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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Romford 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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MATERNITY SERVICES
Attention has frequently been drawn to the difficulties
experienced in finding local maternity beds for some expectant
mothers who require a hospital confinement. This problem is caused
by an acute shortage of maternity beds in the Romford Group
Hospital Management Committee area, and adjoining districts.
It appears this position cannot be remedied for some 3-5 years
unless present plans of the North-East Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board for this area are quickly amended.
| At home | 761 | = 39.9% |
| Oldchurch Hospital | 859 | = 45.1% |
| Rush Green Hospital | 74 | = 3.9% |
| Barking Hospital | 64 | = 3.3% |
| Other Hospitals | 148 | = 7.8% |
| Total | 1,906 |
Other Hospitals Listed
Forest Gate Hospital 38
East End Maternity
Hospital 21
Mile End Hospital 15
Thorpe Coombe Hosp. 10
St. Bartholomew's Hosp. 9
Ilford Maternity Home 8
London Hospital 7
Queen Mary's Hospital
E.15 7
Middlesex Hospital 5
St. Margaret's, Epping 4
Wanstead Hospital 4
Mancroft Nursing Home 3
Plaistow Maternity
Hospital 2
Buchanan Hospital,
Hastings 1
Hackney Hospital 1
Royal Victoria Hospital
Fokestone 1
City of London Hosp. 1
Queen Charlotte's Hosp. 1
St. Andrew's Hosp., Bow 1
North Middlesex Hosp. 1
ElizabethGarret
Anderson Hospital 1
Brent wood Maternity
Hospital 1
Salisbury House Mat.
Home, Leigh 1
Bethnal Green Hospital 1
St. George's Hospital,
Hyde Park 1
St. Andrew's Hospital,
Billericay 1
Guy's Hospital 1
Woolwich Military
Hospital 1
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