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9. Hospital Provision.
(а) Tuberculosis.—Twelve beds are maintained by the Essex
County Council at the Isolation Hospital for the treatment of
tuberculosis (surgical) of male patients.
(b) Maternity.—Ilford Council Maternity Home—23 ordinary
beds, with two isolation wards and two labour wards.
(c) Children.—A ward erected by the War Memorial Committee
was opened in 1927 to accommodate 22 children at the Ilford
Emergency Hospital.
(d) Fever.—Ilford Council Isolation Hospital, 123 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).
(/) Other.—There is an Emergency Hospital in the district,
maintained by voluntary subscriptions and by patients' fees, the
number of beds being 64.
During the year 1928, 942 in-patients were admitted,
including 82 children under 5 years of age, and 114 over 5 and
under 12 years of age; 424 operations were performed, 2,652
casualties were attended to, and 871 X-Ray examinations were
made.
The average cost per patient per week was £3 1s. 11.08d.
There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district, the West
Ham Mental Hospital, with 1,030 patients (males 496, females
534), and Clavbury Mental Hospital, with 2,268 patients (males
980, females 1,288) in residence on 30th June, 1928.
In addition, there is the Girls' Village Homes, one of the late
Dr. Barnardo's Institutions, which had 1,390 children and 196
staff in residence on the 30th June, 1928.