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first patient on the 5th March, 1928. It is a general hospital
which has, in addition, a small maternity section and an
X-ray and electro-therapeutic department. It receives
private patients. Seventy-two beds are provided in the
general wards, 24 beds in cubicles in the general wards, and
8 beds in the private wards. In the maternity section there
are 7 beds. Its total capacity is therefore 111 beds. The
Council have five representatives on the Board of Governors,
and the Medical Officer of Health is entitled to be present
at all meetings and speak, but not vote thereat.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Edwin Radford, J.P., the
Secretary-Superintendent of the Hospital, I am enabled to
say that 1,937 patients were admitted, and 2,097 cases of
accidents and other emergencies were treated in the Casualty
Department during the year.
ii. Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Mothers,
Illegitimate Children and Homeless Children in the Area.
There are now no institutions in the Borough specially
provided for the treatment of such cases.
iii. Ambulance Facilities.
(a) The Metropolitan Asylums Board's ambulance service
is available for the removal to hospital, free of charge, of
persons suffering from infectious disease, and, on payment,
for the removal of persons suffering from non-infectious
disease to hospitals or other places.
(b) The ambulance service of the London County Council
is available for the removal of cases of accident and sudden
illness arising in the streets or public buildings, and for
the removal of ordinary maternity cases between the hours of
11 p.m. and 8 a.m., and urgent maternity cases during the
day time when accompanied by a doctor or a nurse.