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On July 5th the hospital facilities of the Borough were mainly
those provided by the Forest Hospital Management Group of the
North-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, to which your
Council's two hospitals were transferred.
Treatment of the Chronic and Elderly Sick.
The inadequacy of hospital beds for the chronic and elderly
sick is a difficult problem, and every attempt is made to help such
cases at home by the provision of Home Nursing, Domestic Help
and meals from the Mobile Service.
Prior to July 5th, Public Assistance was provided by the
South Western Area Guardians Committee of the Essex County
Council which retained a certain proportion of beds in each of the
local institutions provided by the County Boroughs of East Ham
and West Ham.
Mr. Pegram, County Welfare Officer, has kindly supplied the
following particulars of Walthamstow residents admitted to the
various institutions during the period 1st January to 5th July:—
Institutions Men Women Children Total
Central Home 48 29 3* 80
Whipps Cross Hospital 330 472 202 1,004
Forest Gate Hospital — 1 — 1
Harold Wood Hospital — 2 —
Forest House 2 1 — 3
Aldersbrooke Children's
Homes — — 44 44
* These children were ultimately transferred to Aldersbrooke.
One stillborn infant was born to a Walthamstow mother in
Forest Gate Hospital during the above-mentioned period.
The number of patients from Walthamstow in Mental Hospitals
was 366 on the 4th July, 1948.
Mr. Pegram has also kindly supplied the following information
in regard to admissions to accommodation under Part III of the
National Health Service Act from 5th July to 31st December,
1948:—
Establishment Men Women Total
Brookfield Hospital, Woodford Green — 3 3
Langthorne Hospital, Leytonstone 7 7 14
Forest House, Leytonstone 2 — 2
In addition it has also been necessary to provide temporary
accommodation for evicted or homeless families:—
Establishment No. of Cases Men Women Children Total No. of Persons
Langthorne Hospital 6 5 6 8 19
St. George's Hospital,
Hornchurch 1 1 1 1 3