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During the year 1930, 1,677 in-patients were admitted, 1,038
operations were performed, 5,016 casualties were attended to, and
841 X-Ray examinations were made.
The average cost per patient per week was £3 4s. 2d.
A scheme has been prepared for an ultimate provision of 300 beds at this
Hospital. The building of half this scheme is nearing completion, and it is
proposed to open the new extensions on the 18th July, 1931. This will provide
a Hospital containing 150 beds, with an Out-patients' Department, and Nurses'
Home. An Out-patients' Clinic in connection with this Hospital has been
opened at Dagenham.
There is a Staff of Consulting and Visiting Surgeons at King George Hospital,
and there are special X-Ray, Ophthalmic and Massage Departments. A
Pathologist is also on the Hospital Staff.
Owing to the close proximity of this district to London, a large number of
the inhabitants avail themselves of the services of the General and Special
Hospitals in and around Central London.
Queen Mary's Hospital at Stratford is used considerably by Ilford residents.
A General Hospital in the Town, on the lines of the large General
Hospitals in London, with an adequate Out-patients' Department, is very
necessary.
There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district, the West
Ham Mental Hospital, with 1,098 patients (males 506, females
592), and Claybury Mental Hospital, with 2,820 patients (males
996, females 1,324) in residence on 30th June, 1930.
8. Maternity and Nursing Homes.
As a result of representation made to the Ministry of Health
under Section 9(3) of the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927,
the duties under the Act were transferred from the Essex County
Council to the Ilford Borough Council as from the 1st October, 1930.
At that date there were five private registered nursing homes
in the district, three for maternity patients only, one for maternity
and medical or minor surgical cases, and the remaining one for
medical and surgical cases.