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PLAISTOW FEVER HOSPITAL.
Description.
Plaistow Hospital is a brick built modern hospital situated
in Samson Street, Plaistow, E.13. Immediately opposite it, in
Samson Street, is a plot of land belonging to the West Ham
Council and comprising 4½ acres. This plot is very suitable for
extending the hospital or for a possible out-patient department.
The disinfection of articles collected throughout the Borough
is carried out on the hospital premises; there are two large disinfectors
and one small one used for this purpose—special disinfection
vans being used to collect and return the material.
No. of Beds.
210.
No. of Wards.
13 for patients, 1 for sick staff.
No. of Beds for Medical Cases.
210.
No. of Beds for Surgical Cases.
Nil.
No. of Staff.
155.
Medical Staff.
1 Med. Supt., 2 Resident M.O.'s.
Nursing Staff.
1 Matron, 1 Asst. Matron, 1 Sister Tutor, 1 Night Supt., 8 day
Sisters, 5 Staff Nurses, 57 Probationers.
Domestic Staff.
45 females, 30 males (including Engineer, Caretaker, Porters).
Administrative Staff.
Steward, 2 Clerks.
Diseases Treated.
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Puerperal
Pyrexia, Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia.
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, HAROLD WOOD.
Description.
This institution has been used since 1907 as a Convalescent
Home for cases recovering from Scarlet Fever or from Diphtheria
according to the type of disease most prevalent. It is situated at
Harold Wood, Essex, about nine miles from West Ham, and is
comprised within a curtilage of some sixty-eight acres. Recently
four new blocks have been added and some of the old wards converted
into accommodation for the nursing staff. Previously
accommodating sixtv children, it is now able to admit one hundred
and sixteen patients.
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