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Ambulance Facilities
These are available from a local depot in Walthamstow which
is administered centrally from Chelmsford, via the Control Centre
at Ilford.
Treatment of Scabies and Verminous Conditions
The arrangement, detailed in the report for 1953, with the
Hackney Borough Council continued, and eight cases were referred
there during 1960 receiving ten treatments.
Hospital Accommodation
(a) Acute cases. - There were no major changes in 1960 in
regard to the hospital accommodation available for the inhabitants
of the Borough.
(b) chronic Cases. - Regional Hospital Boards have asked that
Medical Officers of Health shall support when necessary on
social grounds the recommendations of medical practitioners
for the admission of the chronic sick to hospital. All possible
help was given when requested.
The following table shows the position in regard to hospital
and hostel admissions considered and/or supported on "social"
grounds.
Total number of cases 32
New Cases 30
Brought forward from 1959 2
M.O.H. requests to Langthorne Hospital or Area Welfare
Otficer 13
Admitted to Hospitals 10
Admitted to Part III accommodation 7
Died before admission 1
Refused Hospital or Hostel accommodation 2
Cancelled or deferred 9
Waiting Part III accommodation 1
It is a pleasure again to record the unfailing help and consideration
experienced from Dr. DeLargy at Langthorne Hospital,
from Mr. R.S.J. Potter, Area Welfare Officer and my staff.
(c) infectious Diseases. - St. Ann's Hospital, Tottenham, is
the main hospital to which any infectious disease cases are
admitted. Because of the lessening demand for this type of bed
there has been a gradual reduction of infectious disease
accommodation over the years, so when an outbreak of diphtheria
occurs such as we had during the year the sudden demand for
beds for the treatment of both cases and carriers is too great
for that hospital to undertake. We were therefore very grateful
for the ready assistance given by Honey Lane Hospital,
Waltham Abbey, and the Eastern Fever Hospita1, Homerton, for
admitting the large number of carriers which could not be
accommodated elsewhere.