals in the surrounding neighbourhood,
viz., Walthamstow, Hackney and West Ham.
J. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers,
Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children.— No provision.
K. Ambulance Facilities.
(a) Infectious Cases.—An Austin Ambulance is provided
for the conveyance of infectious cases to the Isolation
Hospital.
(b) Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.—A Motor
Ambulance for non-infectious cases is supplied by the
Red Cross Society and is under the control of the
Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES*
Smallpox.
Since the year 1929 smallpox of mild type has been endemic
in London, especially in East London and neighbouring areas. The
disease slowly succeeded in establishing itself notwithstanding
preventive measures which had been found successful in dealing
with the more virulent type of the disease to which we in this
country had become accustomed previously. After the mild type
had become well established, its extinction by the usual preventive
measures became more and more difficult. The figures for previous
epidemics of similar mild type in the Northern Counties suggested
that the numbers tended to increase up to a maximum in the fourth
or fifth year, after which they declined. The extent of the infection
in Leyton is shown by the number of cases notified during the last
six years:—
1928 7 cases
1929 9 „
1930 138 „
1931 27 „
1932 14 „
1933 2 „