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General Provision of Health Services.
HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
(1) The Plaistow Fever Hospital contains 210 beds, originally
allocated for the reception of scarlet fever, diphtheria and
enteric fever cases, with isolation beds for mixed or staff cases.
The slight incidence of enteric fever in recent years has enabled
the Medical Superintendent to receive and treat certain other infectious
cases as well as to admit special cases for teaching purposes,
including severe Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia,
Tubercular Peritonitis, and Encephalitis Lethargica. Cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal Fever can now be admitted and
treated at this Hospital.
(2) The Grange Convalescent Home consists of a residential
Institution with 7 acres of grounds, together with 61 acres of
land situated at Harold Wood, about 9 miles from the
Borough. This Home is used for scarlet fever convalescents, and
is capable of accommodating 116 patients. There is an isolation
ward containing 4 beds.
Smallpox.
(3) Dagenham Smallpox Hospital, situated about 9 miles
from the Borough, occupies a site of 6½ acres, adjoining Rookery
Farm which comprises 119 acres owned by the Council; the Fever
Hospital and Sanatorium are supplied with milk therefrom. It
consists of permanent buildings, capable of accommodating 50
patients with the administrative staff required for their care,
together with temporary iron buildings sufficient for a further 150
cases.
The agreement of West Ham with thirteen other authorities
for the removal of smallpox cases from their respective areas expires
in March, 1932.
The London County Council has received practically all the
smallpox cases which have occurred during the year.
Negotiations with the London County Council with regard
to the accommodation of smallpox cases from West Ham have
now been brought to fruition. Cases from this district are to be
received into the hospitals of the London County Council until the
end of 1932.
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