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Psychiatric Hospitals.—There are two large Psychiatric Hospitals
in the district, the Goodmayes Hospital, with 61 Resident Staff and 1,270
patients (males 578, females 692), and Claybury Hospital, with 183 Resident
Staff and 1,894 patients (males 732, females 1,162) in residence on
30th June, 1963. (These Hospitals are Groups 21 and 20 respectively of
the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.)
Other Institutions.—Australasian Medical Unit (Dr. Barnardo's
Homes), Barkingside, has 60 beds in the Hospital and on 30th June, 1963
there were 22 Resident Staff and 43 patients.
Nursing Homes.—There are 2 private registered Nursing Homes in
the district for medical and senile cases.
All Nursing Homes in the district are visited by the Medical Officer
of Health and the Chief Public Health Inspector (or their deputies)
quarterly and at other times when necessary.
(x) AMBULANCE FACILITIES: COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The County Ambulance Service is provided and administered centrally
by the Essex County Council.
An Ambulance Control at Ilford deals with all requests for ambulance
transport arising in the whole of the Metropolitan Area of Essex.
The Control is manned continuously, is in direct contact with all Ambulance
Stations in the Metropolitan Area of the County and with the
Divisional Control at Chelmsford. The Control which is equipped with
two-way radio, is also in direct communication with ambulance vehicles
operating in the area.
In cases of emergency it is only necessary to dial 999. All other
requests for ambulance transport should be made, preferably in writing,
to the Controller, Ilford Ambulance Control, Aldborough Road, Ilford.
Bequests for ambulance transport, other than emergency requests, are
only accepted from Doctors, Midwives, Mental Welfare Officers and the
medical staff of hospitals, and where practicable a minimum of 24 hours
notice is required.
General medical practitioners, when arranging a patient's admission
or first appointment at a hospital, inform the hospital concerned that
ambulance transport is necessary and the hospital is then responsible for
ordering the ambulance transport.