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(b) Venereal Diseases.
Venereal Diseases' Schemes are administered by the County
Council. During the year, particulars were submitted from the
County Medical Officer stating that full facilities for the diagnosis
and treatment of venereal diseases had been made available in the
County Council's Venereal Diseases' Clinic at the Oldchurch County
Hospital, Romford. Following on this, plaques were received from
the County Council advertising this service, and these were sent
to the Surveyor for display in the public conveniences.
(c) Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
Particulars of these are given under the appropriate section
later in the report.
(vi) Hospitals: Public and Voluntary.
(a) Infectious Diseases.
The Infectious Diseases' Hospital at Bush Green, under the
jurisdiction of the Romford Joint Hospital Board, continues to
serve this District, the District of the Dagenham Borough Council,
and Hornchurch Urban District, and now draws from a population
of approximately 235,000. Although the Hospital is not actually
within the geographical area of Romford, yet its situation at about
two to three hundred yards from the South-West boundary is
sufficiently near to make it accessible for the immediate admission
of urgent cases.
The extensions to the Hospital completed in 1937 were
described in my report for that year. This Hospital now provides
235 beds on an estimate of 144 square feet per bed. During the
year under review there were no alterations of any extent carried
out at the Hospital.
There is adequate provision here for the carrying out of surgical
treatment, and for laboratory work.
(b) Smallpox.
The Essex County Council is the Authority for the provision
of accommodation in the Administrative County, and the agreement
between the Essex County Council and the Borough of Colchester
for the use of a Smallpox Hospital of 24 beds adjacent to
the Colchester Isolation Hospital remains in operation.
In addition, the Essex County Council still have an informal
arrangement with the London County Council whereby the latter
would receive Essex patients into their Smallpox Hospital, in so
far as they would have accommodation available.