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In conclusion, although there is nothing dramatic to report
in respect of maternity and child welfare work during 1945,
the various schemes of the Council have been pursued steadily
and with satisfactory results.
HOSPITALS
GENERAL STATEMENT
The Institutions owned and controlled by the County Borough
Council are the following: — (1) Whipps Cross Hospital; (2)
Forest Gate Hospital; (3) Harold Wood Hospital; (4) Isolation
Hospital, Plaistow; (5) Dagenham Sanatorium; (6) Langdon
Hill Sanatorium; (7) South Ockendon Colony; (8) Central
Home;, (9) Forest House. Of these, Central Home and Forest
House are controlled by the Social Services Committee. Beds
in all the Institutions, except the two Sanatoria, the Isolation
Hospital and South Ockendon Colony, are allocated to the
Essex County Council and the East Ham Borough Council under
a User Agreement. The proportions are 34 per cent, for Essex
and 16 per cent. for East Ham.
This section of the report deals with all these Institutions
except the Isolation Hospital, the two Sanatoria and South
Ockendon Colony, which are more completely dealt with in the
sections devoted to infectious diseases, tuberculosis and mental
deficiency.
WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL
Report by Dr. A. Norman Jones, F.R.C.S.,
Medical Superititendent
This is a large general hospital under the control of the
Health Committee.
The conclusion of the war divided the year's work into two
parts: during the first period it was not dissimilar to that of
previous years; in the second half there were many differences,
e.g., there was a cessation of air-raid casualties except for those
who attended for treatment in respect of some previous injury.
During the latter part of the year the work began to resemble
that of 1938, which was the last year of normal working.
Moreover, it was possible to consider plans for the future
development of the hospital; naturally little could be accomplished
at the time, and in the first case measures were directed
to winding up the various air-raid organisations, and to removing
certain protective works, black-out windows, etc.
In connection with A.R.P. work, there were a number of
incidents during the early part of 1945, the most notable being
the fall of a rocket within the grounds of the hosnital on
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