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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).
(f) Other.—There is an Emergency Hospital (now known as
King George Hospital) in the district, maintained by voluntary
subscriptions and by patients' fees, the number of beds being 64.
During the year 1929, 1,143 in-patients were admitted, 712
operations were performed, 2,908 casualties were attended to, and
662 X-Ray examinations were made.
The average cost per patient per week was £3 4s. 11d.
There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district, the West
Ham Mental Hospital, with 1,063 patients (males 494, females
569), and Claybury Mental Hospital, with 2,522 patients (males
994, females 1,302) in residence on 30th June, 1929.
In addition, there is the Girls' Village Homes, one of the late
Dr. Barnardo's Institutions, which had 1,463 children and 204
staff in residence on the 30th June, 1929.
10. District Nursing.—This is a voluntary Committee, the
organisations concerned being mentioned in my Annual Report