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9. Hospital Provision.—
(a) Tuberculosis.—Nineteen beds are maintained by the
Essex County Council at the Isolation Hospital lor the treatment
of tuberculosis (chiefly surgical) of male patients.
(b) Maternity.—Ilford Council Maternity Home—23 ordinary
beds, with two isolation wards and two labour wards.
(c) Children.—During the past year the Emergency Hospital
has provided a temporary ward of 12 beds for children. The provision
of a permanent Hospital by the War Memorial Committee
is still under discussion.
(d) Fever.—Ilford Council Isolation Hospital, 111 beds.
(e) Smallpox.—An agreement has been entered into with the
West Ham Corporation for the treatment of cases of smallpox at
Orsett and at their Dagenham Hospital (vide Annual Health Report,
1922).
(f) Other.—There is an Emergency Hospital in the district
maintained by voluntary subscriptions, and by patients fees, the
number of beds being 54, an extra 12 beds having been provided
for children during the year.
During the year 1925, 824 in-patients were admitted—males
401, females 423, including 69 children under 5 years of age; 637
operations were performed, 1,215 casualties were attended to, and
794 X-ray examinations were made.
The average cost per patient per week was £3 9s. 2d.
There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district, the
West Ham Mental Hospital with 901 patients (males 420, females
481) and Claybury Mental Hospital with 2,265 patients (males
985, females 1,280) in residence on 30th June, 1925.
In addition there is the Girls' Village Homes, one of the
late Dr. Barnardo's Institutions, which had 1,253 children and
165 staff in residence on the 30th June, 1925.