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Nursing Staff.
Matron, 1 Asst. Matron, 1 Supt. Nurse, 1 Senior Ward Sister, 12
Ward Sisters, 1 Charge Nurse, 128 Assistant Nurses.
Domestic Staff.
Administrative Staff.
Domestic and Administrative Staff comprising Master, Clerks,
Storekeepers, Laundry Hands, Mechanics, including staff dealing
with able-bodied inmates—293.
Diseases Treated.
Chronic sick (medical and surgical), including aged and infirm and
Mental patients (epileptics), mostly adults.
FOREST HOUSE.
Description.
Forest House is situated on the same grounds as, though
railed off from, Whipps Cross Hospital. It comprises a series of
out-buildings and a large central building which was originally an
old mansion.
No. of Beds.
396.
No. of Wards.
13
No. of Beds for Medical Cases.
No. of Beds for Surgical Cases.
Old men only and mental cases, 26 Epileptics, 13 cases under Sec.
24 of Lunacy Act.
No. of Staff.
23.
Medical Staff.
Visited by Medical Superintendent from Central Home.
Nursing Staff.
8 Male, 4 Female Attendants.
Domestic Staff.
9 Cooks, Cleaners, etc.
Administrative Staff.
Master and Assistant Master.
Diseases Treated.
Mental cases and old men.
FOREST GATE HOSPITAL.
Description.
This institution is comprised within a curtilage of 11 acres.
The building is comparatively old, and for the most part quite unsuitable
for the adequate treatment of sick people. Additional
wards and administrative blocks with accommodation for two hundred
patients are now in course of erection on this site and will be
open for the reception of patients within a few weeks.
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