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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Oldchurch Hospital
A new out-patients' hospital department is under construction
in Waterloo Road. This building is urgently required locally
because of the very large numbers of out-patients now attending
this hospital for treatment. At present this service is undertaken
in a temporary building where conditions and facilities are far
from satisfactory, and complaints from both public and staff alike
are not infrequently heard.
The developments proposed for increasing accommodation for
maternity patients in surrounding hospitals has not yet materialised.
The considerable increase since the war in the population of
Romford, Hornchurch and surrounding districts has created a
growing deficiency in the number of hospital beds generally in
the area, more particularly for maternity patients. It is hoped
that the hospital plan for England and Wales will note the
deficiencies, and will show the way to complete the modernisation
of the hospital services of the area.
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