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(16) Hospitals, Etc.
Isolation Hospital.—189 beds are provided.
Maternity Hospital.—51 beds for the reception of maternity cases are
maintained at the Ilford Maternity Hospital. Wilnett Lodge Post-Natal
Home has accommodation for 9 patients.

The above three hospitals are included in the Ilford and Barking Group.
(Group 12 N.E. Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.)
Maternity and Nursing Homes.—On the 1st January there were 3 private
registered Nursing Homes in the district, 1 for medical and senile cases, 1 for
medical and surgical cases and 1 for maternity cases. These Nursing Homes
were still functioning on 31st December, 1949.
All Nursing Homes in the district are visited by the Deputy Medical
Officer of Health and the Senior Sanitary Inspector (or his deputy) quarterly
and at other times when necessary.
One letter was sent calling the attention of the keeper of the home
to sanitary defects.
Mental Hospitals.—There are two large Mental Hospitals in the district,
the Goodmayes Hospital, with 1,275 patients (males 574, females 701), and
Claybury Hospital, with 2,336 patients (males 1,020, females 1,316) in
residence on 30th June, 1949.
These Hospitals are included in Groups 21 and 20 respectively of the
North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
Other Institutions.—Girls' Village Homes, one of the late Dr. Barnardo's
Institutions, with 51 children in the Hospital on 30th June, 1949.
(17) Ambulance Facilities.
The Ambulance Service maintained and controlled by the Essex County
Council has an Ambulance Station situated at Clarks Road, High Road,
Ilford, which serves this area. The station is manned continuously; the
telephone numbers are Ilford 1818 and 1634.
(1) The general procedure for obtaining an ambulance in emergency, is
as follows: —
Where there is a dialling system in operation in the Ilford Area,
dial "999" or use the "emergency" buttons where provided.
Where there is no dialling system, lift receiver and ask for an
ambulance, or alternatively arrangements can be made to get in touch
with the Ambulance Station.
(2) In the case of "special" non-emergency requests for ambulance
transport, application must be made to the County Medical Officer, County
Hall, Chelmsford. Requests are only accepted from the staff of a hospital,
doctors, midwives, home nurses or other competent persons (e.g., health
visitors or an authorised officer on the M ental Health Service).