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Pathological Examinations.
For or at the Centres—
Spirochaetes 43
Gonococci 2037
Wassermann 464
Others 992
Total 3536
For Practitioners—
Spirochaetes —
Gonococci 2
Wassermann 40
Others 21
Total 63
During 1938, there were no East Ham patients in residence
under the Hostel Scheme.
Mental Deficiency.
As stated in previous reports, a number of cases are admitted
to the South Ockendon Colony for Mental Defectives—the Cell
Barnes Colony, Herts, and similar institutions. Low and medium
grade defectives are accommodated at Forest Gate Hospital.
Statistics are given later in the Report.
General and Special Hospitals and
Children's Homes.
Arrangements for Treatment.
(a) Provided by Local Authority, (b) Maternity, (c)
Orthopaedic, (d) Ear, Nose, andThroat, (e) Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia, (f) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The Council are in negotiation with the East Ham Memorial
Hospital for the erection of a maternity and children's block
at the hospital. There are no further comments to make on the
existing arrangements. Particulars have been sent out in
previous reports.
(g) Runwell Mental Hospital.
East Ham and Southend-on-Sea Joint Hospital Board.
The folowing statistics have been supplied by Dr. R. StromOlsen,
Physician Superintendent:—