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(D) Clinics and Treatment Centres:—
Child Welfare Centres. There are five centres in the district: —
(i) St. Barnabas Church Hall, Snakes Lane.
(ii) Fuller's Road Sunday School. •
(iii) Baptist Church Hall, Aldersbrook.
(iv) Ashton Playing Fields Pavilion. Chigwell Road.
These are supported and directed by the Borough Council.
(v) Holy Trinity Church Hall, Hermon Hill.
This is under the direction of a voluntary committee, but is subsidised
by the Council.
The following treatment centres in the district are under the control of
the County Council:—
(i) The Tuberculosis Dispensary.
(ii) The School Clinic.
(iii) The Orthopaedic Clinic. (Conjointly with the British Red
Cross Society).
These all find accommodation at The Shrubberies, High Road. South
Woodford.
(e) Hospitals. Public and Voluntary:—
Maternity.—There are no maternity hospitals in the district.
There has been a greatly increased demand for maternity beds in
hospitals. This is due partly to the change of outlook on the part of the
mothers in favour of hospital treatment, and partly to the number of
expectant mothers who are living under conditions where there are no
facilities for a confinement at home.
During the year 1943, by the courtesy of the Essex County Council,
we were able to make arrangements for 68 cases to be received at St.
Margaret's Hospital, Epping. Cases were also sent to Queen Mary's Hospital,
Stratford, Danbury Park Hospital, Chelmsford, and the Mothers'
Hospital, Hackney. In all cases the fees payable by the patient were assessed
according to scale.
Cases of Puerperal Pyrexia requiring hospital treatment are sent to the
Waltham Joint Hospital.
Children.—There is a children's ward of five beds at the Woodford
Jubilee Hospital.
Infectious Diseases.—Cases of infectious diseases in Wanstead and
Woodford, which required removal, were taken to the Waltham Joint
Hospital, under the control of the Waltham Joint Hospital Board.
Since November, 1936, the Waltham Joint Hospital Board have been
willing to admit, in addition to Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, cases of the
following diseases:—
Complicated cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Influenza and
Pneumonia;