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Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Balaam Street, Plaistow (see pages 125-126).
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
See page 53, Maternity and Child Welfare Section.
† See Ministry of Health Circular 1417.
HOSPITALS.
Infectious Diseases.
(1) Plaistow Fever Hospital, with accommodation for 210
beds was originally intended to house scarlet fever, diphtheria
and enteric fever cases, with isolation beds for mixed or staff
cases. Of recent years other cases of infectious disease have been
admitted, such as severe measles or Whooping cough, pneumonia,
tubercular peritonitis and encephalitis lethargica; also
cases of puerperal pyrexia and puerperal fever, are treated at this
hospital.
(2) The Children's Hospital, Harold Wood, accommodating
180 cases, was built to deal with diphtheria and scarlet fever convalescents,
from Plaistow Fever Hospital. It is however, now
being utilised by the Public Assistance Committee, for the treatment
of chronic sick adult cases. Twenty beds, however, are still
available for infectious cases.
Smallpox.
(3) Dagenham Smallpox Hospital consists of permanent and
temporary buildings, and would accommodate 300 smallpox
cases. For a number of years it has been used for adult cases of
tuberculosis to the number of 128.
In the event of smallpox cases occurring, an arrangement has
been agreed upon with the London County Council for such cases
to be removed to one of their hospitals.
Tuberculosis.
Dagenham.
(4) As stated above this Sanatorium is still being used for the
treatment of adult cases suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
It has accommodation for 128 cases. The Ministry of Health
agreed to this institution, which was built to receive smallpox
cases, undertaking the treatment of T.B. cases (see pages 127129).
Langdon Hills Sanatorium for Children.
(5) This institution accommodates 40 children suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis (seepages 129-130).
Cases suffering from surgical tuberculosis are treated at the
Alexandra Hospital, Swanley, Kent; Sir William Treloar's
Hospital, Alton; and at various Voluntary Hospitals.
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