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Beds (according to demand) for babies suffering from
ophthalmia with their mothers at St. Margaret's
Hospital (L.C.C.).
Beds (varying according to demand) for treatment of
venereal diseases under the L.C.C. Scheme.
2 Beds for convalescent nursing mothers and their babies
(Sunningdale and "Child Haven," Brentwood).
Beds (up to 16) at Sir William Treloar's Hospital for
Cripples, Alton, for surgical tuberculosis.
Beds at King George's Sanatorium, Liphook, for Seamen
with pulmonary tuberculosis (according to demand).
Beds at Alexandra Hospital for tuberculous hip cases.
Beds at various convalescent homes for children sent
through the medium of the I.C.C.S. and I.C.A.A.
(average of 50).
Beds for M.D. cases at various institutions (excluding
cases now at South Ockendon Colony). (Average
130.)
Beds for all smallpox cases per agreement with L.C.C.
(variable).
It will thus be seen that there has been a big development in
the provision of beds for those cases needing urgent institutional
treatment.
The London County Council, a few weeks ago, wrote giving
notice cancelling their agreement regarding the admission of
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum at St. Margaret's Hospital from
31st, March, 1933.
If West Ham was not contiguous with the great Metropolis
and was a town apart, long ago it would have been necessary to
have provided a great many more beds; as it is, a large number
of sick cases from this area are admitted daily and treated in the
big London hospitals, particularly Great Ormond Street Hospital,
East London Hospital for Children, Poplar Hospital, London
Hospital, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Guy's Hospital and the
Royal Free Hospital for Women, and of course, the local hospitals.
With the stricter rules now applying as to admission to the
wards of all voluntary hospitals, the number of cases referred
back to be provided for by their own Local Authority increases.
Additional institutional accommodation has been provided by
this Authority within recent years at Dagenham Sanatorium, at
Langdon Hills Sanatorium, at Harold Wood Hospital, at Forest
gate Hospital, at Ockendon Colony, and at Fyfield Open-air
school in the aggregate a matter of 700 beds—a big achievement;
yet there is still a lack of sufficient suitable accommodation.
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