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Cases suffering from Surgical Tuberculosis are treated at the
Alexandra Hospital, Swanley, Kent; Sir William Treloar's
Hospital, Alton; and at various London Voluntary Hospitals.
Whipps Cross Hospital.
(6) This hospital is situated within the Borough of Leyton,
and is owned by the Council.
Very severe overcrowding still prevails, and often the original
accommodation for 741 cases is exceeded to the extent of some
300.
In connection with the very acute shortage of hospital
accommodation, a scheme is now on foot to provide additional
accommodation for 500 hospital beds, and in addition a Nurses'
Home for the requisite number of Nursing Staff. These buildings
are to be erected on the Forest House site.
Forest House.
Forest House is in the same curtilage as Whipps Cross
Hospital, with 396 beds for aged men and mental cases, also
Forest House Cottages with 90 beds for aged married couples,
but at present occupied by aged women.
Forest Cate Hospital.
(7) This institution is situated in the County Borough of
West Ham, and is owned by the Council. The hospital has 774
beds to accommodate maternity patients, mental cases, and
chronic sick.
The Institution is approved by the Board of Control for 75
mental defectives, as under :—
Adult Males 20
Adult Females 30
Males under 16 years 10
Females under 16 years 15
Central Home Institution.
(8) This home is situated within the Borough of Leyton, and
is owned by the Council.
It is registered for 1,807 chronic sick and able-bodied persons.
During the year 160 cases were removed from this institution
to the temporary Public Assistance Institution at Harold Wood.
Other Hospital Facilities.
(9) The Council have an arrangement with Queen's Mary's
Hospital and Plaistow Maternity Hospital for the institutional
treatment of maternity cases (see pages 58).
Orthopaedic treatment is carried out at the Children's
Hospital, Balaam St reet, and at the Brookfield Hospital, Walthamstow
(see pages 58-59).
Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum are treated at the Royal
London Ophthalmic Hospital and at St. Margaret's Hospital.
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