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With the exception of the General Clinic, Town Hall,
which was temporarily removed to High Street School in
July, and some re-organisation of areas and re-allocation of
medical services, there were no alterations or additions to
the Clinics.
The X-ray equipment installed at the Chest Clinic is
described under the Tuberculosis section.
General and Special Hospitals and
Children's Homes.
Hospitals—
(a) Provided by Local Authority, (b) Maternity, (c)
Orthopaedic, (d) Ear, Nose, and Throat, (e) Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia, (f) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There are no further comments to make on the Council's
arrangements under the above headings. Particulars have been
set out in previous reports.
(g) Runwell Mental Hospital.
East Ham and Southend-on-Sea Joint Hospital Board.
The following buildings were completed and in use
at the end of 1936:—
The Administrative Unit,
Admission Hospital,
Male Convalescent,
Male Non-Parole,
Women's Convalescent (for Staff),
Harper Unit (Sick Hospital).
At this period several other buildings were finished but not
furnished or occupied—they were in use shortly after the
New Year, although it was not possible to effect any strict
classification of patients.
Cases were first admitted on 21st May, 1936.